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diff --git a/arch/powerpc/lib/code-patching.c b/arch/powerpc/lib/code-patching.c
index e0d881ab304e..6ae2777c220d 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/lib/code-patching.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/lib/code-patching.c
@@ -28,6 +28,12 @@ static int __patch_instruction(unsigned int *exec_addr, unsigned int instr,
{
int err;
+ /* Make sure we aren't patching a freed init section */
+ if (init_mem_is_free && init_section_contains(exec_addr, 4)) {
+ pr_debug("Skipping init section patching addr: 0x%px\n", exec_addr);
+ return 0;
+ }
+
__put_user_size(instr, patch_addr, 4, err);
if (err)
return err;
@@ -195,6 +201,22 @@ int patch_branch(unsigned int *addr, unsigned long target, int flags)
return patch_instruction(addr, create_branch(addr, target, flags));
}
+int patch_branch_site(s32 *site, unsigned long target, int flags)
+{
+ unsigned int *addr;
+
+ addr = (unsigned int *)((unsigned long)site + *site);
+ return patch_instruction(addr, create_branch(addr, target, flags));
+}
+
+int patch_instruction_site(s32 *site, unsigned int instr)
+{
+ unsigned int *addr;
+
+ addr = (unsigned int *)((unsigned long)site + *site);
+ return patch_instruction(addr, instr);
+}
+
bool is_offset_in_branch_range(long offset)
{
/*