[PATCH v2 6/9] x86: prevent inline distortion by paravirt ops

Nadav Amit
2018-06-04T18:37:07Z

GCC considers the number of statements in inlined assembly blocks,
according to new-lines and semicolons, as an indication to the cost of
the block in time and space. This data is distorted by the kernel code,
which puts information in alternative sections. As a result, the
compiler may perform incorrect inlining and branch optimizations.

The solution is to set an assembly macro and call it from the inlined
assembly block. As a result GCC considers the inline assembly block as
a single instruction.

The effect of the patch is a more aggressive inlining, which also
causes a size increase of kernel.

text data bss dec hex filename
18147336 10226688 2957312 31331336 1de1408 ./vmlinux before
18162555 10226288 2957312 31346155 1de4deb ./vmlinux after (+14819)

Static text symbols:
Before: 40053
After: 39942 (-111)

Cc: Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>
Cc: Alok Kataria <akataria@vmware.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: x86@kernel.org
Cc: virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org

Signed-off-by: Nadav Amit <namit@vmware.com>
---
arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt_types.h | 54 +++++++++++++++------------
arch/x86/kernel/macros.S | 1 +
2 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt_types.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt_types.h
index 180bc0bff0fb..2a9c53f64f1a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt_types.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt_types.h
@@ -347,19 +347,15 @@ extern struct pv_lock_ops pv_lock_ops;
* Generate some code, and mark it as patchable by the
* apply_paravirt() alternate instruction patcher.
*/
-#define _paravirt_alt(insn_string, type, clobber) \
- "771:\n\t" insn_string "\n" "772:\n" \
- ".pushsection .parainstructions,\"a\"\n" \
- _ASM_ALIGN "\n" \
- _ASM_PTR " 771b\n" \
- " .byte " type "\n" \
- " .byte 772b-771b\n" \
- " .short " clobber "\n" \
- ".popsection\n"
+#define _paravirt_alt(type, clobber, pv_opptr) \
+ "PARAVIRT_ALT type=" __stringify(type) \
+ " clobber=" __stringify(clobber) \
+ " pv_opptr=" __stringify(pv_opptr) "\n\t"

/* Generate patchable code, with the default asm parameters. */
-#define paravirt_alt(insn_string) \
- _paravirt_alt(insn_string, "%c[paravirt_typenum]", "%c[paravirt_clobber]")
+#define paravirt_alt \
+ _paravirt_alt("%c[paravirt_typenum]", "%c[paravirt_clobber]", \
+ "%c[paravirt_opptr]")

/* Simple instruction patching code. */
#define NATIVE_LABEL(a,x,b) "\n\t.globl " a #x "_" #b "\n" a #x "_" #b ":\n\t"
@@ -387,16 +383,6 @@ unsigned native_patch(u8 type, u16 clobbers, void *ibuf,

int paravirt_disable_iospace(void);

-/*
- * This generates an indirect call based on the operation type number.
- * The type number, computed in PARAVIRT_PATCH, is derived from the
- * offset into the paravirt_patch_template structure, and can therefore be
- * freely converted back into a structure offset.
- */
-#define PARAVIRT_CALL \
- ANNOTATE_RETPOLINE_SAFE \
- "call *%c[paravirt_opptr];"
-
/*
* These macros are intended to wrap calls through one of the paravirt
* ops structs, so that they can be later identified and patched at
@@ -534,7 +520,7 @@ int paravirt_disable_iospace(void);
/* since this condition will never hold */ \
if (sizeof(rettype) > sizeof(unsigned long)) { \
asm volatile(pre \
- paravirt_alt(PARAVIRT_CALL) \
+ paravirt_alt \
post \
: call_clbr, ASM_CALL_CONSTRAINT \
: paravirt_type(op), \
@@ -544,7 +530,7 @@ int paravirt_disable_iospace(void);
__ret = (rettype)((((u64)__edx) << 32) | __eax); \
} else { \
asm volatile(pre \
- paravirt_alt(PARAVIRT_CALL) \
+ paravirt_alt \
post \
: call_clbr, ASM_CALL_CONSTRAINT \
: paravirt_type(op), \
@@ -571,7 +557,7 @@ int paravirt_disable_iospace(void);
PVOP_VCALL_ARGS; \
PVOP_TEST_NULL(op); \
asm volatile(pre \
- paravirt_alt(PARAVIRT_CALL) \
+ paravirt_alt \
post \
: call_clbr, ASM_CALL_CONSTRAINT \
: paravirt_type(op), \
@@ -691,6 +677,26 @@ struct paravirt_patch_site {
extern struct paravirt_patch_site __parainstructions[],
__parainstructions_end[];

+#else /* __ASSEMBLY__ */
+
+/*
+ * This generates an indirect call based on the operation type number.
+ * The type number, computed in PARAVIRT_PATCH, is derived from the
+ * offset into the paravirt_patch_template structure, and can therefore be
+ * freely converted back into a structure offset.
+ */
+.macro PARAVIRT_ALT type:req clobber:req pv_opptr:req
+771: ANNOTATE_RETPOLINE_SAFE
+ call *\pv_opptr
+772: .pushsection .parainstructions,"a"
+ _ASM_ALIGN
+ _ASM_PTR 771b
+ .byte \type
+ .byte 772b-771b
+ .short \clobber
+ .popsection
+.endm
+
#endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */

#endif /* _ASM_X86_PARAVIRT_TYPES_H */
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/macros.S b/arch/x86/kernel/macros.S
index 66ccb8e823b1..71d8b716b111 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/macros.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/macros.S
@@ -10,3 +10,4 @@
#include <asm/refcount.h>
#include <asm/alternative-asm.h>
#include <asm/bug.h>
+#include <asm/paravirt.h>
--
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