[PATCH for 4.16 07/11] x86: Implement sync_core_before_usermode (v3)

From: Mathieu Desnoyers
Date: Wed Jan 17 2018 - 11:56:51 EST


Ensure that a core serializing instruction is issued before returning to
user-mode. x86 implements return to user-space through sysexit, sysrel,
and sysretq, which are not core serializing.

Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
CC: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
CC: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx>
CC: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
CC: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@xxxxxxxxx>
CC: Andrew Hunter <ahh@xxxxxxxxxx>
CC: Maged Michael <maged.michael@xxxxxxxxx>
CC: Avi Kivity <avi@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
CC: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
CC: Paul Mackerras <paulus@xxxxxxxxx>
CC: Michael Ellerman <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
CC: Dave Watson <davejwatson@xxxxxx>
CC: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
CC: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
CC: Andrea Parri <parri.andrea@xxxxxxxxx>
CC: Russell King <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
CC: Greg Hackmann <ghackmann@xxxxxxxxxx>
CC: Will Deacon <will.deacon@xxxxxxx>
CC: David Sehr <sehr@xxxxxxxxxx>
CC: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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---
Changes since v1:
- Fix prototype of sync_core_before_usermode in generic code (missing
return type).
- Add linux/processor.h include to sched/core.c.
- Add ARCH_HAS_SYNC_CORE_BEFORE_USERMODE to init/Kconfig.
- Fix linux/processor.h ifdef to target
CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_SYNC_CORE_BEFORE_USERMODE rather than
ARCH_HAS_SYNC_CORE_BEFORE_USERMODE.
- Move empty static inline in processor.h to generic patch.
---
arch/x86/Kconfig | 1 +
arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h | 10 ++++++++++
2 files changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index 20da391b5f32..0b44c8dd0e95 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ config X86
select ARCH_HAS_SG_CHAIN
select ARCH_HAS_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX
select ARCH_HAS_STRICT_MODULE_RWX
+ select ARCH_HAS_SYNC_CORE_BEFORE_USERMODE
select ARCH_HAS_UBSAN_SANITIZE_ALL
select ARCH_HAS_ZONE_DEVICE if X86_64
select ARCH_HAVE_NMI_SAFE_CMPXCHG
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
index d3a67fba200a..3257d34dbb40 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -722,6 +722,16 @@ static inline void sync_core(void)
#endif
}

+/*
+ * Ensure that a core serializing instruction is issued before returning
+ * to user-mode. x86 implements return to user-space through sysexit,
+ * sysrel, and sysretq, which are not core serializing.
+ */
+static inline void sync_core_before_usermode(void)
+{
+ sync_core();
+}
+
extern void select_idle_routine(const struct cpuinfo_x86 *c);
extern void amd_e400_c1e_apic_setup(void);

--
2.11.0