Re: [RFC PATCH 5/7] x86/module: perpare module loading for ROX allocations of text

From: Mike Rapoport
Date: Mon Apr 15 2024 - 13:08:49 EST


On Mon, Apr 15, 2024 at 12:43:16PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 11, 2024 at 07:05:24PM +0300, Mike Rapoport wrote:
> > diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
> > index 45a280f2161c..b4d6868df573 100644
> > --- a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
> > +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
>
> > @@ -504,17 +513,17 @@ void __init_or_module noinline apply_alternatives(struct alt_instr *start,
> > * patch if feature is *NOT* present.
> > */
> > if (!boot_cpu_has(a->cpuid) == !(a->flags & ALT_FLAG_NOT)) {
> > - optimize_nops_inplace(instr, a->instrlen);
> > + optimize_nops_inplace(wr_instr, a->instrlen);
> > continue;
> > }
> >
> > - DPRINTK(ALT, "feat: %d*32+%d, old: (%pS (%px) len: %d), repl: (%px, len: %d) flags: 0x%x",
> > + DPRINTK(ALT, "feat: %d*32+%d, old: (%px (%px) len: %d), repl: (%px (%px), len: %d) flags: 0x%x",
> > a->cpuid >> 5,
> > a->cpuid & 0x1f,
> > - instr, instr, a->instrlen,
> > - replacement, a->replacementlen, a->flags);
> > + instr, wr_instr, a->instrlen,
> > + replacement, wr_replacement, a->replacementlen, a->flags);
>
> I think this, and

I've found printing both address handy when I debugged it, but no strong
feelings here.

> >
> > - memcpy(insn_buff, replacement, a->replacementlen);
> > + memcpy(insn_buff, wr_replacement, a->replacementlen);
> > insn_buff_sz = a->replacementlen;
> >
> > if (a->flags & ALT_FLAG_DIRECT_CALL) {
> > @@ -528,11 +537,11 @@ void __init_or_module noinline apply_alternatives(struct alt_instr *start,
> >
> > apply_relocation(insn_buff, a->instrlen, instr, replacement, a->replacementlen);
> >
> > - DUMP_BYTES(ALT, instr, a->instrlen, "%px: old_insn: ", instr);
> > + DUMP_BYTES(ALT, wr_instr, a->instrlen, "%px: old_insn: ", instr);
>
> this, want to remain as is.

here wr_instr is the buffer to dump:

DUMP_BYTES(type, buf, len, fmt, args...)

rather than an address, which remained 'instr'.

> > DUMP_BYTES(ALT, replacement, a->replacementlen, "%px: rpl_insn: ", replacement);
> > DUMP_BYTES(ALT, insn_buff, insn_buff_sz, "%px: final_insn: ", instr);
> >
> > - text_poke_early(instr, insn_buff, insn_buff_sz);
> > + text_poke_early(wr_instr, insn_buff, insn_buff_sz);
> > }
> >
> > kasan_enable_current();
>
> The rationale being that we then print an address that can be correlated
> to the kernel image (provided one either kills kaslr or adjusts for it).

--
Sincerely yours,
Mike.