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We use an AUIPC+JALR pair to jump into a ftrace trampoline. Since instruction fetch can break down to 4 byte at a time, it is impossible to update two instructions without a race. In order to mitigate it, we initialize the patchable entry to AUIPC + NOP4. Then, the run-time code patching can change NOP4 to JALR to eable/disable ftrcae from a function. This limits the reach of each ftrace entry to +-2KB displacing from ftrace_caller. Starting from the trampoline, we add a level of indirection for it to reach ftrace caller target. Now, it loads the target address from a memory location, then perform the jump. This enable the kernel to update the target atomically. The new don't-stop-the-world text patching on change only one RISC-V instruction: | -8: &ftrace_ops of the associated tracer function. | <ftrace enable>: | 0: auipc t0, hi(ftrace_caller) | 4: jalr t0, lo(ftrace_caller) | | -8: &ftrace_nop_ops | <ftrace disable>: | 0: auipc t0, hi(ftrace_caller) | 4: nop This means that f+0x0 is fixed, and should not be claimed by ftrace, e.g. kprobe should be able to put a probe in f+0x0. Thus, we adjust the offset and MCOUNT_INSN_SIZE accordingly. [ alex: Fix build errors with !CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE ] Co-developed-by: Björn Töpel <bjorn@rivosinc.com> Signed-off-by: Björn Töpel <bjorn@rivosinc.com> Signed-off-by: Andy Chiu <andy.chiu@sifive.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250407180838.42877-5-andybnac@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Alexandre Ghiti <alexghiti@rivosinc.com> Signed-off-by: Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@dabbelt.com> |
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Linux kernel
============
There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the reStructuredText markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.