ftrace: selftest: remove broken trace_direct_tramp

The ftrace selftest code has a trace_direct_tramp() function which it uses as a direct call trampoline. This happens to work on x86, since the direct call's return address is in the usual place, and can be returned to via a RET, but in general the calling convention for direct calls is different from regular function calls, and requires a trampoline written in assembly. On s390, regular function calls place the return address in %r14, and an ftrace patch-site in an instrumented function places the trampoline's return address (which is within the instrumented function) in %r0, preserving the original %r14 value in-place. As a regular C function will return to the address in %r14, using a C function as the trampoline results in the trampoline returning to the caller of the instrumented function, skipping the body of the instrumented function. Note that the s390 issue is not detcted by the ftrace selftest code, as the instrumented function is trivial, and returning back into the caller happens to be equivalent. On arm64, regular function calls place the return address in x30, and an ftrace patch-site in an instrumented function saves this into r9 and places the trampoline's return address (within the instrumented function) in x30. A regular C function will return to the address in x30, but will not restore x9 into x30. Consequently, using a C function as the trampoline results in returning to the trampoline's return address having corrupted x30, such that when the instrumented function returns, it will return back into itself. To avoid future issues in this area, remove the trace_direct_tramp() function, and require that each architecture with direct calls provides a stub trampoline, named ftrace_stub_direct_tramp. This can be written to handle the architecture's trampoline calling convention, and in future could be used elsewhere (e.g. in the ftrace ops sample, to measure the overhead of direct calls), so we may as well always build it in. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230321140424.345218-8-revest@chromium.org

MRMark Rutland committed 3 years ago