From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Peter Zijlstra Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] objtool,x86_64: Replace recordmcount with objtool Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2020 01:56:20 +0200 Message-ID: <20200722235620.GR10769@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net> References: <20200624212737.GV4817@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net> <20200624214530.GA120457@google.com> <20200625074530.GW4817@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net> <20200625161503.GB173089@google.com> <20200625200235.GQ4781@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net> <20200625224042.GA169781@google.com> <20200626112931.GF4817@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net> <20200722135542.41127cc4@oasis.local.home> <20200722184137.GP10769@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net> <20200722150943.53046592@oasis.local.home> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20200722150943.53046592@oasis.local.home> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Steven Rostedt Cc: Sami Tolvanen , Masahiro Yamada , Will Deacon , Greg Kroah-Hartman , "Paul E. McKenney" , Kees Cook , Nick Desaulniers , clang-built-linux@googlegroups.com, kernel-hardening@lists.openwall.com, linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-pci@vger.kernel.org, x86@kernel.org, Josh Poimboeuf List-Id: linux-arch.vger.kernel.org On Wed, Jul 22, 2020 at 03:09:43PM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote: > On Wed, 22 Jul 2020 20:41:37 +0200 > Peter Zijlstra wrote: > > > > That said, Andi Kleen added an option to gcc called -mnop-mcount which > > > will have gcc do both create the mcount section and convert the calls > > > into nops. When doing so, it defines CC_USING_NOP_MCOUNT which will > > > tell ftrace to expect the calls to already be converted. > > > > That seems like the much easier solution, then we can forget about > > recordmcount / objtool entirely for this. > > Of course that was only for some gcc compilers, and I'm not sure if > clang can do this. > > Or do you just see all compilers doing this in the future, and not > worrying about record-mcount at all, and bothering with objtool? I got the GCC version wrong :/ Both -mnop-mcount and -mrecord-mcount landed in GCC-5, where our minimum GCC is now at 4.9. Anyway, what do you prefer, I suppose I can make objtool whatever we need, that patch is trivial. Simply recording the sites and not rewriting them should be simple enough. From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:55594 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1729198AbgGVX4u (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Jul 2020 19:56:50 -0400 Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2020 01:56:20 +0200 From: Peter Zijlstra Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] objtool,x86_64: Replace recordmcount with objtool Message-ID: <20200722235620.GR10769@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net> References: <20200624212737.GV4817@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net> <20200624214530.GA120457@google.com> <20200625074530.GW4817@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net> <20200625161503.GB173089@google.com> <20200625200235.GQ4781@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net> <20200625224042.GA169781@google.com> <20200626112931.GF4817@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net> <20200722135542.41127cc4@oasis.local.home> <20200722184137.GP10769@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net> <20200722150943.53046592@oasis.local.home> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20200722150943.53046592@oasis.local.home> Sender: linux-arch-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: To: Steven Rostedt Cc: Sami Tolvanen , Masahiro Yamada , Will Deacon , Greg Kroah-Hartman , "Paul E. McKenney" , Kees Cook , Nick Desaulniers , clang-built-linux@googlegroups.com, kernel-hardening@lists.openwall.com, linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-pci@vger.kernel.org, x86@kernel.org, Josh Poimboeuf Message-ID: <20200722235620.Ny9F-7ZUw5HVugTmheANejBwCKXT0-aSKfjl0dWZwHA@z> On Wed, Jul 22, 2020 at 03:09:43PM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote: > On Wed, 22 Jul 2020 20:41:37 +0200 > Peter Zijlstra wrote: > > > > That said, Andi Kleen added an option to gcc called -mnop-mcount which > > > will have gcc do both create the mcount section and convert the calls > > > into nops. When doing so, it defines CC_USING_NOP_MCOUNT which will > > > tell ftrace to expect the calls to already be converted. > > > > That seems like the much easier solution, then we can forget about > > recordmcount / objtool entirely for this. > > Of course that was only for some gcc compilers, and I'm not sure if > clang can do this. > > Or do you just see all compilers doing this in the future, and not > worrying about record-mcount at all, and bothering with objtool? I got the GCC version wrong :/ Both -mnop-mcount and -mrecord-mcount landed in GCC-5, where our minimum GCC is now at 4.9. Anyway, what do you prefer, I suppose I can make objtool whatever we need, that patch is trivial. Simply recording the sites and not rewriting them should be simple enough.