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From: Brian Gerst <brgerst@gmail.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, x86@kernel.org
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>, "H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
	Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@google.com>,
	alyssa.milburn@linux.intel.com, keescook@chromium.org,
	jpoimboe@kernel.org, joao@overdrivepizza.com,
	tim.c.chen@linux.intel.com, Brian Gerst <brgerst@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 0/2] Rewrite ret_from_fork() in C
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2023 18:55:27 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20230623225529.34590-1-brgerst@gmail.com> (raw)

When kCFI is enabled, special handling is needed for the indirect call
to the kernel thread function.  Handling this in pure assembly is not
simple, so moving it to C is more appropriate.  Instead of moving just
the indirect call to C as Peter Zijlstra has proposed, this patchset
rewrites the whole ret_from_fork() function in C (other than some
necessary asm glue remaning).

V2:
- Fixed wrong address of pt_regs being passed
- Simplified 64-bit asm stub to not use a tail-call

Brian Gerst (2):
  x86/32: Remove schedule_tail_wrapper()
  x86: Rewrite ret_from_fork() in C

 arch/x86/entry/entry_32.S        | 53 ++++++++------------------------
 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S        | 33 +++++---------------
 arch/x86/include/asm/switch_to.h |  4 ++-
 arch/x86/kernel/process.c        | 22 ++++++++++++-
 4 files changed, 45 insertions(+), 67 deletions(-)

-- 
2.41.0


             reply	other threads:[~2023-06-23 22:56 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-06-23 22:55 Brian Gerst [this message]
2023-06-23 22:55 ` [PATCH v2 1/2] x86/32: Remove schedule_tail_wrapper() Brian Gerst
2023-07-10  8:13   ` [tip: x86/urgent] " tip-bot2 for Brian Gerst
2023-06-23 22:55 ` [PATCH v2 2/2] x86: Rewrite ret_from_fork() in C Brian Gerst
2023-07-10  8:13   ` [tip: x86/urgent] " tip-bot2 for Brian Gerst
2023-07-19 15:21   ` [PATCH v2 2/2] " Petr Mladek
2023-07-19 20:02     ` Peter Zijlstra
2023-07-19 20:15       ` Peter Zijlstra
2023-07-19 20:50         ` Peter Zijlstra
2023-07-19 23:31           ` Josh Poimboeuf
2023-07-20  5:22             ` Peter Zijlstra
2023-07-20  9:28               ` Peter Zijlstra
2023-07-20  8:18         ` Petr Mladek
2023-07-21  9:20         ` [tip: x86/urgent] x86: Fix kthread unwind tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2023-07-19 20:33     ` [PATCH v2 2/2] x86: Rewrite ret_from_fork() in C Joe Lawrence
2023-07-19 20:41       ` Peter Zijlstra

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