---

yaml
---
r: 118015
b: refs/heads/master
c: 8115f3f
h: refs/heads/master
i:
  118013: 514ba0e
  118011: 2f1e611
  118007: e1865e8
  117999: 662b54a
  117983: 7caff22
  117951: 3a62ebb
  117887: 4c4054b
  117759: 4a083c3
v: v3

[refs]

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: ea31e72d753e5817a97de552f152d0cb55c7defc
+refs/heads/master: 8115f3f0c939c5db0fe3c6c6c58911fd3a205b1e

trunk/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c

@@ -21,8 +21,7 @@
 #include <asm/nops.h>
 
 
-/* Long is fine, even if it is only 4 bytes ;-) */
-static unsigned long *ftrace_nop;
+static unsigned char ftrace_nop[MCOUNT_INSN_SIZE];
 
 union ftrace_code_union {
 	char code[MCOUNT_INSN_SIZE];
@@ -40,7 +39,7 @@ static int ftrace_calc_offset(long ip, long addr)
 
 unsigned char *ftrace_nop_replace(void)
 {
-	return (char *)ftrace_nop;
+	return ftrace_nop;
 }
 
 unsigned char *ftrace_call_replace(unsigned long ip, unsigned long addr)
@@ -125,9 +124,6 @@ int __init ftrace_dyn_arch_init(void *data)
 	 * TODO: check the cpuid to determine the best nop.
 	 */
 	asm volatile (
-		"jmp ftrace_test_jmp\n"
-		/* This code needs to stay around */
-		".section .text, \"ax\"\n"
 		"ftrace_test_jmp:"
 		"jmp ftrace_test_p6nop\n"
 		"nop\n"
@@ -138,8 +134,6 @@ int __init ftrace_dyn_arch_init(void *data)
 		"jmp 1f\n"
 		"ftrace_test_nop5:"
 		".byte 0x66,0x66,0x66,0x66,0x90\n"
-		"jmp 1f\n"
-		".previous\n"
 		"1:"
 		".section .fixup, \"ax\"\n"
 		"2:	movl $1, %0\n"
@@ -154,15 +148,15 @@ int __init ftrace_dyn_arch_init(void *data)
 	switch (faulted) {
 	case 0:
 		pr_info("ftrace: converting mcount calls to 0f 1f 44 00 00\n");
-		ftrace_nop = (unsigned long *)ftrace_test_p6nop;
+		memcpy(ftrace_nop, ftrace_test_p6nop, MCOUNT_INSN_SIZE);
 		break;
 	case 1:
 		pr_info("ftrace: converting mcount calls to 66 66 66 66 90\n");
-		ftrace_nop = (unsigned long *)ftrace_test_nop5;
+		memcpy(ftrace_nop, ftrace_test_nop5, MCOUNT_INSN_SIZE);
 		break;
 	case 2:
 		pr_info("ftrace: converting mcount calls to jmp . + 5\n");
-		ftrace_nop = (unsigned long *)ftrace_test_jmp;
+		memcpy(ftrace_nop, ftrace_test_jmp, MCOUNT_INSN_SIZE);
 		break;
 	}