From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Rick Edgecombe Subject: [PATCH v3 01/20] x86/jump_label: Use text_poke_early() during early init Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2019 15:44:32 -0800 Message-Id: <20190221234451.17632-2-rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com> In-Reply-To: <20190221234451.17632-1-rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com> References: <20190221234451.17632-1-rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com> To: Andy Lutomirski , Ingo Molnar Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, x86@kernel.org, hpa@zytor.com, Thomas Gleixner , Borislav Petkov , Nadav Amit , Dave Hansen , Peter Zijlstra , linux_dti@icloud.com, linux-integrity@vger.kernel.org, linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org, kernel-hardening@lists.openwall.com, linux-mm@kvack.org, will.deacon@arm.com, ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org, kristen@linux.intel.com, deneen.t.dock@intel.com, Nadav Amit , Kees Cook , Dave Hansen , Masami Hiramatsu , Rick Edgecombe List-ID: From: Nadav Amit There is no apparent reason not to use text_poke_early() during early-init, since no patching of code that might be on the stack is done and only a single core is running. This is required for the next patches that would set a temporary mm for text poking, and this mm is only initialized after some static-keys are enabled/disabled. Cc: Andy Lutomirski Cc: Kees Cook Cc: Dave Hansen Cc: Masami Hiramatsu Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) Signed-off-by: Nadav Amit Signed-off-by: Rick Edgecombe --- arch/x86/kernel/jump_label.c | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/jump_label.c b/arch/x86/kernel/jump_label.c index f99bd26bd3f1..e7d8c636b228 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/jump_label.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/jump_label.c @@ -50,7 +50,12 @@ static void __ref __jump_label_transform(struct jump_entry *entry, jmp.offset = jump_entry_target(entry) - (jump_entry_code(entry) + JUMP_LABEL_NOP_SIZE); - if (early_boot_irqs_disabled) + /* + * As long as only a single processor is running and the code is still + * not marked as RO, text_poke_early() can be used; Checking that + * system_state is SYSTEM_BOOTING guarantees it. + */ + if (system_state == SYSTEM_BOOTING) poker = text_poke_early; if (type == JUMP_LABEL_JMP) { -- 2.17.1