Re: [PATCH V4 3/9] x86/jump_label: Move checking code away from __jump_label_transform()

From: Daniel Bristot de Oliveira
Date: Tue Feb 05 2019 - 10:23:22 EST


On 2/5/19 8:33 AM, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 04, 2019 at 08:58:56PM +0100, Daniel Bristot de Oliveira wrote:
>> Move the check of the current code, before updating an entry, to specialized
>> functions. No changes in the method, only code relocation.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: "Steven Rostedt (VMware)" <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@xxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: "Peter Zijlstra (Intel)" <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Chris von Recklinghausen <crecklin@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Jason Baron <jbaron@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Scott Wood <swood@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Clark Williams <williams@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: x86@xxxxxxxxxx
>> Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> ---
>> arch/x86/kernel/jump_label.c | 60 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
>> 1 file changed, 42 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/jump_label.c b/arch/x86/kernel/jump_label.c
>> index f99bd26bd3f1..e443c43478eb 100644
>> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/jump_label.c
>> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/jump_label.c
>> @@ -35,16 +35,53 @@ static void bug_at(unsigned char *ip, int line)
>> BUG();
>> }
>>
>> +static inline void __jump_label_trans_check_enable(struct jump_entry *entry,
>> + enum jump_label_type type,
>> + const unsigned char *ideal_nop,
>> + int init)
>> +{
>> + const unsigned char default_nop[] = { STATIC_KEY_INIT_NOP };
>> + const void *expect;
>> + int line;
>> +
>> + if (init) {
>> + expect = default_nop; line = __LINE__;
>> + } else {
>> + expect = ideal_nop; line = __LINE__;
>> + }
>> +
>> + if (memcmp((void *)jump_entry_code(entry), expect, JUMP_LABEL_NOP_SIZE))
>> + bug_at((void *)jump_entry_code(entry), line);
>> +}
>> +
>> +static inline void __jump_label_trans_check_disable(struct jump_entry *entry,
>> + enum jump_label_type type,
>> + union jump_code_union *jmp,
>> + int init)
>> +{
>> + const unsigned char default_nop[] = { STATIC_KEY_INIT_NOP };
>> + const void *expect;
>> + int line;
>> +
>> + if (init) {
>> + expect = default_nop; line = __LINE__;
>> + } else {
>> + expect = jmp->code; line = __LINE__;
>> + }
>> +
>> + if (memcmp((void *)jump_entry_code(entry), expect, JUMP_LABEL_NOP_SIZE))
>> + bug_at((void *)jump_entry_code(entry), line);
>> +}
>
> Why the carve out?
>
> The next patch is adding __jump_label_set_jump_code() which calls them
> so you could just as well keep the functionality all in that function without
> having too many helpers which are called only once...
>

agreed.

Thanks!
-- Daniel