[PATCH v2] x86/lib/copy_user_64.S: Handle 4-byte nocache copy

[PATCH v2] x86/lib/copy_user_64.S: Handle 4-byte nocache copy

[Toshi Kani]

Data corruption issues were observed in tests which initiated
a system crash/reset while accessing BTT devices.  This problem
is reproducible.

The BTT driver calls pmem_rw_bytes() to update data in pmem
devices.  This interface calls __copy_user_nocache(), which
uses non-temporal stores so that the stores to pmem are
persistent.

__copy_user_nocache() uses non-temporal stores when a request
size is 8 bytes or larger (and is aligned by 8 bytes).  The
BTT driver updates the BTT map table, which entry size is
4 bytes.  Therefore, updates to the map table entries remain
cached, and are not written to pmem after a crash.

Change __copy_user_nocache() to use non-temporal store when
a request size is 4 bytes.  The change extends the current
byte-copy path for a less-than-8-bytes request, and does not
add any overhead to the regular path.

Also add comments to the code, and clarify the cases that
lead cache copy.

Reported-and-tested-by: Micah Parrish <micah.parrish@hpe.com>
Reported-and-tested-by: Brian Boylston <brian.boylston@hpe.com>
Signed-off-by: Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@hpe.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
Cc: Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Vishal Verma <vishal.l.verma@intel.com>
---
v2:
 - Add comments (Ingo Molnar).
 - Make this patch as an individual patch since v2 debug changes
   will not depend on this patch.
---
 arch/x86/lib/copy_user_64.S |   74 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 61 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/lib/copy_user_64.S b/arch/x86/lib/copy_user_64.S
index 982ce34..1641327 100644
--- a/arch/x86/lib/copy_user_64.S
+++ b/arch/x86/lib/copy_user_64.S
@@ -232,17 +232,30 @@ ENDPROC(copy_user_enhanced_fast_string)
 
 /*
  * copy_user_nocache - Uncached memory copy with exception handling
- * This will force destination/source out of cache for more performance.
+ * This will force destination out of cache for more performance.
+ *
+ * Note: Cached memory copy is used when destination or size is not
+ * naturally aligned. That is:
+ *  - Require 8-byte alignment when size is 8 bytes or larger.
+ *  - Require 4-byte alignment when size is 4 bytes.
  */
 ENTRY(__copy_user_nocache)
 	ASM_STAC
+
+	/* If size is less than 8 bytes, goto 4-byte copy */
 	cmpl $8,%edx
-	jb 20f		/* less then 8 bytes, go to byte copy loop */
+	jb 20f
+
+	/* If destination is not 8-byte aligned, "cache" copy to align it */
 	ALIGN_DESTINATION
+
+	/* Set 4x8-byte copy count and remainder */
 	movl %edx,%ecx
 	andl $63,%edx
 	shrl $6,%ecx
-	jz 17f
+	jz 17f		/* If count is 0, goto 8-byte copy */
+
+	/* Perform 4x8-byte nocache loop-copy */
 1:	movq (%rsi),%r8
 2:	movq 1*8(%rsi),%r9
 3:	movq 2*8(%rsi),%r10
@@ -263,26 +276,57 @@ ENTRY(__copy_user_nocache)
 	leaq 64(%rdi),%rdi
 	decl %ecx
 	jnz 1b
+
+	/* Set 8-byte copy count and remainder */
 17:	movl %edx,%ecx
 	andl $7,%edx
 	shrl $3,%ecx
-	jz 20f
+	jz 20f		/* If count is 0, goto 4-byte copy */
+
+	/* Perform 8-byte nocache loop-copy */
 18:	movq (%rsi),%r8
 19:	movnti %r8,(%rdi)
 	leaq 8(%rsi),%rsi
 	leaq 8(%rdi),%rdi
 	decl %ecx
 	jnz 18b
+
+	/* If no byte left, we're done */
 20:	andl %edx,%edx
-	jz 23f
+	jz 26f
+
+	/* If destination is not 4-byte aligned, goto byte copy */
+	movl %edi,%ecx
+	andl $3,%ecx
+	jnz 23f
+
+	/* Set 4-byte copy count (1 or 0) and remainder */
 	movl %edx,%ecx
-21:	movb (%rsi),%al
-22:	movb %al,(%rdi)
+	andl $3,%edx
+	shrl $2,%ecx
+	jz 23f		/* If count is 0, goto byte copy */
+
+	/* Perform 4-byte nocache copy */
+21:	movl (%rsi),%r8d
+22:	movnti %r8d,(%rdi)
+	leaq 4(%rsi),%rsi
+	leaq 4(%rdi),%rdi
+
+	/* If no byte left, we're done */
+	andl %edx,%edx
+	jz 26f
+
+	/* Perform byte "cache" loop-copy for the remainder */
+23:	movl %edx,%ecx
+24:	movb (%rsi),%al
+25:	movb %al,(%rdi)
 	incq %rsi
 	incq %rdi
 	decl %ecx
-	jnz 21b
-23:	xorl %eax,%eax
+	jnz 24b
+
+	/* Finished copying; fence the prior stores */
+26:	xorl %eax,%eax
 	ASM_CLAC
 	sfence
 	ret
@@ -290,11 +334,13 @@ ENTRY(__copy_user_nocache)
 	.section .fixup,"ax"
 30:	shll $6,%ecx
 	addl %ecx,%edx
-	jmp 60f
+	jmp 70f
 40:	lea (%rdx,%rcx,8),%rdx
-	jmp 60f
-50:	movl %ecx,%edx
-60:	sfence
+	jmp 70f
+50:	lea (%rdx,%rcx,4),%rdx
+	jmp 70f
+60:	movl %ecx,%edx
+70:	sfence
 	jmp copy_user_handle_tail
 	.previous
 
