Patch "arm64: module-plts: factor out PLT generation code for ftrace" has been added to the 4.14-stable tree

[<gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled

    arm64: module-plts: factor out PLT generation code for ftrace

to the 4.14-stable tree which can be found at:
    http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary

The filename of the patch is:
     arm64-module-plts-factor-out-plt-generation-code-for-ftrace.patch
and it can be found in the queue-4.14 subdirectory.

If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@vger.kernel.org> know about it.


>From 7e8b9c1d2e2f5f45db7d40b50d14f606097c25de Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org>
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2017 17:41:29 +0000
Subject: arm64: module-plts: factor out PLT generation code for ftrace

From: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org>

commit 7e8b9c1d2e2f5f45db7d40b50d14f606097c25de upstream.

To allow the ftrace trampoline code to reuse the PLT entry routines,
factor it out and move it into asm/module.h.

Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>

---
 arch/arm64/include/asm/module.h |   44 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 arch/arm64/kernel/module-plts.c |   38 +---------------------------------
 2 files changed, 46 insertions(+), 36 deletions(-)

--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/module.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/module.h
@@ -45,4 +45,48 @@ extern u64 module_alloc_base;
 #define module_alloc_base	((u64)_etext - MODULES_VSIZE)
 #endif
 
+struct plt_entry {
+	/*
+	 * A program that conforms to the AArch64 Procedure Call Standard
+	 * (AAPCS64) must assume that a veneer that alters IP0 (x16) and/or
+	 * IP1 (x17) may be inserted at any branch instruction that is
+	 * exposed to a relocation that supports long branches. Since that
+	 * is exactly what we are dealing with here, we are free to use x16
+	 * as a scratch register in the PLT veneers.
+	 */
+	__le32	mov0;	/* movn	x16, #0x....			*/
+	__le32	mov1;	/* movk	x16, #0x...., lsl #16		*/
+	__le32	mov2;	/* movk	x16, #0x...., lsl #32		*/
+	__le32	br;	/* br	x16				*/
+};
+
+static inline struct plt_entry get_plt_entry(u64 val)
+{
+	/*
+	 * MOVK/MOVN/MOVZ opcode:
+	 * +--------+------------+--------+-----------+-------------+---------+
+	 * | sf[31] | opc[30:29] | 100101 | hw[22:21] | imm16[20:5] | Rd[4:0] |
+	 * +--------+------------+--------+-----------+-------------+---------+
+	 *
+	 * Rd     := 0x10 (x16)
+	 * hw     := 0b00 (no shift), 0b01 (lsl #16), 0b10 (lsl #32)
+	 * opc    := 0b11 (MOVK), 0b00 (MOVN), 0b10 (MOVZ)
+	 * sf     := 1 (64-bit variant)
+	 */
+	return (struct plt_entry){
+		cpu_to_le32(0x92800010 | (((~val      ) & 0xffff)) << 5),
+		cpu_to_le32(0xf2a00010 | ((( val >> 16) & 0xffff)) << 5),
+		cpu_to_le32(0xf2c00010 | ((( val >> 32) & 0xffff)) << 5),
+		cpu_to_le32(0xd61f0200)
+	};
+}
+
+static inline bool plt_entries_equal(const struct plt_entry *a,
+				     const struct plt_entry *b)
+{
+	return a->mov0 == b->mov0 &&
+	       a->mov1 == b->mov1 &&
+	       a->mov2 == b->mov2;
+}
+
 #endif /* __ASM_MODULE_H */
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/module-plts.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/module-plts.c
@@ -11,21 +11,6 @@
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/sort.h>
 
-struct plt_entry {
-	/*
-	 * A program that conforms to the AArch64 Procedure Call Standard
-	 * (AAPCS64) must assume that a veneer that alters IP0 (x16) and/or
-	 * IP1 (x17) may be inserted at any branch instruction that is
-	 * exposed to a relocation that supports long branches. Since that
-	 * is exactly what we are dealing with here, we are free to use x16
-	 * as a scratch register in the PLT veneers.
-	 */
-	__le32	mov0;	/* movn	x16, #0x....			*/
-	__le32	mov1;	/* movk	x16, #0x...., lsl #16		*/
-	__le32	mov2;	/* movk	x16, #0x...., lsl #32		*/
-	__le32	br;	/* br	x16				*/
-};
-
 static bool in_init(const struct module *mod, void *loc)
 {
 	return (u64)loc - (u64)mod->init_layout.base < mod->init_layout.size;
@@ -40,33 +25,14 @@ u64 module_emit_plt_entry(struct module
 	int i = pltsec->plt_num_entries;
 	u64 val = sym->st_value + rela->r_addend;
 
-	/*
-	 * MOVK/MOVN/MOVZ opcode:
-	 * +--------+------------+--------+-----------+-------------+---------+
-	 * | sf[31] | opc[30:29] | 100101 | hw[22:21] | imm16[20:5] | Rd[4:0] |
-	 * +--------+------------+--------+-----------+-------------+---------+
-	 *
-	 * Rd     := 0x10 (x16)
-	 * hw     := 0b00 (no shift), 0b01 (lsl #16), 0b10 (lsl #32)
-	 * opc    := 0b11 (MOVK), 0b00 (MOVN), 0b10 (MOVZ)
-	 * sf     := 1 (64-bit variant)
-	 */
-	plt[i] = (struct plt_entry){
-		cpu_to_le32(0x92800010 | (((~val      ) & 0xffff)) << 5),
-		cpu_to_le32(0xf2a00010 | ((( val >> 16) & 0xffff)) << 5),
-		cpu_to_le32(0xf2c00010 | ((( val >> 32) & 0xffff)) << 5),
-		cpu_to_le32(0xd61f0200)
-	};
+	plt[i] = get_plt_entry(val);
 
 	/*
 	 * Check if the entry we just created is a duplicate. Given that the
 	 * relocations are sorted, this will be the last entry we allocated.
 	 * (if one exists).
 	 */
-	if (i > 0 &&
-	    plt[i].mov0 == plt[i - 1].mov0 &&
-	    plt[i].mov1 == plt[i - 1].mov1 &&
-	    plt[i].mov2 == plt[i - 1].mov2)
+	if (i > 0 && plt_entries_equal(plt + i, plt + i - 1))
 		return (u64)&plt[i - 1];
 
 	pltsec->plt_num_entries++;


Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org are

queue-4.14/arm64-ftrace-emit-ftrace-mod.o-contents-through-code.patch
queue-4.14/arm64-module-plts-factor-out-plt-generation-code-for-ftrace.patch