In subsequent patches we'll need to atomically write to a
naturally-aligned 64-bit literal embedded within the kernel text.
Add a helper for this. For consistency with other text patching code we
use copy_to_kernel_nofault(), which is atomic for naturally-aligned
accesses up to 64-bits.
Signed-off-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Florent Revest <revest@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Will Deacon <will@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/arm64/include/asm/patching.h | 2 ++
arch/arm64/kernel/patching.c | 17 +++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 19 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/patching.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/patching.h
index 6bf5adc562950..68908b82b168f 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/patching.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/patching.h
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
int aarch64_insn_read(void *addr, u32 *insnp);
int aarch64_insn_write(void *addr, u32 insn);
+int aarch64_insn_write_literal_u64(void *addr, u64 val);
+
int aarch64_insn_patch_text_nosync(void *addr, u32 insn);
int aarch64_insn_patch_text(void *addrs[], u32 insns[], int cnt);
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/patching.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/patching.c
index 33e0fabc0b79b..b4835f6d594bc 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/patching.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/patching.c
@@ -88,6 +88,23 @@ int __kprobes aarch64_insn_write(void *addr, u32 insn)
return __aarch64_insn_write(addr, cpu_to_le32(insn));
}
+noinstr int aarch64_insn_write_literal_u64(void *addr, u64 val)
+{
+ u64 *waddr;
+ unsigned long flags;
+ int ret;
+
+ raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&patch_lock, flags);
+ waddr = patch_map(addr, FIX_TEXT_POKE0);
+
+ ret = copy_to_kernel_nofault(waddr, &val, sizeof(val));
+
+ patch_unmap(FIX_TEXT_POKE0);
+ raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&patch_lock, flags);
+
+ return ret;
+}
+
int __kprobes aarch64_insn_patch_text_nosync(void *addr, u32 insn)
{
u32 *tp = addr;
--
2.30.2
