in kernel/ftrace.c [123:140]
static int __ftrace_modify_code(unsigned long pc, unsigned long *old_insn,
unsigned long *new_insn, bool validate)
{
unsigned long orig_insn[3];
if (validate) {
if (copy_from_kernel_nofault(orig_insn, (void *)pc,
MCOUNT_INSN_SIZE))
return -EFAULT;
if (memcmp(orig_insn, old_insn, MCOUNT_INSN_SIZE))
return -EINVAL;
}
if (copy_to_kernel_nofault((void *)pc, new_insn, MCOUNT_INSN_SIZE))
return -EPERM;
return 0;
}