@@ -318,4 +364,6 @@ ENTRY(__copy_user_nocache)
 	_ASM_EXTABLE(19b,40b)
 	_ASM_EXTABLE(21b,50b)
 	_ASM_EXTABLE(22b,50b)
+	_ASM_EXTABLE(24b,60b)
+	_ASM_EXTABLE(25b,60b)
 ENDPROC(__copy_user_nocache)

[PATCH v2] x86/lib/copy_user_64.S: Handle 4-byte nocache copy

[Toshi Kani]

Data corruption issues were observed in tests which initiated
a system crash/reset while accessing BTT devices.  This problem
is reproducible.

The BTT driver calls pmem_rw_bytes() to update data in pmem
devices.  This interface calls __copy_user_nocache(), which
uses non-temporal stores so that the stores to pmem are
persistent.

__copy_user_nocache() uses non-temporal stores when a request
size is 8 bytes or larger (and is aligned by 8 bytes).  The
BTT driver updates the BTT map table, which entry size is
4 bytes.  Therefore, updates to the map table entries remain
cached, and are not written to pmem after a crash.

Change __copy_user_nocache() to use non-temporal store when
a request size is 4 bytes.  The change extends the current
byte-copy path for a less-than-8-bytes request, and does not
add any overhead to the regular path.

Also add comments to the code, and clarify the cases that
lead cache copy.

Reported-and-tested-by: Micah Parrish <micah.parrish@hpe.com>
Reported-and-tested-by: Brian Boylston <brian.boylston@hpe.com>
Signed-off-by: Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@hpe.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
Cc: Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Vishal Verma <vishal.l.verma@intel.com>
---
v2:
 - Add comments (Ingo Molnar).
 - Make this patch as an individual patch since v2 debug changes
   will not depend on this patch.
---
 arch/x86/lib/copy_user_64.S |   74 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 61 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/lib/copy_user_64.S b/arch/x86/lib/copy_user_64.S
index 982ce34..1641327 100644
--- a/arch/x86/lib/copy_user_64.S
+++ b/arch/x86/lib/copy_user_64.S
@@ -232,17 +232,30 @@ ENDPROC(copy_user_enhanced_fast_string)
 
