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-rw-r--r--arch/powerpc/kernel/kprobes.c17
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/kprobes.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/kprobes.c
index 735ff3d3f77d..fce05a38851c 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/kprobes.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/kprobes.c
@@ -285,6 +285,7 @@ asm(".global kretprobe_trampoline\n"
".type kretprobe_trampoline, @function\n"
"kretprobe_trampoline:\n"
"nop\n"
+ "blr\n"
".size kretprobe_trampoline, .-kretprobe_trampoline\n");
/*
@@ -337,6 +338,13 @@ static int __kprobes trampoline_probe_handler(struct kprobe *p,
kretprobe_assert(ri, orig_ret_address, trampoline_address);
regs->nip = orig_ret_address;
+ /*
+ * Make LR point to the orig_ret_address.
+ * When the 'nop' inside the kretprobe_trampoline
+ * is optimized, we can do a 'blr' after executing the
+ * detour buffer code.
+ */
+ regs->link = orig_ret_address;
reset_current_kprobe();
kretprobe_hash_unlock(current, &flags);
@@ -467,15 +475,6 @@ int __kprobes kprobe_fault_handler(struct pt_regs *regs, int trapnr)
return 0;
}
-/*
- * Wrapper routine to for handling exceptions.
- */
-int __kprobes kprobe_exceptions_notify(struct notifier_block *self,
- unsigned long val, void *data)
-{
- return NOTIFY_DONE;
-}
-
unsigned long arch_deref_entry_point(void *entry)
{
return ppc_global_function_entry(entry);