tree baacd7e2a817b5c9b487251fbe2586ceef6e23a7
parent 9c1f6bb8c88ab6c2779bdaf12d4f3407d336f085
author Steven Rostedt (Red Hat) <rostedt@goodmis.org> 1481219306 -0500
committer Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> 1481293030 -0500

ftrace/x86_32: Set ftrace_stub to weak to prevent gcc from using short jumps to it

With new binutils, gcc may get smart with its optimization and change a jmp
from a 5 byte jump to a 2 byte one even though it was jumping to a global
function. But that global function existed within a 2 byte radius, and gcc
was able to optimize it. Unfortunately, that jump was also being modified
when function graph tracing begins. Since ftrace expected that jump to be 5
bytes, but it was only two, it overwrote code after the jump, causing a
crash.

This was fixed for x86_64 with commit 8329e818f149, with the same subject as
this commit, but nothing was done for x86_32.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: d61f82d06672 ("ftrace: use dynamic patching for updating mcount calls")
Reported-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@canonical.com>
Tested-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@canonical.com>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>