Re: [PATCH v3] powerpc/booke: Avoid link stack corruption in several places

[Segher Boessenkool <segher@kernel.crashing.org>]

Hi!

On Tue, Aug 24, 2021 at 07:56:26AM +0000, Christophe Leroy wrote:
> Use bcl 20,31,+4 instead of bl in order to preserve link stack.

You use $+4 actually, which is clearer than .+4 or just +4 (and I am
surprised that the latter even works btw, I never knew :-) -- either
way it looks like a typo).

> -	bl	invstr				/* Find our address */
> +	bcl	20,31,$+4			/* Find our address */
>  invstr:	mflr	r6				/* Make it accessible */

You can remove the label now.  This isn't true in all cases, but here
you can (all times it is called "invstr").

> @@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ skpinv:	addi	r6,r6,1				/* Increment */
>  	addi	r6,r6,10
>  	slw	r6,r8,r6	/* convert to mask */
>  
> -	bl	1f		/* Find our address */
> +	bcl	20,31,$+4	/* Find our address */
>  1:	mflr	r7

Here, too.

> @@ -1045,7 +1045,7 @@ head_start_47x:
>  	sync
>  
>  	/* Find the entry we are running from */
> -	bl	1f
> +	bcl	20,31,$+4
>  1:	mflr	r23
>  	tlbsx	r23,0,r23
>  	tlbre	r24,r23,0

And here.

> @@ -1132,7 +1132,7 @@ _GLOBAL(switch_to_as1)
>  	bne	1b
>  
>  	/* Get the tlb entry used by the current running code */
> -	bl	0f
> +	bcl	20,31,$+4
>  0:	mflr	r4
>  	tlbsx	0,r4

> @@ -1166,7 +1166,7 @@ _GLOBAL(switch_to_as1)
>  _GLOBAL(restore_to_as0)
>  	mflr	r0
>  
> -	bl	0f
> +	bcl	20,31,$+4
>  0:	mflr	r9
>  	addi	r9,r9,1f - 0b

And these.

> --- a/arch/powerpc/mm/nohash/tlb_low.S
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/nohash/tlb_low.S
> @@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ END_FTR_SECTION_IFSET(CPU_FTR_476_DD2)
>   * Touch enough instruction cache lines to ensure cache hits
>   */
>  1:	mflr	r9
> -	bl	2f
> +	bcl	20,31,$+4
>  2:	mflr	r6
>  	li	r7,32
>  	PPC_ICBT(0,R6,R7)		/* touch next cache line */
> @@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ _GLOBAL(loadcam_multi)
>  	 * Set up temporary TLB entry that is the same as what we're
>  	 * running from, but in AS=1.
>  	 */
> -	bl	1f
> +	bcl	20,31,$+4
>  1:	mflr	r6
>  	tlbsx	0,r8
>  	mfspr	r6,SPRN_MAS1

And these too.

There does not see to be a warning for usused local labels, it would be
useful in this case :-)


Segher