From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.8 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED,USER_AGENT_GIT autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 61605ECDFAA for ; Mon, 16 Jul 2018 07:46:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0AF792075B for ; Mon, 16 Jul 2018 07:46:07 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org 0AF792075B Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=linuxfoundation.org Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S2389723AbeGPIMI (ORCPT ); Mon, 16 Jul 2018 04:12:08 -0400 Received: from mail.linuxfoundation.org ([140.211.169.12]:51030 "EHLO mail.linuxfoundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S2388740AbeGPIMH (ORCPT ); Mon, 16 Jul 2018 04:12:07 -0400 Received: from localhost (LFbn-1-12247-202.w90-92.abo.wanadoo.fr [90.92.61.202]) by mail.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id EAEECCEB; Mon, 16 Jul 2018 07:45:46 +0000 (UTC) From: Greg Kroah-Hartman To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman , stable@vger.kernel.org, Borislav Petkov , Andy Lutomirski , Borislav Petkov , Brian Gerst , Denys Vlasenko , "H. Peter Anvin" , Linus Torvalds , Peter Zijlstra , Thomas Gleixner , Ingo Molnar , "Srivatsa S. Bhat" , "Matt Helsley (VMware)" , Alexey Makhalov , Bo Gan Subject: [PATCH 4.4 25/43] x86/alternatives: Add an auxilary section Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2018 09:36:30 +0200 Message-Id: <20180716073514.609955270@linuxfoundation.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.18.0 In-Reply-To: <20180716073511.796555857@linuxfoundation.org> References: <20180716073511.796555857@linuxfoundation.org> User-Agent: quilt/0.65 X-stable: review MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 4.4-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Borislav Petkov commit 337e4cc84021212a87b04b77b65cccc49304909e upstream Add .altinstr_aux for additional instructions which will be used before and/or during patching. All stuff which needs more sophisticated patching should go there. See next patch. Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov Cc: Andy Lutomirski Cc: Borislav Petkov Cc: Brian Gerst Cc: Denys Vlasenko Cc: H. Peter Anvin Cc: Linus Torvalds Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Thomas Gleixner Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1453842730-28463-8-git-send-email-bp@alien8.de Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar Signed-off-by: Srivatsa S. Bhat Reviewed-by: Matt Helsley (VMware) Reviewed-by: Alexey Makhalov Reviewed-by: Bo Gan Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) --- a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S @@ -202,6 +202,17 @@ SECTIONS :init #endif + /* + * Section for code used exclusively before alternatives are run. All + * references to such code must be patched out by alternatives, normally + * by using X86_FEATURE_ALWAYS CPU feature bit. + * + * See static_cpu_has() for an example. + */ + .altinstr_aux : AT(ADDR(.altinstr_aux) - LOAD_OFFSET) { + *(.altinstr_aux) + } + INIT_DATA_SECTION(16) .x86_cpu_dev.init : AT(ADDR(.x86_cpu_dev.init) - LOAD_OFFSET) {