 /*
  * copy_user_nocache - Uncached memory copy with exception handling
- * This will force destination/source out of cache for more performance.
+ * This will force destination out of cache for more performance.
+ *
+ * Note: Cached memory copy is used when destination or size is not
+ * naturally aligned. That is:
+ *  - Require 8-byte alignment when size is 8 bytes or larger.
+ *  - Require 4-byte alignment when size is 4 bytes.
  */
 ENTRY(__copy_user_nocache)
 	ASM_STAC
+
+	/* If size is less than 8 bytes, goto 4-byte copy */
 	cmpl $8,%edx
-	jb 20f		/* less then 8 bytes, go to byte copy loop */
+	jb 20f
+
+	/* If destination is not 8-byte aligned, "cache" copy to align it */
 	ALIGN_DESTINATION
+
+	/* Set 4x8-byte copy count and remainder */
 	movl %edx,%ecx
 	andl $63,%edx
 	shrl $6,%ecx
-	jz 17f
+	jz 17f		/* If count is 0, goto 8-byte copy */
+
+	/* Perform 4x8-byte nocache loop-copy */
 1:	movq (%rsi),%r8
 2:	movq 1*8(%rsi),%r9
 3:	movq 2*8(%rsi),%r10
@@ -263,26 +276,57 @@ ENTRY(__copy_user_nocache)
 	leaq 64(%rdi),%rdi
 	decl %ecx
 	jnz 1b
+
+	/* Set 8-byte copy count and remainder */
 17:	movl %edx,%ecx
 	andl $7,%edx
 	shrl $3,%ecx
-	jz 20f
+	jz 20f		/* If count is 0, goto 4-byte copy */
+
+	/* Perform 8-byte nocache loop-copy */
 18:	movq (%rsi),%r8
 19:	movnti %r8,(%rdi)
 	leaq 8(%rsi),%rsi
 	leaq 8(%rdi),%rdi
 	decl %ecx
 	jnz 18b
+
+	/* If no byte left, we're done */
 20:	andl %edx,%edx
-	jz 23f
+	jz 26f
+
+	/* If destination is not 4-byte aligned, goto byte copy */
+	movl %edi,%ecx
+	andl $3,%ecx
+	jnz 23f
+
+	/* Set 4-byte copy count (1 or 0) and remainder */
 	movl %edx,%ecx
-21:	movb (%rsi),%al
-22:	movb %al,(%rdi)
+	andl $3,%edx
+	shrl $2,%ecx
+	jz 23f		/* If count is 0, goto byte copy */
+
+	/* Perform 4-byte nocache copy */
+21:	movl (%rsi),%r8d
+22:	movnti %r8d,(%rdi)
+	leaq 4(%rsi),%rsi
+	leaq 4(%rdi),%rdi
+
+	/* If no byte left, we're done */
+	andl %edx,%edx
+	jz 26f
+
+	/* Perform byte "cache" loop-copy for the remainder */
+23:	movl %edx,%ecx
+24:	movb (%rsi),%al
+25:	movb %al,(%rdi)
 	incq %rsi
 	incq %rdi
 	decl %ecx
-	jnz 21b
-23:	xorl %eax,%eax
+	jnz 24b
+
+	/* Finished copying; fence the prior stores */
+26:	xorl %eax,%eax
 	ASM_CLAC
 	sfence
 	ret
@@ -290,11 +334,13 @@ ENTRY(__copy_user_nocache)
 	.section .fixup,"ax"
 30:	shll $6,%ecx
 	addl %ecx,%edx
-	jmp 60f
+	jmp 70f
 40:	lea (%rdx,%rcx,8),%rdx
-	jmp 60f
-50:	movl %ecx,%edx
-60:	sfence
+	jmp 70f
+50:	lea (%rdx,%rcx,4),%rdx
+	jmp 70f
+60:	movl %ecx,%edx
+70:	sfence
 	jmp copy_user_handle_tail
 	.previous
 
@@ -318,4 +364,6 @@ ENTRY(__copy_user_nocache)
 	_ASM_EXTABLE(19b,40b)
 	_ASM_EXTABLE(21b,50b)
 	_ASM_EXTABLE(22b,50b)
+	_ASM_EXTABLE(24b,60b)
+	_ASM_EXTABLE(25b,60b)
 ENDPROC(__copy_user_nocache)

Re: [PATCH v2] x86/lib/copy_user_64.S: Handle 4-byte nocache copy

[Ingo Molnar]

* Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@hpe.com> wrote:

