Re: [PATCH] x86/retpoline/entry: Disable the entire SYSCALL64 fast path with retpolines on
From: Linus Torvalds
Date: Thu Jan 25 2018 - 13:48:10 EST
On Mon, Jan 22, 2018 at 10:55 AM, Linus Torvalds
<torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Honestly, I'd rather get rid of the fast-path entirely. Compared to
> all the PTI mess, it's not even noticeable.
So I looked at how that would be.
Patch attached. Not really "tested", but I'm running the kernel with
this patch now, and 'strace' etc works, and honestly, it seems very
obvious.
Also, code generation for 'do_syscall_64()' does not look horrible. In
fact, it doesn't look all that much worse than the fast-path ever did.
So the biggest impact of this is the extra register saves
(SAVE_EXTRA_REGS) from setting up the full ptregs. And honestly, I
hate how that stupid macro still uses "movq reg,off(%rsp)" instead of
"pushq %reg".
Considering the diffstat:
2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 121 deletions(-)
and how those 100+ lines are nasty assembly code, I do think we should
just do it.
Comments?
Linus
arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S | 116 --------------------------------------------
arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c | 7 +--
2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 121 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S b/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S
index ff6f8022612c..65f4d29be69b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S
+++ b/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S
@@ -241,80 +241,6 @@ GLOBAL(entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe)
TRACE_IRQS_OFF
- /*
- * If we need to do entry work or if we guess we'll need to do
- * exit work, go straight to the slow path.
- */
- movq PER_CPU_VAR(current_task), %r11
- testl $_TIF_WORK_SYSCALL_ENTRY|_TIF_ALLWORK_MASK, TASK_TI_flags(%r11)
- jnz entry_SYSCALL64_slow_path
-
-entry_SYSCALL_64_fastpath:
- /*
- * Easy case: enable interrupts and issue the syscall. If the syscall
- * needs pt_regs, we'll call a stub that disables interrupts again
- * and jumps to the slow path.
- */
- TRACE_IRQS_ON
- ENABLE_INTERRUPTS(CLBR_NONE)
-#if __SYSCALL_MASK == ~0
- cmpq $__NR_syscall_max, %rax
-#else
- andl $__SYSCALL_MASK, %eax
- cmpl $__NR_syscall_max, %eax
-#endif
- ja 1f /* return -ENOSYS (already in pt_regs->ax) */
- movq %r10, %rcx
-
- /*
- * This call instruction is handled specially in stub_ptregs_64.
- * It might end up jumping to the slow path. If it jumps, RAX
- * and all argument registers are clobbered.
- */
-#ifdef CONFIG_RETPOLINE
- movq sys_call_table(, %rax, 8), %rax
- call __x86_indirect_thunk_rax
-#else
- call *sys_call_table(, %rax, 8)
-#endif
-.Lentry_SYSCALL_64_after_fastpath_call:
-
- movq %rax, RAX(%rsp)
-1:
-
- /*
- * If we get here, then we know that pt_regs is clean for SYSRET64.
- * If we see that no exit work is required (which we are required
- * to check with IRQs off), then we can go straight to SYSRET64.
- */
- DISABLE_INTERRUPTS(CLBR_ANY)
- TRACE_IRQS_OFF
- movq PER_CPU_VAR(current_task), %r11
- testl $_TIF_ALLWORK_MASK, TASK_TI_flags(%r11)
- jnz 1f
-
- LOCKDEP_SYS_EXIT
- TRACE_IRQS_ON /* user mode is traced as IRQs on */
- movq RIP(%rsp), %rcx
- movq EFLAGS(%rsp), %r11
- addq $6*8, %rsp /* skip extra regs -- they were preserved */
- UNWIND_HINT_EMPTY
- jmp .Lpop_c_regs_except_rcx_r11_and_sysret
-
-1:
- /*
- * The fast path looked good when we started, but something changed
- * along the way and we need to switch to the slow path. Calling
- * raise(3) will trigger this, for example. IRQs are off.
- */
- TRACE_IRQS_ON
- ENABLE_INTERRUPTS(CLBR_ANY)
- SAVE_EXTRA_REGS
- movq %rsp, %rdi
- call syscall_return_slowpath /* returns with IRQs disabled */
- jmp return_from_SYSCALL_64
-
-entry_SYSCALL64_slow_path:
/* IRQs are off. */
SAVE_EXTRA_REGS
movq %rsp, %rdi
@@ -393,7 +319,6 @@ syscall_return_via_sysret:
/* rcx and r11 are already restored (see code above) */
UNWIND_HINT_EMPTY
POP_EXTRA_REGS
-.Lpop_c_regs_except_rcx_r11_and_sysret:
popq %rsi /* skip r11 */
popq %r10
popq %r9
@@ -424,47 +349,6 @@ syscall_return_via_sysret:
USERGS_SYSRET64
END(entry_SYSCALL_64)
-ENTRY(stub_ptregs_64)
- /*
- * Syscalls marked as needing ptregs land here.
- * If we are on the fast path, we need to save the extra regs,
- * which we achieve by trying again on the slow path. If we are on
- * the slow path, the extra regs are already saved.
- *
- * RAX stores a pointer to the C function implementing the syscall.
- * IRQs are on.
- */
- cmpq $.Lentry_SYSCALL_64_after_fastpath_call, (%rsp)
- jne 1f
-
- /*
- * Called from fast path -- disable IRQs again, pop return address
- * and jump to slow path
- */
- DISABLE_INTERRUPTS(CLBR_ANY)
- TRACE_IRQS_OFF
- popq %rax
- UNWIND_HINT_REGS extra=0
- jmp entry_SYSCALL64_slow_path
-
-1:
- JMP_NOSPEC %rax /* Called from C */
-END(stub_ptregs_64)
-
-.macro ptregs_stub func
-ENTRY(ptregs_\func)
- UNWIND_HINT_FUNC
- leaq \func(%rip), %rax
- jmp stub_ptregs_64
-END(ptregs_\func)
-.endm
-
-/* Instantiate ptregs_stub for each ptregs-using syscall */
-#define __SYSCALL_64_QUAL_(sym)
-#define __SYSCALL_64_QUAL_ptregs(sym) ptregs_stub sym
-#define __SYSCALL_64(nr, sym, qual) __SYSCALL_64_QUAL_##qual(sym)
-#include <asm/syscalls_64.h>
-
/*
* %rdi: prev task
* %rsi: next task
diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c b/arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c
index 9c09775e589d..c176d2fab1da 100644
--- a/arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c
@@ -7,14 +7,11 @@
#include <asm/asm-offsets.h>
#include <asm/syscall.h>
-#define __SYSCALL_64_QUAL_(sym) sym
-#define __SYSCALL_64_QUAL_ptregs(sym) ptregs_##sym
-
-#define __SYSCALL_64(nr, sym, qual) extern asmlinkage long __SYSCALL_64_QUAL_##qual(sym)(unsigned long, unsigned long, unsigned long, unsigned long, unsigned long, unsigned long);
+#define __SYSCALL_64(nr, sym, qual) extern asmlinkage long sym(unsigned long, unsigned long, unsigned long, unsigned long, unsigned long, unsigned long);
#include <asm/syscalls_64.h>
#undef __SYSCALL_64
-#define __SYSCALL_64(nr, sym, qual) [nr] = __SYSCALL_64_QUAL_##qual(sym),
+#define __SYSCALL_64(nr, sym, qual) [nr] = sym,
extern long sys_ni_syscall(unsigned long, unsigned long, unsigned long, unsigned long, unsigned long, unsigned long);