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-rw-r--r--arch/powerpc/include/asm/code-patching.h4
-rw-r--r--arch/powerpc/lib/code-patching.c14
2 files changed, 12 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/code-patching.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/code-patching.h
index 37c32aba79b7..a6f8c7a5cbb7 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/code-patching.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/code-patching.h
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ unsigned int create_branch(const unsigned int *addr,
unsigned long target, int flags);
unsigned int create_cond_branch(const unsigned int *addr,
unsigned long target, int flags);
-void patch_branch(unsigned int *addr, unsigned long target, int flags);
-void patch_instruction(unsigned int *addr, unsigned int instr);
+int patch_branch(unsigned int *addr, unsigned long target, int flags);
+int patch_instruction(unsigned int *addr, unsigned int instr);
int instr_is_relative_branch(unsigned int instr);
int instr_is_branch_to_addr(const unsigned int *instr, unsigned long addr);
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/lib/code-patching.c b/arch/powerpc/lib/code-patching.c
index 7c975d43e3f3..dd223b3eb333 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/lib/code-patching.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/lib/code-patching.c
@@ -13,17 +13,23 @@
#include <linux/mm.h>
#include <asm/page.h>
#include <asm/code-patching.h>
+#include <asm/uaccess.h>
-void patch_instruction(unsigned int *addr, unsigned int instr)
+int patch_instruction(unsigned int *addr, unsigned int instr)
{
- *addr = instr;
+ int err;
+
+ err = __put_user(instr, addr);
+ if (err)
+ return err;
asm ("dcbst 0, %0; sync; icbi 0,%0; sync; isync" : : "r" (addr));
+ return 0;
}
-void patch_branch(unsigned int *addr, unsigned long target, int flags)
+int patch_branch(unsigned int *addr, unsigned long target, int flags)
{
- patch_instruction(addr, create_branch(addr, target, flags));
+ return patch_instruction(addr, create_branch(addr, target, flags));
}
unsigned int create_branch(const unsigned int *addr,