[PATCH v2 0/7] riscv: Various text patching improvements

Samuel Holland samuel.holland at sifive.com
Wed Mar 27 09:04:39 PDT 2024


Here are a few changes to minimize calls to stop_machine() and
flush_icache_*() in the various text patching functions, as well as
to simplify the code.

This series is based on "[PATCH v3 0/2] riscv: fix patching with IPI"[1].

[1]: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-riscv/20240229121056.203419-1-alexghiti@rivosinc.com/

Changes in v2:
 - Remove unnecessary line wrapping
 - Further simplify patch_insn_set()/patch_insn_write() loop conditions
 - Use min() instead of min_t() since both sides are unsigned long

Samuel Holland (7):
  riscv: jump_label: Batch icache maintenance
  riscv: jump_label: Simplify assembly syntax
  riscv: kprobes: Use patch_text_nosync() for insn slots
  riscv: Simplify text patching loops
  riscv: Pass patch_text() the length in bytes
  riscv: Use offset_in_page() in text patching functions
  riscv: Remove extra variable in patch_text_nosync()

 arch/riscv/include/asm/jump_label.h |  4 +-
 arch/riscv/include/asm/patch.h      |  2 +-
 arch/riscv/kernel/jump_label.c      | 16 +++++--
 arch/riscv/kernel/patch.c           | 69 ++++++++++++++---------------
 arch/riscv/kernel/probes/kprobes.c  | 19 ++++----
 arch/riscv/net/bpf_jit_comp64.c     |  7 +--
 6 files changed, 63 insertions(+), 54 deletions(-)

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2.43.1




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