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-rw-r--r--arch/mips/kernel/ftrace.c25
1 files changed, 21 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/ftrace.c b/arch/mips/kernel/ftrace.c
index f39e85fd58fa..b15615b28569 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/ftrace.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/ftrace.c
@@ -54,10 +54,20 @@ static inline void ftrace_dyn_arch_init_insns(void)
u32 *buf;
unsigned int v1;
- /* la v1, _mcount */
- v1 = 3;
- buf = (u32 *)&insn_la_mcount[0];
- UASM_i_LA(&buf, v1, MCOUNT_ADDR);
+ /* If we are not in compat space, the number of generated
+ * instructions will exceed the maximum expected limit of 2.
+ * To prevent buffer overflow, we avoid generating them.
+ * insn_la_mcount will not be used later in ftrace_make_call.
+ */
+ if (uasm_in_compat_space_p(MCOUNT_ADDR)) {
+ /* la v1, _mcount */
+ v1 = 3;
+ buf = (u32 *)&insn_la_mcount[0];
+ UASM_i_LA(&buf, v1, MCOUNT_ADDR);
+ } else {
+ pr_warn("ftrace: mcount address beyond 32 bits is not supported (%lX)\n",
+ MCOUNT_ADDR);
+ }
/* jal (ftrace_caller + 8), jump over the first two instruction */
buf = (u32 *)&insn_jal_ftrace_caller;
@@ -189,6 +199,13 @@ int ftrace_make_call(struct dyn_ftrace *rec, unsigned long addr)
unsigned int new;
unsigned long ip = rec->ip;
+ /* When the code to patch does not belong to the kernel code
+ * space, we must use insn_la_mcount. However, if MCOUNT_ADDR
+ * is not in compat space, insn_la_mcount is not usable.
+ */
+ if (!core_kernel_text(ip) && !uasm_in_compat_space_p(MCOUNT_ADDR))
+ return -EFAULT;
+
new = core_kernel_text(ip) ? insn_jal_ftrace_caller : insn_la_mcount[0];
#ifdef CONFIG_64BIT