[PATCH v3 2/2] arm64: ftrace: emit ftrace-mod.o contents through code

Ard Biesheuvel ard.biesheuvel at linaro.org
Mon Nov 20 09:41:30 PST 2017


When building the arm64 kernel with both CONFIG_ARM64_MODULE_PLTS and
CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE enabled, the ftrace-mod.o object file is built
with the kernel and contains a trampoline that is linked into each
module, so that modules can be loaded far away from the kernel and
still reach the ftrace entry point in the core kernel with an ordinary
relative branch, as is emitted by the compiler instrumentation code
dynamic ftrace relies on.

In order to be able to build out of tree modules, this object file
needs to be included into the linux-headers or linux-devel packages,
which is undesirable, as it makes arm64 a special case (although a
precedent does exist for 32-bit PPC).

Given that the trampoline essentially consists of a PLT entry, let's
not bother with a source or object file for it, and simply patch it
in whenever the trampoline is being populated, using the existing
PLT support routines.

Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel at linaro.org>
---
v3: reuse module plt_entry routines

v2: populate the two trampoline instruction slots from the ftrace code so
    there is no longer a need to have a template .o or .S in the first place
    don't use a separate linker scripts for ftrace+PLTs

 arch/arm64/Makefile             |  3 ---
 arch/arm64/include/asm/module.h |  2 +-
 arch/arm64/kernel/Makefile      |  3 ---
 arch/arm64/kernel/ftrace-mod.S  | 18 ------------------
 arch/arm64/kernel/ftrace.c      | 14 ++++++++------
 arch/arm64/kernel/module-plts.c | 12 ++++++++++++
 arch/arm64/kernel/module.lds    |  1 +
 7 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 31 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/Makefile b/arch/arm64/Makefile
index b35788c909f1..b481b4a7c011 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm64/Makefile
@@ -83,9 +83,6 @@ endif
 
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_ARM64_MODULE_PLTS),y)
 KBUILD_LDFLAGS_MODULE	+= -T $(srctree)/arch/arm64/kernel/module.lds
-ifeq ($(CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE),y)
-KBUILD_LDFLAGS_MODULE	+= $(objtree)/arch/arm64/kernel/ftrace-mod.o
-endif
 endif
 
 # Default value
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/module.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/module.h
index 11d4aaee82e1..4f766178fa6f 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/module.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/module.h
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ struct mod_arch_specific {
 	struct mod_plt_sec	init;
 
 	/* for CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE */
-	void			*ftrace_trampoline;
+	struct plt_entry 	*ftrace_trampoline;
 };
 #endif
 
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/Makefile b/arch/arm64/kernel/Makefile
index 8265dd790895..067baace74a0 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/Makefile
@@ -61,6 +61,3 @@ extra-y					+= $(head-y) vmlinux.lds
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_DEBUG_EFI),y)
 AFLAGS_head.o += -DVMLINUX_PATH="\"$(realpath $(objtree)/vmlinux)\""
 endif
-
-# will be included by each individual module but not by the core kernel itself
-extra-$(CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE) += ftrace-mod.o
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/ftrace-mod.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/ftrace-mod.S
deleted file mode 100644
index 00c4025be4ff..000000000000
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/ftrace-mod.S
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2017 Linaro Ltd <ard.biesheuvel at linaro.org>
- *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
- * published by the Free Software Foundation.
- */
-
-#include <linux/linkage.h>
-#include <asm/assembler.h>
-
-	.section	".text.ftrace_trampoline", "ax"
-	.align		3
-0:	.quad		0
-__ftrace_trampoline:
-	ldr		x16, 0b
-	br		x16
-ENDPROC(__ftrace_trampoline)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/ftrace.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/ftrace.c
index c13b1fca0e5b..50986e388d2b 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/ftrace.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/ftrace.c
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ int ftrace_make_call(struct dyn_ftrace *rec, unsigned long addr)
 
 	if (offset < -SZ_128M || offset >= SZ_128M) {
 #ifdef CONFIG_ARM64_MODULE_PLTS
-		unsigned long *trampoline;
+		struct plt_entry trampoline;
 		struct module *mod;
 
 		/*
@@ -104,22 +104,24 @@ int ftrace_make_call(struct dyn_ftrace *rec, unsigned long addr)
 		 * is added in the future, but for now, the pr_err() below
 		 * deals with a theoretical issue only.
 		 */
-		trampoline = (unsigned long *)mod->arch.ftrace_trampoline;
-		if (trampoline[0] != addr) {
-			if (trampoline[0] != 0) {
+		trampoline = get_plt_entry(addr);
+		if (!plt_entries_equal(mod->arch.ftrace_trampoline,
+				       &trampoline)) {
+			if (!plt_entries_equal(mod->arch.ftrace_trampoline,
+					       &(struct plt_entry){})) {
 				pr_err("ftrace: far branches to multiple entry points unsupported inside a single module\n");
 				return -EINVAL;
 			}
 
 			/* point the trampoline to our ftrace entry point */
 			module_disable_ro(mod);
-			trampoline[0] = addr;
+			*mod->arch.ftrace_trampoline = trampoline;
 			module_enable_ro(mod, true);
 
 			/* update trampoline before patching in the branch */
 			smp_wmb();
 		}
-		addr = (unsigned long)&trampoline[1];
+		addr = (unsigned long)(void *)mod->arch.ftrace_trampoline;
 #else /* CONFIG_ARM64_MODULE_PLTS */
 		return -EINVAL;
 #endif /* CONFIG_ARM64_MODULE_PLTS */
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/module-plts.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/module-plts.c
index ebff6c155cac..ea640f92fe5a 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/module-plts.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/module-plts.c
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ int module_frob_arch_sections(Elf_Ehdr *ehdr, Elf_Shdr *sechdrs,
 	unsigned long core_plts = 0;
 	unsigned long init_plts = 0;
 	Elf64_Sym *syms = NULL;
+	Elf_Shdr *tramp = NULL;
 	int i;
 
 	/*
@@ -131,6 +132,10 @@ int module_frob_arch_sections(Elf_Ehdr *ehdr, Elf_Shdr *sechdrs,
 			mod->arch.core.plt = sechdrs + i;
 		else if (!strcmp(secstrings + sechdrs[i].sh_name, ".init.plt"))
 			mod->arch.init.plt = sechdrs + i;
+		else if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE) &&
+			 !strcmp(secstrings + sechdrs[i].sh_name,
+				 ".text.ftrace_trampoline"))
+			tramp = sechdrs + i;
 		else if (sechdrs[i].sh_type == SHT_SYMTAB)
 			syms = (Elf64_Sym *)sechdrs[i].sh_addr;
 	}
@@ -181,5 +186,12 @@ int module_frob_arch_sections(Elf_Ehdr *ehdr, Elf_Shdr *sechdrs,
 	mod->arch.init.plt_num_entries = 0;
 	mod->arch.init.plt_max_entries = init_plts;
 
+	if (tramp) {
+		tramp->sh_type = SHT_NOBITS;
+		tramp->sh_flags = SHF_EXECINSTR | SHF_ALLOC;
+		tramp->sh_addralign = __alignof__(struct plt_entry);
+		tramp->sh_size = sizeof(struct plt_entry);
+	}
+
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/module.lds b/arch/arm64/kernel/module.lds
index f7c9781a9d48..22e36a21c113 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/module.lds
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/module.lds
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 SECTIONS {
 	.plt (NOLOAD) : { BYTE(0) }
 	.init.plt (NOLOAD) : { BYTE(0) }
+	.text.ftrace_trampoline (NOLOAD) : { BYTE(0) }
 }
-- 
2.11.0




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