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1 /* Rewritten by Rusty Russell, on the backs of many others...
2 Copyright (C) 2001 Rusty Russell, 2002 Rusty Russell IBM.
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18 #include <linux/ftrace.h>
19 #include <linux/memory.h>
20 #include <linux/extable.h>
21 #include <linux/module.h>
22 #include <linux/mutex.h>
23 #include <linux/init.h>
24 #include <linux/kprobes.h>
25 #include <linux/filter.h>
27 #include <asm/sections.h>
28 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
31 * mutex protecting text section modification (dynamic code patching).
32 * some users need to sleep (allocating memory...) while they hold this lock.
34 * Note: Also protects SMP-alternatives modification on x86.
36 * NOT exported to modules - patching kernel text is a really delicate matter.
38 DEFINE_MUTEX(text_mutex);
40 extern struct exception_table_entry __start___ex_table[];
41 extern struct exception_table_entry __stop___ex_table[];
43 /* Cleared by build time tools if the table is already sorted. */
44 u32 __initdata __visible main_extable_sort_needed = 1;
46 /* Sort the kernel's built-in exception table */
47 void __init sort_main_extable(void)
49 if (main_extable_sort_needed && __stop___ex_table > __start___ex_table) {
50 pr_notice("Sorting __ex_table...\n");
51 sort_extable(__start___ex_table, __stop___ex_table);
55 /* Given an address, look for it in the exception tables. */
56 const struct exception_table_entry *search_exception_tables(unsigned long addr)
58 const struct exception_table_entry *e;
60 e = search_extable(__start___ex_table,
61 __stop___ex_table - __start___ex_table, addr);
62 if (!e)
63 e = search_module_extables(addr);
64 return e;
67 int init_kernel_text(unsigned long addr)
69 if (addr >= (unsigned long)_sinittext &&
70 addr < (unsigned long)_einittext)
71 return 1;
72 return 0;
75 int notrace core_kernel_text(unsigned long addr)
77 if (addr >= (unsigned long)_stext &&
78 addr < (unsigned long)_etext)
79 return 1;
81 if (system_state < SYSTEM_RUNNING &&
82 init_kernel_text(addr))
83 return 1;
84 return 0;
87 /**
88 * core_kernel_data - tell if addr points to kernel data
89 * @addr: address to test
91 * Returns true if @addr passed in is from the core kernel data
92 * section.
94 * Note: On some archs it may return true for core RODATA, and false
95 * for others. But will always be true for core RW data.
97 int core_kernel_data(unsigned long addr)
99 if (addr >= (unsigned long)_sdata &&
100 addr < (unsigned long)_edata)
101 return 1;
102 return 0;
105 int __kernel_text_address(unsigned long addr)
107 if (kernel_text_address(addr))
108 return 1;
110 * There might be init symbols in saved stacktraces.
111 * Give those symbols a chance to be printed in
112 * backtraces (such as lockdep traces).
114 * Since we are after the module-symbols check, there's
115 * no danger of address overlap:
117 if (init_kernel_text(addr))
118 return 1;
119 return 0;
122 int kernel_text_address(unsigned long addr)
124 bool no_rcu;
125 int ret = 1;
127 if (core_kernel_text(addr))
128 return 1;
131 * If a stack dump happens while RCU is not watching, then
132 * RCU needs to be notified that it requires to start
133 * watching again. This can happen either by tracing that
134 * triggers a stack trace, or a WARN() that happens during
135 * coming back from idle, or cpu on or offlining.
137 * is_module_text_address() as well as the kprobe slots
138 * and is_bpf_text_address() require RCU to be watching.
140 no_rcu = !rcu_is_watching();
142 /* Treat this like an NMI as it can happen anywhere */
143 if (no_rcu)
144 rcu_nmi_enter();
146 if (is_module_text_address(addr))
147 goto out;
148 if (is_ftrace_trampoline(addr))
149 goto out;
150 if (is_kprobe_optinsn_slot(addr) || is_kprobe_insn_slot(addr))
151 goto out;
152 if (is_bpf_text_address(addr))
153 goto out;
154 ret = 0;
155 out:
156 if (no_rcu)
157 rcu_nmi_exit();
159 return ret;
163 * On some architectures (PPC64, IA64) function pointers
164 * are actually only tokens to some data that then holds the
165 * real function address. As a result, to find if a function
166 * pointer is part of the kernel text, we need to do some
167 * special dereferencing first.
169 int func_ptr_is_kernel_text(void *ptr)
171 unsigned long addr;
172 addr = (unsigned long) dereference_function_descriptor(ptr);
173 if (core_kernel_text(addr))
174 return 1;
175 return is_module_text_address(addr);