> Data corruption issues were observed in tests which initiated
> a system crash/reset while accessing BTT devices.  This problem
> is reproducible.
> 
> The BTT driver calls pmem_rw_bytes() to update data in pmem
> devices.  This interface calls __copy_user_nocache(), which
> uses non-temporal stores so that the stores to pmem are
> persistent.
> 
> __copy_user_nocache() uses non-temporal stores when a request
> size is 8 bytes or larger (and is aligned by 8 bytes).  The
> BTT driver updates the BTT map table, which entry size is
> 4 bytes.  Therefore, updates to the map table entries remain
> cached, and are not written to pmem after a crash.
> 
> Change __copy_user_nocache() to use non-temporal store when
> a request size is 4 bytes.  The change extends the current
> byte-copy path for a less-than-8-bytes request, and does not
> add any overhead to the regular path.
> 
> Also add comments to the code, and clarify the cases that
> lead cache copy.
> 
> Reported-and-tested-by: Micah Parrish <micah.parrish@hpe.com>
> Reported-and-tested-by: Brian Boylston <brian.boylston@hpe.com>
> Signed-off-by: Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@hpe.com>
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
> Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
> Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
> Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
> Cc: Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com>
> Cc: Vishal Verma <vishal.l.verma@intel.com>
> ---
> v2:
>  - Add comments (Ingo Molnar).
>  - Make this patch as an individual patch since v2 debug changes
>    will not depend on this patch.
> ---
>  arch/x86/lib/copy_user_64.S |   74 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
>  1 file changed, 61 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/lib/copy_user_64.S b/arch/x86/lib/copy_user_64.S
> index 982ce34..1641327 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/lib/copy_user_64.S
> +++ b/arch/x86/lib/copy_user_64.S
> @@ -232,17 +232,30 @@ ENDPROC(copy_user_enhanced_fast_string)
>  
>  /*
>   * copy_user_nocache - Uncached memory copy with exception handling
> - * This will force destination/source out of cache for more performance.
> + * This will force destination out of cache for more performance.
> + *
> + * Note: Cached memory copy is used when destination or size is not
> + * naturally aligned. That is:
> + *  - Require 8-byte alignment when size is 8 bytes or larger.
> + *  - Require 4-byte alignment when size is 4 bytes.
>   */
>  ENTRY(__copy_user_nocache)
>  	ASM_STAC
> +
> +	/* If size is less than 8 bytes, goto 4-byte copy */
>  	cmpl $8,%edx
> -	jb 20f		/* less then 8 bytes, go to byte copy loop */
> +	jb 20f

So another pet peeve of mine is to not use numeric labels, please use 
descriptively named labels instead.

It would also be nice to split the patch into two parts: first one does all these 
readability improvements, the second one adds the nocache enhancement/fix.

Thanks,

	Ingo

Re: [PATCH v2] x86/lib/copy_user_64.S: Handle 4-byte nocache copy

[Ingo Molnar]

* Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@hpe.com> wrote:

> Data corruption issues were observed in tests which initiated
> a system crash/reset while accessing BTT devices.  This problem
> is reproducible.
> 
> The BTT driver calls pmem_rw_bytes() to update data in pmem
> devices.  This interface calls __copy_user_nocache(), which
> uses non-temporal stores so that the stores to pmem are
> persistent.
> 
> __copy_user_nocache() uses non-temporal stores when a request
> size is 8 bytes or larger (and is aligned by 8 bytes).  The
> BTT driver updates the BTT map table, which entry size is
> 4 bytes.  Therefore, updates to the map table entries remain
> cached, and are not written to pmem after a crash.
> 
> Change __copy_user_nocache() to use non-temporal store when
> a request size is 4 bytes.  The change extends the current
> byte-copy path for a less-than-8-bytes request, and does not
> add any overhead to the regular path.
> 
> Also add comments to the code, and clarify the cases that
> lead cache copy.
> 
> Reported-and-tested-by: Micah Parrish <micah.parrish@hpe.com>
> Reported-and-tested-by: Brian Boylston <brian.boylston@hpe.com>
> Signed-off-by: Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@hpe.com>
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
> Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
> Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
> Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
> Cc: Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com>
> Cc: Vishal Verma <vishal.l.verma@intel.com>
> ---
> v2:
>  - Add comments (Ingo Molnar).
>  - Make this patch as an individual patch since v2 debug changes
>    will not depend on this patch.
> ---
>  arch/x86/lib/copy_user_64.S |   74 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
>  1 file changed, 61 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/lib/copy_user_64.S b/arch/x86/lib/copy_user_64.S
> index 982ce34..1641327 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/lib/copy_user_64.S
> +++ b/arch/x86/lib/copy_user_64.S
> @@ -232,17 +232,30 @@ ENDPROC(copy_user_enhanced_fast_string)
>  
>  /*
>   * copy_user_nocache - Uncached memory copy with exception handling
> - * This will force destination/source out of cache for more performance.
> + * This will force destination out of cache for more performance.
> + *
> + * Note: Cached memory copy is used when destination or size is not
> + * naturally aligned. That is:
> + *  - Require 8-byte alignment when size is 8 bytes or larger.
> + *  - Require 4-byte alignment when size is 4 bytes.
>   */
>  ENTRY(__copy_user_nocache)
>  	ASM_STAC
> +
> +	/* If size is less than 8 bytes, goto 4-byte copy */
>  	cmpl $8,%edx
> -	jb 20f		/* less then 8 bytes, go to byte copy loop */
> +	jb 20f

