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    kernel/kcov.c: mark write_comp_data() as notrace · 63472443
    Anders Roxell authored
    Since __sanitizer_cov_trace_const_cmp4 is marked as notrace, the
    function called from __sanitizer_cov_trace_const_cmp4 shouldn't be
    traceable either.  ftrace_graph_caller() gets called every time func
    write_comp_data() gets called if it isn't marked 'notrace'.  This is the
    backtrace from gdb:
    
     #0  ftrace_graph_caller () at ../arch/arm64/kernel/entry-ftrace.S:179
     #1  0xffffff8010201920 in ftrace_caller () at ../arch/arm64/kernel/entry-ftrace.S:151
     #2  0xffffff8010439714 in write_comp_data (type=5, arg1=0, arg2=0, ip=18446743524224276596) at ../kernel/kcov.c:116
     #3  0xffffff8010439894 in __sanitizer_cov_trace_const_cmp4 (arg1=<optimized out>, arg2=<optimized out>) at ../kernel/kcov.c:188
     #4  0xffffff8010201874 in prepare_ftrace_return (self_addr=18446743524226602768, parent=0xffffff801014b918, frame_pointer=18446743524223531344) at ./include/generated/atomic-instrumented.h:27
     #5  0xffffff801020194c in ftrace_graph_caller () at ../arch/arm64/kernel/entry-ftrace.S:182
    
    Rework so that write_comp_data() that are called from
    __sanitizer_cov_trace_*_cmp*() are marked as 'notrace'.
    
    Commit 903e8ff8 ("kernel/kcov.c: mark funcs in __sanitizer_cov_trace_pc() as notrace")
    missed to mark write_comp_data() as 'notrace'. When that patch was
    created gcc-7 was used. In lib/Kconfig.debug
    config KCOV_ENABLE_COMPARISONS
    	depends on $(cc-option,-fsanitize-coverage=trace-cmp)
    
    That code path isn't hit with gcc-7. However, it were that with gcc-8.
    
    Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20181206143011.23719-1-anders.roxell@linaro.org
    
    
    Signed-off-by: default avatarAnders Roxell <anders.roxell@linaro.org>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarArnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
    Co-developed-by: default avatarArnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
    Acked-by: default avatarSteven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
    Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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