From: Peter Zijlstra
Sent: November 5, 2018 at 2:09:25 PM GMT
> To: Nadav Amit <na...@vmware.com>
> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mi...@redhat.com>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
> x...@kernel.org, H. Peter Anvin <h...@zytor.com>, Thomas Gleixner
> <t...@linutronix.de>, Borislav Petkov <b...@alien8.de>, Dave Hansen
> <dave.han...@linux.intel.com>, Andy Lutomirski <l...@kernel.org>, Kees Cook
> <keesc...@chromium.org>, Dave Hansen <dave.han...@intel.com>, Masami
> Hiramatsu <mhira...@kernel.org>
> Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/7] x86/jump_label: Use text_poke_early() during
> early_init
>
>
> On Fri, Nov 02, 2018 at 04:29:41PM -0700, Nadav Amit wrote:
>> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/jump_label.c b/arch/x86/kernel/jump_label.c
>> index aac0c1f7e354..367c1d0c20a3 100644
>> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/jump_label.c
>> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/jump_label.c
>> @@ -52,7 +52,13 @@ static void __ref __jump_label_transform(struct
>> jump_entry *entry,
>> jmp.offset = jump_entry_target(entry) -
>> (jump_entry_code(entry) + JUMP_LABEL_NOP_SIZE);
>>
>> - if (early_boot_irqs_disabled)
>> + /*
>> + * As long as we are in early boot, we can use text_poke_early(), which
>> + * is more efficient: the memory was still not marked as read-only (it
>> + * is only marked after poking_init()). This also prevents us from using
>> + * text_poke() before poking_init() is called.
>> + */
>> + if (!early_boot_done)
>> poker = text_poke_early;
>>
>> if (type == JUMP_LABEL_JMP) {
>
> It took me a while to untangle init/maze^H^Hin.c... but I think this
> is all we need:
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/jump_label.c b/arch/x86/kernel/jump_label.c
> index aac0c1f7e354..ed5fe274a7d8 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/jump_label.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/jump_label.c
> @@ -52,7 +52,12 @@ static void __ref __jump_label_transform(struct jump_entry
> *entry,
> jmp.offset = jump_entry_target(entry) -
> (jump_entry_code(entry) + JUMP_LABEL_NOP_SIZE);
>
> - if (early_boot_irqs_disabled)
> + /*
> + * As long as we're UP and not yet marked RO, we can use
> + * text_poke_early; SYSTEM_BOOTING guarantees both, as we switch to
> + * SYSTEM_SCHEDULING before going either.
> + */
> + if (system_state == SYSTEM_BOOTING)
> poker = text_poke_early;
>
> if (type == JUMP_LABEL_JMP) {
Thanks for this change, I will incorporate it.
I wanted to point a small difference from my version. Although this version
ensures we are UP and the kernel is still RW, preemption is possible with
this version. I presume that it should not affect jump-labels, since it
switches between JMP and multi-byte NOPs.
Thanks,
Nadav
