Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 15 Jan 2019 11:20:17 +0000 | From | Mark Rutland <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2 2/4] arm64: kprobes: Remove unneeded RODATA check |
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On Tue, Jan 15, 2019 at 03:24:36PM +0900, Masami Hiramatsu wrote: > Remove unneeded RODATA check from arch_prepare_kprobe(). > > Since check_kprobe_address_safe() already ensured that > the probe address is in kernel text, we don't need to > check whether the address in RODATA or not. That must > be always false. > > Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Mark.
> --- > arch/arm64/kernel/probes/kprobes.c | 6 ------ > 1 file changed, 6 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/probes/kprobes.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/probes/kprobes.c > index b2d4b7428ebc..1dae500d0a81 100644 > --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/probes/kprobes.c > +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/probes/kprobes.c > @@ -91,8 +91,6 @@ static void __kprobes arch_simulate_insn(struct kprobe *p, struct pt_regs *regs) > int __kprobes arch_prepare_kprobe(struct kprobe *p) > { > unsigned long probe_addr = (unsigned long)p->addr; > - extern char __start_rodata[]; > - extern char __end_rodata[]; > > if (probe_addr & 0x3) > return -EINVAL; > @@ -106,10 +104,6 @@ int __kprobes arch_prepare_kprobe(struct kprobe *p) > if (search_exception_tables(probe_addr)) > return -EINVAL; > > - if (probe_addr >= (unsigned long) __start_rodata && > - probe_addr <= (unsigned long) __end_rodata) > - return -EINVAL; > - > /* decode instruction */ > switch (arm_kprobe_decode_insn(p->addr, &p->ainsn)) { > case INSN_REJECTED: /* insn not supported */ >
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