Inserts a direct branch to the stub target when possible, replacing the
mtctr/btctr sequence.
The load into r12 could potentially be skipped too, but that change
would need to refactor the arguments to indicate that the address
does not have a separate local entry point.
This helps the static call implementation, where modules calling their
own trampolines are called through this stub and the trampoline is
easily within range of a direct branch.
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Gray <bg...@linux.ibm.com>
---
arch/powerpc/kernel/module_64.c | 12 ++++++++++++
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/module_64.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/module_64.c
index 4d816f7785b4..13ce7a4d8a8d 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/module_64.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/module_64.c
@@ -141,6 +141,12 @@ static u32 ppc64_stub_insns[] = {
PPC_RAW_BCTR(),
};
+#ifdef CONFIG_PPC64_ELF_ABI_V1
+#define PPC64_STUB_MTCTR_OFFSET 5
+#else
+#define PPC64_STUB_MTCTR_OFFSET 4
+#endif
+
/* Count how many different 24-bit relocations (different symbol,
different addend) */
static unsigned int count_relocs(const Elf64_Rela *rela, unsigned int num)
@@ -426,6 +432,7 @@ static inline int create_stub(const Elf64_Shdr *sechdrs,
struct module *me,
const char *name)
{
+ int err;
long reladdr;
func_desc_t desc;
int i;
@@ -439,6 +446,11 @@ static inline int create_stub(const Elf64_Shdr *sechdrs,
return 0;
}
+ /* Replace indirect branch sequence with direct branch where possible */
+ err = patch_branch(&entry->jump[PPC64_STUB_MTCTR_OFFSET], addr, 0);
+ if (err && err != -ERANGE)
+ return 0;
+
/* Stub uses address relative to r2. */
reladdr = (unsigned long)entry - my_r2(sechdrs, me);
if (reladdr > 0x7FFFFFFF || reladdr < -(0x80000000L)) {
--
2.37.3
