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* [PATCH 0/3] Fix and unify call thunks assembly snippets
@ 2023-11-02 11:25 Uros Bizjak
  2023-11-02 11:25 ` [PATCH 1/3] x86/callthunks: Move call thunk template to .S file Uros Bizjak
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  0 siblings, 3 replies; 9+ messages in thread
From: Uros Bizjak @ 2023-11-02 11:25 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: x86, linux-kernel
  Cc: Uros Bizjak, Thomas Gleixner, Ingo Molnar, Borislav Petkov,
	Dave Hansen, H. Peter Anvin, Peter Zijlstra

Currently INCREMENT_CALL_DEPTH and thunk debug macros explicitly
define %gs: segment register prefix for their percpu variables.
This is not compatible with !CONFIG_SMP, which requires non-prefixed
percpu variables.

Contrary to alternatives, relocations are currently not supported in
call thunk templates. Support for relocations will be needed when
PER_CPU_VAR macro switches to %rip-relative addressing.

Due to unsupported relocations, two variants of INCREMENT_CALL_DEPTH
macro are needed, ASM_ prefixed that allows relocations and
non-prefixed version that allows only absolute addresses.

The following patch series fixes above issues by

a) Moving call thunk template to its own callthunks-tmpl.S assembly file
where PER_CPU_VAR macro from percpu.h can be used to conditionally
use %gs: segment register prefix, depending on CONFIG_SMP.

b) Implementing minimal support for relocations when copying call thunk
template from its storage location to handle %rip-relative addresses.

c) Fixing call thunks debug macros to use PER_CPU_VAR macro from
percpu.h to conditionally use %gs: segment register prefix, depending
on CONFIG_SMP.

d) Unifying ASM_ prefixed assembly macros with their non-prefixed
variants. With support of %rip-relative relocations in place, call
thunk templates allow %rip-relative addressing, so unified assembly
snippet can be used everywhere.

The patch is independent of main percpu series in -tip tree.

Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>

Uros Bizjak (3):
  x86/callthunks: Move call thunk template to .S file
  x86/callthunks: Handle %rip-relative relocations in call thunk
    template
  x86/callthunks: Fix and unify call thunks assembly snippets

 arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h | 23 +++------
 arch/x86/kernel/Makefile             |  2 +-
 arch/x86/kernel/callthunks-tmpl.S    | 11 +++++
 arch/x86/kernel/callthunks.c         | 73 +++++++++++++++++++++-------
 4 files changed, 75 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 arch/x86/kernel/callthunks-tmpl.S

-- 
2.41.0


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2023-11-02 11:56       ` Peter Zijlstra
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