This is v5 of the patches posted at: https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/linuxppc-dev/list/?series=37250
This series has been tested using mambo for p8 (hash) and p9 (radix), and also on Power8 host. In v5, the patch for KVM has been re-worked and is now [6/10], instead of [2/10]. This now works properly on a Power8 machine. More details in the patch. All other patches are unchanged from v4. - Naveen Naveen N. Rao (10): powerpc64/ftrace: Add a field in paca to disable ftrace in unsafe code paths powerpc64/ftrace: Rearrange #ifdef sections in ftrace.h powerpc64/ftrace: Add helpers to hard disable ftrace powerpc64/ftrace: Delay enabling ftrace on secondary cpus powerpc64/ftrace: Disable ftrace during hotplug powerpc64/ftrace: Disable ftrace during kvm entry/exit powerpc64/kexec: Hard disable ftrace before switching to the new kernel powerpc64/module: Tighten detection of mcount call sites with -mprofile-kernel powerpc64/ftrace: Use the generic version of ftrace_replace_code() powerpc64/ftrace: Implement support for ftrace_regs_caller() arch/powerpc/include/asm/ftrace.h | 27 ++- arch/powerpc/include/asm/module.h | 3 + arch/powerpc/include/asm/paca.h | 1 + arch/powerpc/kernel/asm-offsets.c | 1 + arch/powerpc/kernel/machine_kexec.c | 2 + arch/powerpc/kernel/module_64.c | 43 ++-- arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_64.c | 7 + arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c | 12 + arch/powerpc/kernel/trace/ftrace.c | 210 ++++++++++++++---- .../powerpc/kernel/trace/ftrace_64_mprofile.S | 85 ++++++- arch/powerpc/kernel/trace/ftrace_64_pg.S | 4 + arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c | 4 + arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_rmhandlers.S | 3 + 13 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 67 deletions(-) -- 2.17.0