Re: [PATCH] x86: add 'runtime constant' infrastructure

[Borislav Petkov]

On Sat, Jun 08, 2024 at 12:35:05PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> Ingo / Peter / Borislav - I enabled this for 32-bit x86 too, because it
> was literally trivial (had to remove a "q" from "movq").  I did a
> test-build and it looks find, but I didn't actually try to boot it. 

Will do once you have your final version. I still have an Atom, 32-bit
only laptop lying around here.

> +#define runtime_const_ptr(sym) ({				\
> +	typeof(sym) __ret;					\
> +	asm("mov %1,%0\n1:\n"					\
> +		".pushsection runtime_ptr_" #sym ",\"a\"\n\t"	\
> +		".long 1b - %c2 - .\n\t"			\
> +		".popsection"					\
> +		:"=r" (__ret)					\
> +		:"i" ((unsigned long)0x0123456789abcdefull),	\
> +		 "i" (sizeof(long)));				\
> +	__ret; })

You might wanna use asm symbolic names for the operands so that it is
more readable:

#define runtime_const_ptr(sym) ({                                               \
        typeof(sym) __ret;                                                      \
        asm("mov %[constant] ,%[__ret]\n1:\n"                                   \
                ".pushsection runtime_ptr_" #sym ",\"a\"\n\t"                   \
                ".long 1b - %c[sizeoflong] - .\n\t"                             \
                ".popsection"                                                   \
                : [__ret] "=r" (__ret)                                          \
                : [constant] "i" ((unsigned long)0x0123456789abcdefull),        \
                  [sizeoflong] "i" (sizeof(long)));                             \
        __ret; })

For example.

> +// The 'typeof' will create at _least_ a 32-bit type, but
> +// will happily also take a bigger type and the 'shrl' will
> +// clear the upper bits

Can we pls use the multiline comments, like you do below in the same
file.

Otherwise, it looks ok to me and it boots in a guest.

I'll take the final version for a spin on real hw in a couple of days,
once the review dust settles.

Thx.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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