From: Heiko Carstens <hca@linux.ibm.com>
To: Alexander Gordeev <agordeev@linux.ibm.com>,
Sven Schnelle <svens@linux.ibm.com>,
Vasily Gorbik <gor@linux.ibm.com>,
Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@linux.ibm.com>,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>,
Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>, Jens Remus <jremus@linux.ibm.com>,
Stefan Schulze Frielinghaus <stefansf@linux.ibm.com>,
Juergen Christ <jchrist@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-s390@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 9/9] s390/bug: Prevent tail-call optimization
Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2025 13:17:01 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20251209121701.1856271-10-hca@linux.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20251209121701.1856271-1-hca@linux.ibm.com>
For the exception based __WARN_trap() implementation it is technically not
necessary to prevent tail-call optimization, however it may be confusing to
see warning messages like:
WARNING: arch/s390/kernel/setup.c:1017 at foobar+0x2c/0x50, CPU#0: swapper/0/0
together with a disassembly of a different function caused by tail-call
optimaziation for the __WARN_trap() call. Prevent that by adding an empty
asm statement. This generates slightly worse code, but should hopefully
avoid confusion.
With this the output looks like:
WARNING: arch/s390/kernel/setup.c:1017 at foobar+0x2c/0x50, CPU#0: swapper/0/0
...
Krnl PSW : 0704c00180000000 000003ffe0119788 (foobar+0x38/0x50)
...
Krnl Code: 000003ffe0119776: e3e0f0980024 stg %r14,152(%r15)
000003ffe011977c: c02000b8992a larl %r2,000003ffe182c9d0
*000003ffe0119782: c0e5007270b7 brasl %r14,000003ffe0f678f0
>000003ffe0119788: ebeff0a00004 lmg %r14,%r15,160(%r15)
000003ffe011978e: 07fe bcr 15,%r14
000003ffe0119790: 47000700 bc 0,1792
000003ffe0119794: 0707 bcr 0,%r7
000003ffe0119796: 0707 bcr 0,%r7
Call Trace:
[<000003ffe0119788>] foobar+0x38/0x50
[<000003ffe185bc2e>] arch_cpu_finalize_init+0x26/0x60
[<000003ffe185654c>] start_kernel+0x53c/0x5d8
[<000003ffe010002e>] startup_continue+0x2e/0x40
A better solution would be to replace or patch the branch instruction to
__WARN_trap() with the monitor call instruction, similar to what is done
for x86 [1]. However s390 does not support static_cond_calls(). Therefore
use the simple approach for the time being.
[1] commit 860238af7a33 ("x86_64/bug: Inline the UD1")
Signed-off-by: Heiko Carstens <hca@linux.ibm.com>
---
arch/s390/include/asm/bug.h | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/s390/include/asm/bug.h b/arch/s390/include/asm/bug.h
index e6e8b492c0e7..89187ec6f6b0 100644
--- a/arch/s390/include/asm/bug.h
+++ b/arch/s390/include/asm/bug.h
@@ -99,6 +99,8 @@ do { \
int __flags = (flags) | BUGFLAG_WARNING | BUGFLAG_ARGS; \
\
__WARN_trap(__WARN_bug_entry(__flags, format), ## arg); \
+ /* prevent tail-call optimization */ \
+ asm(""); \
} while (0)
#define __WARN_printf(taint, fmt, arg...) \
--
2.51.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-12-09 12:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-12-09 12:16 [PATCH 0/9] s390: Exception based WARN() / WARN_ONCE() Heiko Carstens
2025-12-09 12:16 ` [PATCH 1/9] kbuild: Require gcc-9 for s390 Heiko Carstens
2025-12-09 12:16 ` [PATCH 2/9] s390/bug: Convert to inline assembly with input operands Heiko Carstens
2025-12-09 12:16 ` [PATCH 3/9] s390/bug: Use BUG_FORMAT for DEBUG_BUGVERBOSE_DETAILED Heiko Carstens
2025-12-09 12:16 ` [PATCH 4/9] s390/bug: Introduce and use monitor code macro Heiko Carstens
2025-12-09 12:16 ` [PATCH 5/9] s390/traps: Copy monitor code to pt_regs Heiko Carstens
2025-12-09 12:16 ` [PATCH 6/9] s390/bug: Implement __WARN_printf() Heiko Carstens
2025-12-09 12:35 ` Peter Zijlstra
2025-12-09 14:42 ` Heiko Carstens
2025-12-10 13:09 ` kernel test robot
2025-12-10 14:57 ` kernel test robot
2025-12-09 12:16 ` [PATCH 7/9] s390/bug: Implement WARN_ONCE() Heiko Carstens
2025-12-09 12:17 ` [PATCH 8/9] s390/bug: Skip __WARN_trap() in call traces Heiko Carstens
2025-12-09 12:17 ` Heiko Carstens [this message]
2025-12-09 12:47 ` [PATCH 9/9] s390/bug: Prevent tail-call optimization Peter Zijlstra
2025-12-09 12:56 ` [PATCH 0/9] s390: Exception based WARN() / WARN_ONCE() Peter Zijlstra
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