[RFC][PATCH 4/8] jump_label, x86: Remove init NOP optimization

[Peter Zijlstra]

Instead of checking if the emitted (default) NOP is the ideal NOP, and
conditionally rewrite the NOP, just rewrite the NOP.

This shouldn't be a problem because init / module_load uses
text_poke_early() which is cheap and this saves us from having to go
figure out which NOP to compare against when we go variable size.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/jump_label.c |   19 ++++---------------
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

--- a/arch/x86/kernel/jump_label.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/jump_label.c
@@ -177,21 +177,10 @@ __init_or_module void arch_jump_label_tr
 				      enum jump_label_type type)
 {
 	/*
-	 * This function is called at boot up and when modules are
-	 * first loaded. Check if the default nop, the one that is
-	 * inserted at compile time, is the ideal nop. If it is, then
-	 * we do not need to update the nop, and we can leave it as is.
-	 * If it is not, then we need to update the nop to the ideal nop.
+	 * Rewrite the NOP on init / module-load to ensure we got the ideal
+	 * nop.  Don't bother with trying to figure out what size and what nop
+	 * it should be for now, simply do an unconditional rewrite.
 	 */
-	if (jlstate == JL_STATE_START) {
-		const unsigned char default_nop[] = { STATIC_KEY_INIT_NOP };
-		const unsigned char *ideal_nop = ideal_nops[NOP_ATOMIC5];
-
-		if (memcmp(ideal_nop, default_nop, 5) != 0)
-			jlstate = JL_STATE_UPDATE;
-		else
-			jlstate = JL_STATE_NO_UPDATE;
-	}
-	if (jlstate == JL_STATE_UPDATE)
+	if (jlstate == JL_STATE_UPDATE || jlstate == JL_STATE_START)
 		__jump_label_transform(entry, type, 1);
 }