Re: [PATCH v5 0/3] extern inline native_save_fl for paravirt

[Juergen Gross]

On 13/06/18 23:05, Nick Desaulniers wrote:
> paravirt depends on a custom calling convention (callee saved), but
> expects this from a static inline function that it then forces to be
> outlined. This is problematic because different compilers or flags can
> then add a stack guard that violates the calling conventions.
> 
> Uses extern inline with the out-of-line definition in assembly to
> prevent compilers from adding stack guards to the outlined version.
> 
> Other parts of the codebase overwrite KBUILD_CFLAGS, which is *extremely
> problematic* for extern inline, as the sematics are completely the
> opposite depending on what C standard is used.
> http://blahg.josefsipek.net/?p=529
> 
> Changes since v4:
>   Take Arnd's and hpa's suggestions properly feature detect gnu_inline
>   attribute to support gcc 4.1.
> 
> Changes since v3:
>   Take Joe's suggestion to hoist __inline__ and __inline out of
>   conditional block.
> 
> Changes since v2:
>   Take hpa's _ASM_ARG patch into the set in order to simplify cross
>   32b/64b x86 assembly and rebase my final patch to use it.  Apply
>   Sedat's typo fix to commit message and sign off on it. Take Joe's
>   suggestion to simplify __inline__ and __inline. Add Arnd to list of
>   folks who made helpful suggestions.
> 
> Changes since v1:
>   Prefer gnu_inline function attribute instead of explicitly setting C
>   standard compiler flag in problematic Makefiles. We should instead
>   carefully evaluate if those Makefiles should be overwriting
>   KBUILD_CFLAGS at all. Dropped the previous first two patches and added
>   a new first patch.
> 
> H. Peter Anvin (1):
>   x86/asm: add _ASM_ARG* constants for argument registers to <asm/asm.h>
> 
> Nick Desaulniers (2):
>   compiler-gcc.h: add gnu_inline to all inline declarations
>   x86: paravirt: make native_save_fl extern inline
> 
>  arch/x86/include/asm/asm.h      | 59 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  arch/x86/include/asm/irqflags.h |  2 +-
>  arch/x86/kernel/Makefile        |  1 +
>  arch/x86/kernel/irqflags.S      | 26 +++++++++++++++
>  include/linux/compiler-gcc.h    | 29 ++++++++++++----
>  5 files changed, 109 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 arch/x86/kernel/irqflags.S
> 

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Acked-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@xxxxxxxx>


Juergen