[PATCH bpf-next 1/2] riscv: Extend patch_text_nosync() for multiple pages

Björn Töpel bjorn at kernel.org
Sun Aug 13 13:20:41 PDT 2023


Puranjay Mohan <puranjay12 at gmail.com> writes:

> The patch_insn_write() function currently doesn't work for multiple
> pages of instructions, therefore patch_text_nosync() will fail with a
> page fault if called with lengths spanning multiple pages.
>
> This commit extends the patch_insn_write() function to support multiple
> pages by copying at max 2 pages at a time in a loop. This implementation
> is similar to text_poke_copy() function of x86.
>
> Signed-off-by: Puranjay Mohan <puranjay12 at gmail.com>

Reviewed-by: Björn Töpel <bjorn at rivosinc.com>



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