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This patch changes the current detour mechanism of dynamic ftrace which has been discussed during LPC 2020 RISCV-MC [1]. Before the patch, we used mcount for detour: <funca>: addi sp,sp,-16 sd ra,8(sp) sd s0,0(sp) addi s0,sp,16 mv a5,ra mv a0,a5 auipc ra,0x0 -> nop jalr -296(ra) <_mcount@plt> ->nop ... After the patch, we use nop call site area for detour: <funca>: nop -> REG_S ra, -SZREG(sp) nop -> auipc ra, 0x? nop -> jalr ?(ra) nop -> REG_L ra, -SZREG(sp) ... The mcount mechanism is mixed with gcc function prologue which is not very clear. The patchable function entry just put 16 bytes nop before the front of the function prologue which could be filled with a separated detour mechanism. [1] https://www.linuxplumbersconf.org/event/7/contributions/807/ Signed-off-by: Guo Ren <guoren@linux.alibaba.com> Signed-off-by: Palmer Dabbelt <palmerdabbelt@google.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 Restructured Text 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.