[PATCH 20/20] objtool: Add Direction Flag validation

[Peter Zijlstra]

Having DF escape is BAD(tm).

Suggested-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 tools/objtool/arch.h            |    4 +++-
 tools/objtool/arch/x86/decode.c |    8 ++++++++
 tools/objtool/check.c           |   25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
 tools/objtool/check.h           |    2 +-
 4 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

--- a/tools/objtool/arch.h
+++ b/tools/objtool/arch.h
@@ -35,7 +35,9 @@
 #define INSN_NOP		10
 #define INSN_STAC		11
 #define INSN_CLAC		12
-#define INSN_OTHER		13
+#define INSN_STD		13
+#define INSN_CLD		14
+#define INSN_OTHER		15
 #define INSN_LAST		INSN_OTHER
 
 enum op_dest_type {
--- a/tools/objtool/arch/x86/decode.c
+++ b/tools/objtool/arch/x86/decode.c
@@ -456,6 +456,14 @@ int arch_decode_instruction(struct elf *
 		*type = INSN_CALL;
 		break;
 
+	case 0xfc:
+		*type = INSN_CLD;
+		break;
+
+	case 0xfd:
+		*type = INSN_STD;
+		break;
+
 	case 0xff:
 		if (modrm_reg == 2 || modrm_reg == 3)
 
--- a/tools/objtool/check.c
+++ b/tools/objtool/check.c
@@ -2020,6 +2020,11 @@ static int validate_branch(struct objtoo
 				return 1;
 			}
 
+			if (state.df) {
+				WARN_FUNC("return with DF set", sec, insn->offset);
+				return 1;
+			}
+
 			if (func && has_modified_stack_frame(&state)) {
 				WARN_FUNC("return with modified stack frame",
 					  sec, insn->offset);
@@ -2043,6 +2048,12 @@ static int validate_branch(struct objtoo
 				return 1;
 			}
 
+			if (state.df) {
+				WARN_FUNC("call to %s() with DF set",
+					  sec, insn->offset, insn_dest_name(insn));
+				return 1;
+			}
+
 			if (insn->type == INSN_JUMP_UNCONDITIONAL ||
 			    insn->type == INSN_JUMP_DYNAMIC)
 				return 0;
@@ -2160,6 +2171,20 @@ static int validate_branch(struct objtoo
 			state.uaccess = false;
 			break;
 
+		case INSN_STD:
+			if (state.df)
+				WARN_FUNC("recursive STD", sec, insn->offset);
+
+			state.df = true;
+			break;
+
+		case INSN_CLD:
+			if (!state.df && insn->func)
+				WARN_FUNC("redundant CLD", sec, insn->offset);
+
+			state.df = false;
+			break;
+
 		default:
 			break;
 		}
--- a/tools/objtool/check.h
+++ b/tools/objtool/check.h
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ struct insn_state {
 	int stack_size;
 	unsigned char type;
 	bool bp_scratch;
-	bool drap, end, uaccess;
+	bool drap, end, uaccess, df;
 	unsigned int uaccess_stack;
 	int drap_reg, drap_offset;
 	struct cfi_reg vals[CFI_NUM_REGS];