We have some C code that we call into from real mode where we cannot take any exceptions. Though the C functions themselves are mostly safe, if these functions are traced, there is a possibility that we may take an exception. For instance, in certain conditions, the ftrace code uses WARN(), which uses a 'trap' to do its job.
For such scenarios, introduce a new field in paca 'ftrace_disabled', which is checked on ftrace entry before continuing. This field can then be set to a non-zero value to disable/pause ftrace, and reset to zero to resume ftrace. Since KVM is the only user for this currently, we guard the ftrace/mcount checks within CONFIG_KVM. This can later be removed if/when there are other users. Signed-off-by: Naveen N. Rao <naveen.n....@linux.vnet.ibm.com> --- arch/powerpc/include/asm/paca.h | 1 + arch/powerpc/kernel/asm-offsets.c | 1 + arch/powerpc/kernel/trace/ftrace_64_mprofile.S | 13 +++++++++++++ arch/powerpc/kernel/trace/ftrace_64_pg.S | 6 ++++++ 4 files changed, 21 insertions(+) diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/paca.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/paca.h index d2bf71dddbef..4f47adc2a408 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/paca.h +++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/paca.h @@ -211,6 +211,7 @@ struct paca_struct { u16 in_mce; u8 hmi_event_available; /* HMI event is available */ u8 hmi_p9_special_emu; /* HMI P9 special emulation */ + u8 ftrace_disabled; #endif /* Stuff for accurate time accounting */ diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/asm-offsets.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/asm-offsets.c index ea5eb91b836e..8e4fc96ff6bc 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/asm-offsets.c +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/asm-offsets.c @@ -240,6 +240,7 @@ int main(void) OFFSET(PACA_RFI_FLUSH_FALLBACK_AREA, paca_struct, rfi_flush_fallback_area); OFFSET(PACA_EXRFI, paca_struct, exrfi); OFFSET(PACA_L1D_FLUSH_SIZE, paca_struct, l1d_flush_size); + OFFSET(PACA_FTRACE_DISABLED, paca_struct, ftrace_disabled); #endif OFFSET(PACAHWCPUID, paca_struct, hw_cpu_id); diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/trace/ftrace_64_mprofile.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/trace/ftrace_64_mprofile.S index 3f3e81852422..fdf702b4df25 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/trace/ftrace_64_mprofile.S +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/trace/ftrace_64_mprofile.S @@ -60,6 +60,19 @@ _GLOBAL(ftrace_caller) mfxer r10 mfcr r11 +#ifdef CONFIG_KVM + lbz r3, PACA_FTRACE_DISABLED(r13) + cmpdi r3, 0 + beq 1f + mflr r3 + mtctr r3 + REST_GPR(3, r1) + addi r1, r1, SWITCH_FRAME_SIZE + mtlr r0 + bctr +1: +#endif + /* Get the _mcount() call site out of LR */ mflr r7 /* Save it as pt_regs->nip */ diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/trace/ftrace_64_pg.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/trace/ftrace_64_pg.S index f095358da96e..5b2a99129322 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/trace/ftrace_64_pg.S +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/trace/ftrace_64_pg.S @@ -16,6 +16,12 @@ #ifdef CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE _GLOBAL_TOC(ftrace_caller) +#ifdef CONFIG_KVM + lbz r3, PACA_FTRACE_DISABLED(r13) + cmpdi r3, 0 + bnelr +#endif + /* Taken from output of objdump from lib64/glibc */ mflr r3 ld r11, 0(r1) -- 2.16.2