livepatch: Use kallsyms_on_each_match_symbol() to improve performance

Based on the test results of kallsyms_on_each_match_symbol() and
kallsyms_on_each_symbol(), the average performance can be improved by
more than 1500 times.

Signed-off-by: Zhen Lei <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Luis Chamberlain <[email protected]>

Author: Zhen Lei

kernel/livepatch/core.c

@@ -153,6 +153,24 @@ static int klp_find_callback(void *data, const char *name,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int klp_match_callback(void *data, unsigned long addr)
+{
+	struct klp_find_arg *args = data;
+
+	args->addr = addr;
+	args->count++;
+
+	/*
+	 * Finish the search when the symbol is found for the desired position
+	 * or the position is not defined for a non-unique symbol.
+	 */
+	if ((args->pos && (args->count == args->pos)) ||
+	    (!args->pos && (args->count > 1)))
+		return 1;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int klp_find_object_symbol(const char *objname, const char *name,
 				  unsigned long sympos, unsigned long *addr)
 {
@@ -167,7 +185,7 @@ static int klp_find_object_symbol(const char *objname, const char *name,
 	if (objname)
 		module_kallsyms_on_each_symbol(klp_find_callback, &args);
 	else
-		kallsyms_on_each_symbol(klp_find_callback, &args);
+		kallsyms_on_each_match_symbol(klp_match_callback, name, &args);
 
 	/*
 	 * Ensure an address was found. If sympos is 0, ensure symbol is unique;