So another pet peeve of mine is to not use numeric labels, please use 
descriptively named labels instead.

It would also be nice to split the patch into two parts: first one does all these 
readability improvements, the second one adds the nocache enhancement/fix.

Thanks,

	Ingo

Re: [PATCH v2] x86/lib/copy_user_64.S: Handle 4-byte nocache copy

[Borislav Petkov]

On Tue, Feb 09, 2016 at 11:27:41AM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> So another pet peeve of mine is to not use numeric labels, please use 
> descriptively named labels instead.

... and prepend them with ".L" so that they become local labels.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

SUSE Linux GmbH, GF: Felix Imendörffer, Jane Smithard, Graham Norton, HRB 21284 (AG Nürnberg)
-- 

Re: [PATCH v2] x86/lib/copy_user_64.S: Handle 4-byte nocache copy

[Borislav Petkov]

On Tue, Feb 09, 2016 at 11:27:41AM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> So another pet peeve of mine is to not use numeric labels, please use 
> descriptively named labels instead.

... and prepend them with ".L" so that they become local labels.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

SUSE Linux GmbH, GF: Felix Imendörffer, Jane Smithard, Graham Norton, HRB 21284 (AG Nürnberg)
-- 

Re: [PATCH v2] x86/lib/copy_user_64.S: Handle 4-byte nocache copy

[Ingo Molnar]

* Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de> wrote:

> On Tue, Feb 09, 2016 at 11:27:41AM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > So another pet peeve of mine is to not use numeric labels, please use 
> > descriptively named labels instead.
>
> ... and prepend them with ".L" so that they become local labels.

Yes. A good example to follow would be arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S.

Btw., IIRC GAS is being silly about .L, i.e. there's a difference between these 
two variants:

 .Lerror_entry_from_usermode_swapgs:
 .L_error_entry_from_usermode_swapgs:

the latter would be easier to read, but does not result in a local label last I 
checked.

Right?

Thanks,

	Ingo

Re: [PATCH v2] x86/lib/copy_user_64.S: Handle 4-byte nocache copy

[Ingo Molnar]

* Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de> wrote:

> On Tue, Feb 09, 2016 at 11:27:41AM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > So another pet peeve of mine is to not use numeric labels, please use 
> > descriptively named labels instead.
>
> ... and prepend them with ".L" so that they become local labels.

Yes. A good example to follow would be arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S.

Btw., IIRC GAS is being silly about .L, i.e. there's a difference between these 
two variants:

 .Lerror_entry_from_usermode_swapgs:
 .L_error_entry_from_usermode_swapgs:

the latter would be easier to read, but does not result in a local label last I 
checked.

Right?

Thanks,

	Ingo

Re: [PATCH v2] x86/lib/copy_user_64.S: Handle 4-byte nocache copy

[Borislav Petkov]

On Tue, Feb 09, 2016 at 12:27:32PM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> Btw., IIRC GAS is being silly about .L, i.e. there's a difference between these 
> two variants:
> 
>  .Lerror_entry_from_usermode_swapgs:
>  .L_error_entry_from_usermode_swapgs:
> 
> the latter would be easier to read, but does not result in a local label last I 
> checked.
> 
> Right?

Seems to build ok here with "GNU assembler (GNU Binutils) 2.26.51.20151207".
Perhaps some bug with older gas...?

