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Re: [PATCH] powerpc/modules: If mprofile-kernel is enabled add it to vermagic

Started byJessica Yu <jeyu@redhat.com>
First post2017-05-12 09:30 +0200
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  Re: [PATCH] powerpc/modules: If mprofile-kernel is enabled add it to  vermagic Jessica Yu <jeyu@redhat.com> - 2017-05-12 09:30 +0200
    Re: [PATCH] powerpc/modules: If mprofile-kernel is enabled add it to vermagic Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au> - 2017-05-15 11:30 +0200

#1640251 — Re: [PATCH] powerpc/modules: If mprofile-kernel is enabled add it to vermagic

FromJessica Yu <jeyu@redhat.com>
Date2017-05-12 09:30 +0200
SubjectRe: [PATCH] powerpc/modules: If mprofile-kernel is enabled add it to vermagic
Message-ID<tGdbs-12a-3@gated-at.bofh.it>
+++ Michael Ellerman [10/05/17 16:57 +1000]:
>On powerpc we can build the kernel with two different ABIs for mcount(), which
>is used by ftrace. Kernels built with one ABI do not know how to load modules
>built with the other ABI. The new style ABI is called "mprofile-kernel", for
>want of a better name.
>
>Currently if we build a module using the old style ABI, and the kernel with
>mprofile-kernel, when we load the module we'll oops something like:
>
>  # insmod autofs4-no-mprofile-kernel.ko
>  ftrace-powerpc: Unexpected instruction f8810028 around bl _mcount
>  ------------[ cut here ]------------
>  WARNING: CPU: 6 PID: 3759 at ../kernel/trace/ftrace.c:2024 ftrace_bug+0x2b8/0x3c0
>  CPU: 6 PID: 3759 Comm: insmod Not tainted 4.11.0-rc3-gcc-5.4.1-00017-g5a61ef74f269 #11
>  ...
>  NIP [c0000000001eaa48] ftrace_bug+0x2b8/0x3c0
>  LR [c0000000001eaff8] ftrace_process_locs+0x4a8/0x590
>  Call Trace:
>    alloc_pages_current+0xc4/0x1d0 (unreliable)
>    ftrace_process_locs+0x4a8/0x590
>    load_module+0x1c8c/0x28f0
>    SyS_finit_module+0x110/0x140
>    system_call+0x38/0xfc
>  ...
>  ftrace failed to modify
>  [<d000000002a31024>] 0xd000000002a31024
>   actual:   35:65:00:48
>
>We can avoid this by including in the vermagic whether the kernel/module was
>built with mprofile-kernel. Which results in:
>
>  # insmod autofs4-pg.ko
>  autofs4: version magic
>  '4.11.0-rc3-gcc-5.4.1-00017-g5a61ef74f269 SMP mod_unload modversions '
>  should be
>  '4.11.0-rc3-gcc-5.4.1-00017-g5a61ef74f269-dirty SMP mod_unload modversions mprofile-kernel'
>  insmod: ERROR: could not insert module autofs4-pg.ko: Invalid module format
>
>Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>

Looks good to me:

Acked-by: Jessica Yu <jeyu@redhat.com>

>---
> arch/powerpc/include/asm/module.h | 4 ++++
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
>
>diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/module.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/module.h
>index 53885512b8d3..6c0132c7212f 100644
>--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/module.h
>+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/module.h
>@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@
> #include <asm-generic/module.h>
>
>
>+#ifdef CC_USING_MPROFILE_KERNEL
>+#define MODULE_ARCH_VERMAGIC	"mprofile-kernel"
>+#endif
>+
> #ifndef __powerpc64__
> /*
>  * Thanks to Paul M for explaining this.
>-- 
>2.7.4
>

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#1641469 — Re: [PATCH] powerpc/modules: If mprofile-kernel is enabled add it to vermagic

FromMichael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Date2017-05-15 11:30 +0200
SubjectRe: [PATCH] powerpc/modules: If mprofile-kernel is enabled add it to vermagic
Message-ID<tHkue-6eH-21@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#1640251
Jessica Yu <jeyu@redhat.com> writes:

> +++ Michael Ellerman [10/05/17 16:57 +1000]:
>>On powerpc we can build the kernel with two different ABIs for mcount(), which
>>is used by ftrace. Kernels built with one ABI do not know how to load modules
>>built with the other ABI. The new style ABI is called "mprofile-kernel", for
>>want of a better name.
>>
>>Currently if we build a module using the old style ABI, and the kernel with
>>mprofile-kernel, when we load the module we'll oops something like:
>>
>>  # insmod autofs4-no-mprofile-kernel.ko
>>  ftrace-powerpc: Unexpected instruction f8810028 around bl _mcount
>>  ------------[ cut here ]------------
>>  WARNING: CPU: 6 PID: 3759 at ../kernel/trace/ftrace.c:2024 ftrace_bug+0x2b8/0x3c0
>>  CPU: 6 PID: 3759 Comm: insmod Not tainted 4.11.0-rc3-gcc-5.4.1-00017-g5a61ef74f269 #11
>>  ...
>>  NIP [c0000000001eaa48] ftrace_bug+0x2b8/0x3c0
>>  LR [c0000000001eaff8] ftrace_process_locs+0x4a8/0x590
>>  Call Trace:
>>    alloc_pages_current+0xc4/0x1d0 (unreliable)
>>    ftrace_process_locs+0x4a8/0x590
>>    load_module+0x1c8c/0x28f0
>>    SyS_finit_module+0x110/0x140
>>    system_call+0x38/0xfc
>>  ...
>>  ftrace failed to modify
>>  [<d000000002a31024>] 0xd000000002a31024
>>   actual:   35:65:00:48
>>
>>We can avoid this by including in the vermagic whether the kernel/module was
>>built with mprofile-kernel. Which results in:
>>
>>  # insmod autofs4-pg.ko
>>  autofs4: version magic
>>  '4.11.0-rc3-gcc-5.4.1-00017-g5a61ef74f269 SMP mod_unload modversions '
>>  should be
>>  '4.11.0-rc3-gcc-5.4.1-00017-g5a61ef74f269-dirty SMP mod_unload modversions mprofile-kernel'
>>  insmod: ERROR: could not insert module autofs4-pg.ko: Invalid module format
>>
>>Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
>
> Looks good to me:
>
> Acked-by: Jessica Yu <jeyu@redhat.com>

Thanks.

cheers

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