On Tue, Mar 13, 2018 at 01:59:39PM -0700, Thomas Garnier wrote:
> + /*
> + * If PIE is not enabled or no GOT call was found, default to the
> + * original approach to code modification.
> + */
> + if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_X86_PIE)
> + || probe_kernel_read(replaced,
When using -fPIE/PIC with function tracing, the compiler generates a
call through the GOT (call *__fentry__@GOTPCREL). This instruction
takes 6 bytes instead of 5 on the usual relative call.
If PIE is enabled, replace the 6th byte of the GOT call by a 1-byte nop
so ftrace can handle the previous
