livepatch: Use the default ftrace_ops instead of REGS when ARGS is available

When CONFIG_HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_ARGS is available, the ftrace call
will be able to set the ip of the calling function. This will improve the
performance of live kernel patching where it does not need all the regs to
be stored just to change the instruction pointer.

If all archs that support live kernel patching also support
HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_ARGS, then the architecture specific function
klp_arch_set_pc() could be made generic.

It is possible that an arch can support HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_ARGS but
not HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_REGS and then have access to live patching.

Cc: Josh Poimboeuf <[e-mail]>
Cc: Jiri Kosina <[e-mail]>
Cc: [e-mail]
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <[e-mail]>
Acked-by: Miroslav Benes <[e-mail]>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <[e-mail]>

arch/powerpc/include/asm/livepatch.h

···
 #include <linux/sched/task_stack.h>
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_LIVEPATCH
-static inline void klp_arch_set_pc(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long ip)
+static inline void klp_arch_set_pc(struct ftrace_regs *fregs, unsigned long ip)
 {
+	struct pt_regs *regs = ftrace_get_regs(fregs);
+
 	regs->nip = ip;
 }
 

arch/s390/include/asm/livepatch.h

···
 #ifndef ASM_LIVEPATCH_H
 #define ASM_LIVEPATCH_H
 
+#include <linux/ftrace.h>
 #include <asm/ptrace.h>
 
-static inline void klp_arch_set_pc(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long ip)
+static inline void klp_arch_set_pc(struct ftrace_regs *fregs, unsigned long ip)
 {
+	struct pt_regs *regs = ftrace_get_regs(fregs);
+
 	regs->psw.addr = ip;
 }
 

arch/x86/include/asm/ftrace.h

···
 		return NULL;
 	return &fregs->regs;
 }
+
+#define ftrace_instruction_pointer_set(fregs, _ip)	\
+	do { (fregs)->regs.ip = (_ip); } while (0)
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE

arch/x86/include/asm/livepatch.h

···
 #include <asm/setup.h>
 #include <linux/ftrace.h>
 
-static inline void klp_arch_set_pc(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long ip)
+static inline void klp_arch_set_pc(struct ftrace_regs *fregs, unsigned long ip)
 {
-	regs->ip = ip;
+	ftrace_instruction_pointer_set(fregs, ip);
 }
 
 #endif /* _ASM_X86_LIVEPATCH_H */

arch/x86/kernel/ftrace_64.S

···
 SYM_INNER_LABEL(ftrace_call, SYM_L_GLOBAL)
 	call ftrace_stub
 
+	/* Handlers can change the RIP */
+	movq RIP(%rsp), %rax
+	movq %rax, MCOUNT_REG_SIZE(%rsp)
+
 	restore_mcount_regs
 
 	/*

include/linux/ftrace.h

···
 };
 #define arch_ftrace_get_regs(fregs) (&(fregs)->regs)
 
+/*
+ * ftrace_instruction_pointer_set() is to be defined by the architecture
+ * if to allow setting of the instruction pointer from the ftrace_regs
+ * when HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_ARGS is set and it supports
+ * live kernel patching.
+ */
+#define ftrace_instruction_pointer_set(fregs, ip) do { } while (0)
 #endif /* CONFIG_HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_ARGS */
 
 static __always_inline struct pt_regs *ftrace_get_regs(struct ftrace_regs *fregs)

kernel/livepatch/Kconfig

···
 
 config LIVEPATCH
 	bool "Kernel Live Patching"
-	depends on DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_REGS
+	depends on DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_REGS || DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_ARGS
 	depends on MODULES
 	depends on SYSFS
 	depends on KALLSYMS_ALL

kernel/livepatch/patch.c

···
 				       struct ftrace_ops *fops,
 				       struct ftrace_regs *fregs)
 {
-	struct pt_regs *regs = ftrace_get_regs(fregs);
 	struct klp_ops *ops;
 	struct klp_func *func;
 	int patch_state;
···
 	if (func->nop)
 		goto unlock;
 
-	klp_arch_set_pc(regs, (unsigned long)func->new_func);
+	klp_arch_set_pc(fregs, (unsigned long)func->new_func);
 
 unlock:
 	preempt_enable_notrace();
···
 			return -ENOMEM;
 
 		ops->fops.func = klp_ftrace_handler;
-		ops->fops.flags = FTRACE_OPS_FL_SAVE_REGS |
-				  FTRACE_OPS_FL_DYNAMIC |
+		ops->fops.flags = FTRACE_OPS_FL_DYNAMIC |
+#ifndef CONFIG_HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_ARGS
+				  FTRACE_OPS_FL_SAVE_REGS |
+#endif
 				  FTRACE_OPS_FL_IPMODIFY |
 				  FTRACE_OPS_FL_PERMANENT;