[PATCH 02/19] x86/ftrace: Remove fault protection code in prepare_ftrace_return

Jiri Olsa
2021-06-05T11:10:59Z

From: "Steven Rostedt (VMware)" <rostedt@goodmis.org>

Removing the fault protection code when writing return_hooker
to stack. As Steven noted:

> That protection was there from the beginning due to being "paranoid",
> considering ftrace was bricking network cards. But that protection
> would not have even protected against that.

Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
---
arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c | 38 +++-----------------------------------
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 35 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c b/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c
index 1b3ce3b4a2a2..c555624da989 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c
@@ -625,12 +625,10 @@ int ftrace_disable_ftrace_graph_caller(void)
* Hook the return address and push it in the stack of return addrs
* in current thread info.
*/
-void prepare_ftrace_return(unsigned long self_addr, unsigned long *parent,
+void prepare_ftrace_return(unsigned long ip, unsigned long *parent,
unsigned long frame_pointer)
{
unsigned long return_hooker = (unsigned long)&return_to_handler;
- unsigned long old;
- int faulted;

/*
* When resuming from suspend-to-ram, this function can be indirectly
@@ -650,37 +648,7 @@ void prepare_ftrace_return(unsigned long self_addr, unsigned long *parent,
if (unlikely(atomic_read(&current->tracing_graph_pause)))
return;

- /*
- * Protect against fault, even if it shouldn't
- * happen. This tool is too much intrusive to
- * ignore such a protection.
- */
- asm volatile(
- "1: " _ASM_MOV " (%[parent]), %[old]\n"
- "2: " _ASM_MOV " %[return_hooker], (%[parent])\n"
- " movl $0, %[faulted]\n"
- "3:\n"
-
- ".section .fixup, \"ax\"\n"
- "4: movl $1, %[faulted]\n"
- " jmp 3b\n"
- ".previous\n"
-
- _ASM_EXTABLE(1b, 4b)
- _ASM_EXTABLE(2b, 4b)
-
- : [old] "=&r" (old), [faulted] "=r" (faulted)
- : [parent] "r" (parent), [return_hooker] "r" (return_hooker)
- : "memory"
- );
-
- if (unlikely(faulted)) {
- ftrace_graph_stop();
- WARN_ON(1);
- return;
- }
-
- if (function_graph_enter(old, self_addr, frame_pointer, parent))
- *parent = old;
+ if (!function_graph_enter(*parent, ip, frame_pointer, parent))
+ *parent = return_hooker;
}
#endif /* CONFIG_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER */
--
2.31.1