Re: [PATCH] ARC: ARCv2: jump label: implement jump label patching

[Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>]

On Fri, Jun 21, 2019 at 02:09:23PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:

> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/jump_label_asm.h
> @@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
> +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
> +#ifndef _ASM_X86_JUMP_LABEL_ASM_H
> +#define _ASM_X86_JUMP_LABEL_ASM_H
> +
> +#include <asm/asm.h>
> +#include <asm/nops.h>
> +
> +#ifdef __ASSEMBLY__
> +
> +.macro STATIC_BRANCH_ENTRY l_target:req l_yes:req key:req branch:req
> +	.pushsection __jump_table, "aw"
> +	.long		\l_target - ., \l_yes - .
> +#ifdef __X86_64__
> +	.quad		(\key - .) + \branch
> +#else
> +	.long		(\key - .) + \branch
> +#endif
> +	.popsection
> +.endm
> +
> +.macro STATIC_BRANCH_NOP l_yes:req key:req branch:req
> +.Lstatic_branch_nop_\@:
> +.iflt 127 - .

That should've been:

.if \l_yes - . < 127

too, I had been playing with various forms to see when it compiles.
But as soon as a label (either \l_yes or '.' gets used) it barfs.

> +	.byte 0x66, 0x90
> +.else
> +	.byte STATIC_KEY_INIT_NOP
> +.endif
> +	STATIC_BRANCH_ENTRY l_target=.Lstatic_branch_nop_\@, l_yes=\l_yes, key=\key, branch=\branch
> +.endm
> +
> +.macro STATIC_BRANCH_JMP l_yes:req key:req branch:req
> +.Lstatic_branch_jmp_\@:
> +.if \l_yes - . < 127
> +	.byte 0xeb
> +	.byte \l_yes - (. + 1)
> +.else
> +	.byte 0xe9
> +	.long \l_yes - (. + 4)
> +.endif
> +	STATIC_BRANCH_ENTRY l_target=.Lstatic_branch_jmp_\@, l_yes=\l_yes, key=\key, branch=\branch
> +.endm
> +
> +#endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */
> +#endif /* _ASM_X86_JUMP_LABEL_ASM_H */