From: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2021 09:13:30 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: x86/ftrace: Remove fault protection code in prepare_ftrace_return
X-Git-Url: http://git.maquefel.me/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=8646698aefad7547dc7acee8f8c2099d7653dc70;p=linux.git

x86/ftrace: Remove fault protection code in prepare_ftrace_return

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.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20211008091336.33616-3-jolsa@kernel.org

Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
---

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c b/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c
index 23d221a9a3cd0..7f12eacdf1ae3 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c
@@ -620,12 +620,10 @@ 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
@@ -645,37 +643,7 @@ 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 */