From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
To: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: x86@kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
rostedt@goodmis.org, mhiramat@kernel.org, bristot@redhat.com,
jbaron@akamai.com, torvalds@linux-foundation.org,
tglx@linutronix.de, namit@vmware.com, hpa@zytor.com,
luto@kernel.org, ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org, jpoimboe@redhat.com,
jeyu@kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 10/16] x86/alternative: Shrink text_poke_loc
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2019 11:33:19 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20191021093319.GA34106@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20191021092559.GB1800@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net>
* Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 21, 2019 at 11:01:04AM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> >
> > * Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> wrote:
> >
> > > Employ the fact that all text must be within a s32 displacement of one
> > > another to shrink the text_poke_loc::addr field. Make it relative to
> > > _stext.
> > >
> > > This then shrinks struct text_poke_loc to 16 bytes, and consequently
> > > increases TP_VEC_MAX from 170 to 256.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
> > > ---
> > > arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c | 23 ++++++++++++++---------
> > > 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
> > >
> > > --- a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
> > > +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
> > > @@ -937,7 +937,7 @@ static void do_sync_core(void *info)
> > > }
> > >
> > > struct text_poke_loc {
> > > - void *addr;
> > > + s32 rel_addr; /* addr := _stext + rel_addr */
> > > s32 rel32;
> > > u8 opcode;
> > > const u8 text[POKE_MAX_OPCODE_SIZE];
> > > @@ -948,13 +948,18 @@ static struct bp_patching_desc {
> > > int nr_entries;
> > > } bp_patching;
> > >
> > > +static inline void *text_poke_addr(struct text_poke_loc *tp)
> > > +{
> > > + return _stext + tp->rel_addr;
> > > +}
> >
> > So won't this complicate the life of the big-address-space gcc model
> > build patches that for purposes of module randomization are spreading the
> > kernel and modules all across the 64-bit address space, where they might
> > not necessarily end up within a ~2GB window?
> >
> > Nothing upstream yet, but I remember such patches ...
>
> IIRC what they were doing was allow moving the 2G range further out
> into the address space, such that absolute addresses no longer fit in
> u32 (as they do now), but they keep the relative displacement in s32.
> Otherwise we'll end up with PLT entries all over the place. That is, if
> we break the s32 displacement, CALL/JMP.d32 will not longer be able to
> reach any other code and we need intermediate trampolines to help them
> along, which is pretty shit.
Ok, indeed, that's fair enough.
Thanks,
Ingo
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-10-21 9:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 70+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-10-18 7:35 [PATCH v4 00/16] Rewrite x86/ftrace to use text_poke (and more) Peter Zijlstra
2019-10-18 7:35 ` [PATCH v4 01/16] x86/alternatives: Teach text_poke_bp() to emulate instructions Peter Zijlstra
2019-10-18 7:35 ` [PATCH v4 02/16] x86/alternatives: Update int3_emulate_push() comment Peter Zijlstra
2019-10-18 7:35 ` [PATCH v4 03/16] x86/alternatives,jump_label: Provide better text_poke() batching interface Peter Zijlstra
2019-10-21 8:48 ` Ingo Molnar
2019-10-21 9:21 ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-10-18 7:35 ` [PATCH v4 04/16] x86/alternatives: Add and use text_gen_insn() helper Peter Zijlstra
2019-10-18 7:35 ` [PATCH v4 05/16] x86/ftrace: Use text_poke() Peter Zijlstra
2019-10-18 7:35 ` [PATCH v4 06/16] x86/mm: Remove set_kernel_text_r[ow]() Peter Zijlstra
2019-10-18 7:35 ` [PATCH v4 07/16] x86/alternative: Add text_opcode_size() Peter Zijlstra
2019-10-18 7:35 ` [PATCH v4 08/16] x86/ftrace: Use text_gen_insn() Peter Zijlstra
2019-10-18 7:35 ` [PATCH v4 09/16] x86/alternative: Remove text_poke_loc::len Peter Zijlstra
2019-10-21 8:58 ` Ingo Molnar
2019-10-21 9:02 ` Ingo Molnar
2019-10-18 7:35 ` [PATCH v4 10/16] x86/alternative: Shrink text_poke_loc Peter Zijlstra
2019-10-21 9:01 ` Ingo Molnar
2019-10-21 9:25 ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-10-21 9:33 ` Ingo Molnar [this message]
2019-10-18 7:35 ` [PATCH v4 11/16] x86/kprobes: Convert to text-patching.h Peter Zijlstra
2019-10-21 14:57 ` Masami Hiramatsu
2019-10-18 7:35 ` [PATCH v4 12/16] x86/kprobes: Fix ordering Peter Zijlstra
2019-10-22 1:35 ` Masami Hiramatsu
2019-10-22 10:31 ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-10-18 7:35 ` [PATCH v4 13/16] arm/ftrace: Use __patch_text_real() Peter Zijlstra
2019-10-28 16:25 ` Will Deacon
2019-10-28 16:34 ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-10-28 16:35 ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-10-28 16:47 ` Will Deacon
2019-10-28 16:55 ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-10-18 7:35 ` [PATCH v4 14/16] module: Remove set_all_modules_text_*() Peter Zijlstra
2019-10-18 7:35 ` [PATCH v4 15/16] module: Move where we mark modules RO,X Peter Zijlstra
2019-10-21 13:53 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2019-10-21 14:14 ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-10-21 15:34 ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-10-21 15:44 ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-10-21 16:11 ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-10-22 11:31 ` Heiko Carstens
2019-10-22 12:31 ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-10-23 11:48 ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-10-23 15:16 ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-10-23 17:15 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2019-10-24 10:59 ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-10-24 18:31 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2019-10-24 20:33 ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-10-23 17:00 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2019-10-24 13:16 ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-10-25 6:44 ` Petr Mladek
2019-10-25 8:43 ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-10-25 10:06 ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-10-25 13:50 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2019-10-26 1:17 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2019-10-28 10:07 ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-10-28 10:43 ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-10-25 9:16 ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-10-22 2:21 ` Steven Rostedt
2019-10-22 20:24 ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-10-22 20:40 ` Steven Rostedt
2019-10-23 9:07 ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-10-23 18:52 ` Steven Rostedt
2019-10-24 10:16 ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-10-24 10:18 ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-10-24 15:00 ` Steven Rostedt
2019-10-24 16:43 ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-10-24 18:17 ` Steven Rostedt
2019-10-24 20:24 ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-10-24 20:28 ` Steven Rostedt
2019-10-18 7:35 ` [PATCH v4 16/16] ftrace: Merge ftrace_module_{init,enable}() Peter Zijlstra
2019-10-18 8:20 ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-10-21 9:09 ` [PATCH v4 00/16] Rewrite x86/ftrace to use text_poke (and more) Ingo Molnar
2019-10-21 13:38 ` Steven Rostedt
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