[tip: x86/alternatives] x86/alternatives: Rename 'text_poke_sync()' to 'smp_text_poke_sync_each_cpu()'

From: tip-bot2 for Ingo Molnar
Date: Fri Apr 11 2025 - 06:05:29 EST


The following commit has been merged into the x86/alternatives branch of tip:

Commit-ID: 6e4955a9d73ebdc8496e6bff7f6d2bf83c01959f
Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/6e4955a9d73ebdc8496e6bff7f6d2bf83c01959f
Author: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Fri, 11 Apr 2025 07:40:52 +02:00
Committer: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
CommitterDate: Fri, 11 Apr 2025 11:01:34 +02:00

x86/alternatives: Rename 'text_poke_sync()' to 'smp_text_poke_sync_each_cpu()'

Unlike sync_core(), text_poke_sync() is a very heavy operation, as
it sends an IPI to every online CPU in the system and waits for
completion.

Reflect this in the name.

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Juergen Gross <jgross@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: "H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250411054105.2341982-41-mingo@xxxxxxxxxx
---
arch/x86/include/asm/text-patching.h | 2 +-
arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c | 12 ++++++------
arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/core.c | 4 ++--
arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/opt.c | 4 ++--
arch/x86/kernel/module.c | 2 +-
5 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/text-patching.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/text-patching.h
index f3c9b70..d9dbbe9 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/text-patching.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/text-patching.h
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ extern void apply_relocation(u8 *buf, const u8 * const instr, size_t instrlen, u
* an inconsistent instruction while you patch.
*/
extern void *text_poke(void *addr, const void *opcode, size_t len);
-extern void text_poke_sync(void);
+extern void smp_text_poke_sync_each_cpu(void);
extern void *text_poke_kgdb(void *addr, const void *opcode, size_t len);
extern void *text_poke_copy(void *addr, const void *opcode, size_t len);
#define text_poke_copy text_poke_copy
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
index 556a82f..e4c51d8 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
@@ -2445,7 +2445,7 @@ static void do_sync_core(void *info)
sync_core();
}

-void text_poke_sync(void)
+void smp_text_poke_sync_each_cpu(void)
{
on_each_cpu(do_sync_core, NULL, 1);
}
@@ -2469,8 +2469,8 @@ struct smp_text_poke_loc {
#define TP_ARRAY_NR_ENTRIES_MAX (PAGE_SIZE / sizeof(struct smp_text_poke_loc))

static struct smp_text_poke_array {
- int nr_entries;
struct smp_text_poke_loc vec[TP_ARRAY_NR_ENTRIES_MAX];
+ int nr_entries;
} text_poke_array;

static DEFINE_PER_CPU(atomic_t, text_poke_array_refs);
@@ -2649,7 +2649,7 @@ static void smp_text_poke_batch_process(void)
text_poke(text_poke_addr(&text_poke_array.vec[i]), &int3, INT3_INSN_SIZE);
}

- text_poke_sync();
+ smp_text_poke_sync_each_cpu();

/*
* Second step: update all but the first byte of the patched range.
@@ -2711,7 +2711,7 @@ static void smp_text_poke_batch_process(void)
* not necessary and we'd be safe even without it. But
* better safe than sorry (plus there's not only Intel).
*/
- text_poke_sync();
+ smp_text_poke_sync_each_cpu();
}

/*
@@ -2732,13 +2732,13 @@ static void smp_text_poke_batch_process(void)
}

if (do_sync)
- text_poke_sync();
+ smp_text_poke_sync_each_cpu();

/*
* Remove and wait for refs to be zero.
*
* Notably, if after step-3 above the INT3 got removed, then the
- * text_poke_sync() will have serialized against any running INT3
+ * smp_text_poke_sync_each_cpu() will have serialized against any running INT3
* handlers and the below spin-wait will not happen.
*
* IOW. unless the replacement instruction is INT3, this case goes
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/core.c b/arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/core.c
index 09608fd..47cb8eb 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/core.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/core.c
@@ -808,7 +808,7 @@ void arch_arm_kprobe(struct kprobe *p)
u8 int3 = INT3_INSN_OPCODE;

text_poke(p->addr, &int3, 1);
- text_poke_sync();
+ smp_text_poke_sync_each_cpu();
perf_event_text_poke(p->addr, &p->opcode, 1, &int3, 1);
}

@@ -818,7 +818,7 @@ void arch_disarm_kprobe(struct kprobe *p)

perf_event_text_poke(p->addr, &int3, 1, &p->opcode, 1);
text_poke(p->addr, &p->opcode, 1);
- text_poke_sync();
+ smp_text_poke_sync_each_cpu();
}

void arch_remove_kprobe(struct kprobe *p)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/opt.c b/arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/opt.c
index 9307a40..0aabd4c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/opt.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/opt.c
@@ -513,11 +513,11 @@ void arch_unoptimize_kprobe(struct optimized_kprobe *op)
JMP32_INSN_SIZE - INT3_INSN_SIZE);

text_poke(addr, new, INT3_INSN_SIZE);
- text_poke_sync();
+ smp_text_poke_sync_each_cpu();
text_poke(addr + INT3_INSN_SIZE,
new + INT3_INSN_SIZE,
JMP32_INSN_SIZE - INT3_INSN_SIZE);
- text_poke_sync();
+ smp_text_poke_sync_each_cpu();

perf_event_text_poke(op->kp.addr, old, JMP32_INSN_SIZE, new, JMP32_INSN_SIZE);
}
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/module.c b/arch/x86/kernel/module.c
index a7998f3..231d632 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/module.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/module.c
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ static int write_relocate_add(Elf64_Shdr *sechdrs,
write, apply);

if (!early) {
- text_poke_sync();
+ smp_text_poke_sync_each_cpu();
mutex_unlock(&text_mutex);
}