Re: [PATCH v2] ARM: Add a memory clobber to the fmrx instruction

[Ard Biesheuvel]

On Wed, 10 Apr 2024 at 04:41, zhuqiuer <zhuqiuer1@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> The instruction fmrx is used throughout the kernel,
> where it is sometimes expected to be skipped
> by incrementing the program counter, such as in vfpmodule.c:vfp_init().
> Therefore, the instruction should not be reordered when it is not intended.
> Adding a barrier() instruction before and after this call cannot prevent
> reordering by the compiler, as the fmrx instruction is constrained
> by '=r', meaning it works on the general register but not on memory.
> To ensure the order of the instruction after compiling,
> adding a memory clobber is necessary.
>
> Below is the code snippet disassembled from the method:
> vfpmodule.c:vfp_init(), compiled by LLVM.
>
> Before the patching:
> xxxxx:   xxxxx    bl  c010c688 <register_undef_hook>
> xxxxx:   xxxxx    mov r0, r4
> xxxxx:   xxxxx    bl  c010c6e4 <unregister_undef_hook>
> ...
> xxxxx:   xxxxx    bl  c0791c8c <printk>
> xxxxx:   xxxxx    movw    r5, #23132  ; 0x5a5c
> xxxxx:   xxxxx    vmrs    r4, fpsid  <- this is the fmrx instruction
>
> After the patching:
> xxxxx:   xxxxx    bl  c010c688 <register_undef_hook>
> xxxxx:   xxxxx    mov r0, r4
> xxxxx:   xxxxx    vmrs    r5, fpsid  <- this is the fmrx instruction
> xxxxx:   xxxxx    bl  c010c6e4 <unregister_undef_hook>
>
> Signed-off-by: zhuqiuer <zhuqiuer1@xxxxxxxxxx>

This also fixes the issue I observed so

Reviewed-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@xxxxxxxxxx>


> ---
>  arch/arm/vfp/vfpinstr.h | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm/vfp/vfpinstr.h b/arch/arm/vfp/vfpinstr.h
> index 3c7938fd40aa..ae2c9b9b7701 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/vfp/vfpinstr.h
> +++ b/arch/arm/vfp/vfpinstr.h
> @@ -68,14 +68,14 @@
>         u32 __v;                        \
>         asm(".fpu       vfpv2\n"        \
>             "vmrs       %0, " #_vfp_    \
> -           : "=r" (__v) : : "cc");     \
> +           : "=r" (__v) : : "memory", "cc");   \
>         __v;                            \
>   })
>
>  #define fmxr(_vfp_,_var_)              \
>         asm(".fpu       vfpv2\n"        \
>             "vmsr       " #_vfp_ ", %0" \
> -          : : "r" (_var_) : "cc")
> +          : : "r" (_var_) : "memory", "cc")
>
>  #else
>
> --
> 2.12.3
>