@@ -1188,4 +1188,6 @@ unsigned long arch_syscall_addr(int nr);
#endif /* CONFIG_FTRACE_SYSCALLS */
+void ftrace_swap_func(void *a, void *b, int n);
+
#endif /* _LINUX_FTRACE_H */
@@ -6989,6 +6989,23 @@ static void test_is_sorted(unsigned long *start, unsigned long count)
}
#endif
+/*
+ * ftrace_process_locs sorts module mcount, which might be inside RO
+ * memory.
+ * ftrace_swap_func allows architectures to use RO-memory-poke function to
+ * do the sorting.
+ */
+void __weak ftrace_swap_func(void *a, void *b, int n)
+{
+ unsigned long t;
+
+ WARN_ON_ONCE(n != sizeof(t));
+
+ t = *((unsigned long *)a);
+ *(unsigned long *)a = *(unsigned long *)b;
+ *(unsigned long *)b = t;
+}
+
static int ftrace_process_locs(struct module *mod,
unsigned long *start,
unsigned long *end)
@@ -7016,7 +7033,7 @@ static int ftrace_process_locs(struct module *mod,
*/
if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_BUILDTIME_MCOUNT_SORT) || mod) {
sort(start, count, sizeof(*start),
- ftrace_cmp_ips, NULL);
+ ftrace_cmp_ips, ftrace_swap_func);
} else {
test_is_sorted(start, count);
}