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

SUSE Linux GmbH, GF: Felix Imendörffer, Jane Smithard, Graham Norton, HRB 21284 (AG Nürnberg)
-- 

Re: [PATCH v2] x86/lib/copy_user_64.S: Handle 4-byte nocache copy

[Borislav Petkov]

On Tue, Feb 09, 2016 at 12:27:32PM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> Btw., IIRC GAS is being silly about .L, i.e. there's a difference between these 
> two variants:
> 
>  .Lerror_entry_from_usermode_swapgs:
>  .L_error_entry_from_usermode_swapgs:
> 
> the latter would be easier to read, but does not result in a local label last I 
> checked.
> 
> Right?

Seems to build ok here with "GNU assembler (GNU Binutils) 2.26.51.20151207".
Perhaps some bug with older gas...?

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

SUSE Linux GmbH, GF: Felix Imendörffer, Jane Smithard, Graham Norton, HRB 21284 (AG Nürnberg)
-- 

Re: [PATCH v2] x86/lib/copy_user_64.S: Handle 4-byte nocache copy

[Ingo Molnar]

* Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de> wrote:

> On Tue, Feb 09, 2016 at 12:27:32PM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > Btw., IIRC GAS is being silly about .L, i.e. there's a difference between these 
> > two variants:
> > 
> >  .Lerror_entry_from_usermode_swapgs:
> >  .L_error_entry_from_usermode_swapgs:
> > 
> > the latter would be easier to read, but does not result in a local label last I 
> > checked.
> > 
> > Right?
> 
> Seems to build ok here with "GNU assembler (GNU Binutils) 2.26.51.20151207".
> Perhaps some bug with older gas...?

Hm, indeed - I just tried it too.

This means that the (slightly) more readable .L_ prefix is preferred.

Thanks,

	Ingo

Re: [PATCH v2] x86/lib/copy_user_64.S: Handle 4-byte nocache copy

[Ingo Molnar]

* Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de> wrote:

> On Tue, Feb 09, 2016 at 12:27:32PM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > Btw., IIRC GAS is being silly about .L, i.e. there's a difference between these 
> > two variants:
> > 
> >  .Lerror_entry_from_usermode_swapgs:
> >  .L_error_entry_from_usermode_swapgs:
> > 
> > the latter would be easier to read, but does not result in a local label last I 
> > checked.
> > 
> > Right?
> 
> Seems to build ok here with "GNU assembler (GNU Binutils) 2.26.51.20151207".
> Perhaps some bug with older gas...?

Hm, indeed - I just tried it too.

This means that the (slightly) more readable .L_ prefix is preferred.

Thanks,

	Ingo

Re: [PATCH v2] x86/lib/copy_user_64.S: Handle 4-byte nocache copy

[Toshi Kani]

On Tue, 2016-02-09 at 13:08 +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> * Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de> wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, Feb 09, 2016 at 12:27:32PM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > > Btw., IIRC GAS is being silly about .L, i.e. there's a difference
> > > between these 
> > > two variants:
> > > 
> > >  .Lerror_entry_from_usermode_swapgs:
> > >  .L_error_entry_from_usermode_swapgs:
> > > 
> > > the latter would be easier to read, but does not result in a local
> > > label last I 
> > > checked.
> > > 
> > > Right?
> > 
> > Seems to build ok here with "GNU assembler (GNU Binutils)
> > 2.26.51.20151207".
> > Perhaps some bug with older gas...?
> 
> Hm, indeed - I just tried it too.
> 
> This means that the (slightly) more readable .L_ prefix is preferred.

Thanks for the suggestions!  I will update the patch accordingly. 
-Toshi

Re: [PATCH v2] x86/lib/copy_user_64.S: Handle 4-byte nocache copy

[Toshi Kani]

On Tue, 2016-02-09 at 13:08 +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> * Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de> wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, Feb 09, 2016 at 12:27:32PM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > > Btw., IIRC GAS is being silly about .L, i.e. there's a difference
> > > between these 
> > > two variants:
> > > 
> > >  .Lerror_entry_from_usermode_swapgs:
> > >  .L_error_entry_from_usermode_swapgs:
> > > 
> > > the latter would be easier to read, but does not result in a local
> > > label last I 
> > > checked.
> > > 
> > > Right?
> > 
> > Seems to build ok here with "GNU assembler (GNU Binutils)
> > 2.26.51.20151207".
> > Perhaps some bug with older gas...?
> 
> Hm, indeed - I just tried it too.
> 
> This means that the (slightly) more readable .L_ prefix is preferred.

Thanks for the suggestions!  I will update the patch accordingly. 
-Toshi