With STRICT_KERNEL_RWX, we are currently ignoring return value from __patch_instruction() in do_patch_instruction(), resulting in the error not being propagated back. Fix the same.
Fixes: 37bc3e5fd764f ("powerpc/lib/code-patching: Use alternate map for patch_instruction()") Signed-off-by: Naveen N. Rao <naveen.n....@linux.vnet.ibm.com> --- arch/powerpc/lib/code-patching.c | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/powerpc/lib/code-patching.c b/arch/powerpc/lib/code-patching.c index 3345f039a876..5c713a6c0bd8 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/lib/code-patching.c +++ b/arch/powerpc/lib/code-patching.c @@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ static inline int unmap_patch_area(unsigned long addr) static int do_patch_instruction(unsigned int *addr, unsigned int instr) { - int err; + int err, rc = 0; unsigned int *patch_addr = NULL; unsigned long flags; unsigned long text_poke_addr; @@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ static int do_patch_instruction(unsigned int *addr, unsigned int instr) patch_addr = (unsigned int *)(text_poke_addr) + ((kaddr & ~PAGE_MASK) / sizeof(unsigned int)); - __patch_instruction(addr, instr, patch_addr); + rc = __patch_instruction(addr, instr, patch_addr); err = unmap_patch_area(text_poke_addr); if (err) @@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ static int do_patch_instruction(unsigned int *addr, unsigned int instr) out: local_irq_restore(flags); - return err; + return rc ? rc : err; } #else /* !CONFIG_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX */ -- 2.25.1