* [PATCH] powerpc/code-patching: Return error on patch_branch() out-of-range failure
@ 2021-09-03 8:23 Christophe Leroy
2021-09-22 12:06 ` Naveen N. Rao
0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Christophe Leroy @ 2021-09-03 8:23 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Benjamin Herrenschmidt, Paul Mackerras, Michael Ellerman
Cc: linuxppc-dev, linux-kernel
Do not silentely ignore a failure of create_branch() in
patch_branch(). Return -ERANGE.
Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu>
---
arch/powerpc/lib/code-patching.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/lib/code-patching.c b/arch/powerpc/lib/code-patching.c
index f9a3019e37b4..0bc9cc0416b8 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/lib/code-patching.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/lib/code-patching.c
@@ -202,7 +202,9 @@ int patch_branch(u32 *addr, unsigned long target, int flags)
{
struct ppc_inst instr;
- create_branch(&instr, addr, target, flags);
+ if (create_branch(&instr, addr, target, flags))
+ return -ERANGE;
+
return patch_instruction(addr, instr);
}
--
2.25.0
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2021-09-03 8:23 [PATCH] powerpc/code-patching: Return error on patch_branch() out-of-range failure Christophe Leroy
@ 2021-09-22 12:06 ` Naveen N. Rao
0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Naveen N. Rao @ 2021-09-22 12:06 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Benjamin Herrenschmidt, Christophe Leroy, Michael Ellerman,
Paul Mackerras
Cc: linuxppc-dev, linux-kernel
Christophe Leroy wrote:
> Do not silentely ignore a failure of create_branch() in
> patch_branch(). Return -ERANGE.
>
> Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu>
> ---
> arch/powerpc/lib/code-patching.c | 4 +++-
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
Reviewed-by: Naveen N. Rao <naveen.n.rao@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
>
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/lib/code-patching.c b/arch/powerpc/lib/code-patching.c
> index f9a3019e37b4..0bc9cc0416b8 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/lib/code-patching.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/lib/code-patching.c
> @@ -202,7 +202,9 @@ int patch_branch(u32 *addr, unsigned long target, int flags)
> {
> struct ppc_inst instr;
>
> - create_branch(&instr, addr, target, flags);
> + if (create_branch(&instr, addr, target, flags))
> + return -ERANGE;
> +
> return patch_instruction(addr, instr);
> }
>
> --
> 2.25.0
>
>
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