On Thu, Mar 07, 2019 at 09:29:17AM -0800, h...@zytor.com wrote:
> On March 7, 2019 9:18:29 AM PST, Josh Poimboeuf <jpoim...@redhat.com> wrote:
> >On Thu, Mar 07, 2019 at 09:04:36AM -0800, h...@zytor.com wrote:
> >> On March 7, 2019 8:47:05 AM PST, Josh Poimboeuf <jpoim...@redhat.com>
> >wrote:
> >> >On Thu, Mar 07, 2019 at 02:13:12PM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> >> >> On Thu, Mar 07, 2019 at 01:55:26PM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> >> >> > On Thu, Mar 07, 2019 at 01:03:17PM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> >> >> 
> >> >> 
> >> >> > > 01be     20d3:  31 c0                   xor    %eax,%eax
> >> >> > > 01c0     20d5:  4c 39 eb                cmp    %r13,%rbx
> >> >> > > 01c3     20d8:  77 08                   ja     20e2
> >> ><__do_sys_waitid+0x1cd>
> >> >> 
> >> >> randconfig-build/kernel/exit.o: warning: objtool:  
> >> >__do_sys_waitid()+0x1c3: (branch)
> >> >> 
> >> >> > > 01cd     20e2:      83 f0 01                xor    $0x1,%eax
> >> >> > > 01d0     20e5:      48 89 c2                mov    %rax,%rdx
> >> >> > > 01d3     20e8:      83 e2 01                and    $0x1,%edx
> >> >> > > 01d6     20eb:      48 83 c2 02             add    $0x2,%rdx
> >> >> > > 01da     20ef:      48 ff 04 d5 00 00 00    incq   0x0(,%rdx,8)
> >> >> > > 01e1     20f6:      00 
> >> >> > > 01de                        20f3: R_X86_64_32S      
> >> >> > > _ftrace_branch+0x148
> >> >> > > 01e2     20f7:      84 c0                   test   %al,%al
> >> >> > > 01e4     20f9:      75 2d                   jne    2128
> >> ><__do_sys_waitid+0x213>
> >> >> > 
> >> >> > we do not take this branch and fall-through.
> >> >> 
> >> >> And that is the error, I think. We should've taken it and went to:
> >> >> 
> >> >>   return -EFAULT;
> >> >> 
> >> >> because:
> >> >> 
> >> >>  +1be   xor  %eax,%eax  eax=0
> >> >>  +1cd   xor  $0x1,%eax  eax=1
> >> >>  +1e2   test %al,%al    1&1==1 -> ZF=0
> >> >>  +1e4   jnz
> >> >> 
> >> >> Is an unconditional code sequence, but there's no way objtool can
> >do
> >> >> that without becoming a full blown interpreter :/
> >> >> 
> >> >> > > 0213     2128:  49 c7 c7 f2 ff ff ff    mov   
> >> >$0xfffffffffffffff2,%r15
> >> >> > > ffffffffffffe0eb }
> >> >> > > 021a     212f:  48 8d 65 d8             lea   
> >-0x28(%rbp),%rsp
> >> >> > > 021e     2133:  4c 89 f8                mov    %r15,%rax
> >> >> > > 0221     2136:  5b                      pop    %rbx
> >> >> > > 0222     2137:  41 5c                   pop    %r12
> >> >> > > 0224     2139:  41 5d                   pop    %r13
> >> >> > > 0226     213b:  41 5e                   pop    %r14
> >> >> > > 0228     213d:  41 5f                   pop    %r15
> >> >> > > 022a     213f:  5d                      pop    %rbp
> >> >> > > 022b     2140:  c3                      retq
> >> >
> >> >This "fixes" it, and also seems to help -Os make much code:
> >> >
> >> >diff --git a/include/linux/compiler.h b/include/linux/compiler.h
> >> >index 445348facea9..8de63db58fdd 100644
> >> >--- a/include/linux/compiler.h
> >> >+++ b/include/linux/compiler.h
> >> >@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ void ftrace_likely_update(struct
> >ftrace_likely_data
> >> >*f, int val,
> >> >                          .line = __LINE__,                       \
> >> >                  };                                              \
> >> >          ______r = !!(cond);                                     \
> >> >-         ______f.miss_hit[______r]++;                                    
> >> >\
> >> >+         if (______r) ______f.miss_hit[1]++; else ______f.miss_hit[0]++; 
> >> >\
> >> >          ______r;                                                \
> >> >  }))
> >> > #endif /* CONFIG_PROFILE_ALL_BRANCHES */
> >> 
> >> if (cond)?  Or is ___r used elsewhere?
> >
> >______r is also the return value.  And it's needed because cond should
> >only be evaluated once.
> 
> So put a true; and false; inside the if.

Is that possible to do in a C macro?  Doesn't seem to work for me...

-- 
Josh

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