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From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
	Jason Baron <jbaron@akamai.com>, Jason Baron <jbaron@redhat.com>
Subject: [PATCH 2/4] x86/jump-label: Do not bother updating nops if they are correct
Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2013 12:49:36 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130807165113.812095844@goodmis.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20130807164934.149920591@goodmis.org

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From: Steven Rostedt <srostedt@redhat.com>

On boot up, the jump label init function scans all the jump label locations
and converts them to the best nop for the machine. If the nop is already
the ideal nop, do not bother with changing it.

Cc: Jason Baron <jbaron@redhat.com>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/jump_label.c |   25 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/jump_label.c b/arch/x86/kernel/jump_label.c
index 2889b3d..ae3d8fb 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/jump_label.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/jump_label.c
@@ -50,10 +50,33 @@ void arch_jump_label_transform(struct jump_entry *entry,
 	put_online_cpus();
 }
 
+static enum {
+	JL_STATE_START,
+	JL_STATE_NO_UPDATE,
+	JL_STATE_UPDATE,
+} jlstate __initdata_or_module = JL_STATE_START;
+
 __init_or_module void arch_jump_label_transform_static(struct jump_entry *entry,
 				      enum jump_label_type type)
 {
-	__jump_label_transform(entry, type, text_poke_early);
+	/*
+	 * This function is called at boot up and when modules are
+	 * first loaded. Check if the default nop, the one that is
+	 * inserted at compile time, is the ideal nop. If it is, then
+	 * we do not need to update the nop, and we can leave it as is.
+	 * If it is not, then we need to update the nop to the ideal nop.
+	 */
+	if (jlstate == JL_STATE_START) {
+		const unsigned char default_nop[] = { STATIC_KEY_INIT_NOP };
+		const unsigned char *ideal_nop = ideal_nops[NOP_ATOMIC5];
+
+		if (memcmp(ideal_nop, default_nop, 5) != 0)
+			jlstate = JL_STATE_UPDATE;
+		else
+			jlstate = JL_STATE_NO_UPDATE;
+	}
+	if (jlstate == JL_STATE_UPDATE)
+		__jump_label_transform(entry, type, text_poke_early);
 }
 
 #endif
-- 
1.7.10.4



  parent reply	other threads:[~2013-08-07 16:51 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-08-07 16:49 [PATCH 0/4] [GIT PULL][3.12] x86/jump-label: Clean ups and safety checks Steven Rostedt
2013-08-07 16:49 ` [PATCH 1/4] x86/jump-label: Use best default nops for inital jump label calls Steven Rostedt
2013-08-07 16:49 ` Steven Rostedt [this message]
2013-08-07 16:49 ` [PATCH 3/4] x86/jump-label: Add safety checks to jump label conversions Steven Rostedt
2013-08-07 16:49 ` [PATCH 4/4] x86/jump-label: Show where and what was wrong on errors Steven Rostedt
2013-08-07 17:20   ` Borislav Petkov
2013-08-07 17:33     ` Steven Rostedt
2013-08-07 17:37       ` Borislav Petkov
2013-08-07 17:46         ` Steven Rostedt
2013-08-07 17:51           ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-08-07 18:41             ` Borislav Petkov
2013-08-07 18:45               ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-08-12 14:31     ` Peter Zijlstra
2013-08-12 14:32       ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-08-12 15:57         ` Ingo Molnar

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