From: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
To: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: x86@kernel.org, andrew.cooper3@citrix.com,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, alexei.starovoitov@gmail.com,
ndesaulniers@google.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/9] x86/alternative: Implement .retpoline_sites support
Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2021 14:49:07 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20211013214907.pqr3mr2m4xrh426y@treble> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <YWdNgt47MhYTttux@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net>
On Wed, Oct 13, 2021 at 11:20:02PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 13, 2021 at 01:39:27PM -0700, Josh Poimboeuf wrote:
> > On Wed, Oct 13, 2021 at 02:22:21PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> > > +static int patch_retpoline(void *addr, struct insn *insn, u8 *bytes)
> > > +{
> > > + void (*target)(void);
> > > + int reg, i = 0;
> > > +
> > > + if (cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_RETPOLINE))
> > > + return -1;
> >
> > Better to do this check further up the call stack in apply_retpolines()
> > before looping through all the call sites?
>
> In fact, I've pushed it further down, in order to always validate the
> absense of rsp.
>
> > > +
> > > + target = addr + insn->length + insn->immediate.value;
> > > + reg = (target - &__x86_indirect_thunk_rax) /
> > > + (&__x86_indirect_thunk_rcx - &__x86_indirect_thunk_rax);
> > > +
> > > + if (WARN_ON_ONCE(reg & ~0xf))
> > > + return -1;
> >
> > It would be more robust and less magical to just have a basic lookup
> > table array which converts a thunk address to a reg. Then you can just
> > avoid all the safety checks because it's no longer insane ;-)
>
> Andrew suggested the reverse lookup to validate. That should give the
> same robustness but lacks the linear lookup.
So you've got a WARN_ON_ONCE, a BUG_ON, and a too-deep feature check,
all in the name of supporting this scheme. ok...
If performance of the linear lookup were a real concern then you could
just put rax and r11 at the beginning of the array.
--
Josh
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-10-13 21:49 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 52+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-10-13 12:22 [PATCH 0/9] x86: Rewrite the retpoline rewrite logic Peter Zijlstra
2021-10-13 12:22 ` [PATCH 1/9] objtool,x86: Replace alternatives with .retpoline_sites Peter Zijlstra
2021-10-13 13:29 ` Borislav Petkov
2021-10-13 20:11 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2021-10-14 15:43 ` Peter Zijlstra
2021-10-13 12:22 ` [PATCH 2/9] x86/retpoline: Remove unused replacement symbols Peter Zijlstra
2021-10-13 12:22 ` [PATCH 3/9] x86/asm: Fix register order Peter Zijlstra
2021-10-13 20:15 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2021-10-13 12:22 ` [PATCH 4/9] x86/alternative: Implement .retpoline_sites support Peter Zijlstra
2021-10-13 14:38 ` Andrew Cooper
2021-10-13 15:12 ` Peter Zijlstra
2021-10-13 17:11 ` Andrew Cooper
2021-10-14 10:05 ` Peter Zijlstra
2021-10-13 20:39 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2021-10-13 21:20 ` Peter Zijlstra
2021-10-13 21:49 ` Josh Poimboeuf [this message]
2021-10-13 21:52 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2021-10-13 22:10 ` Peter Zijlstra
2021-10-13 22:47 ` Andrew Cooper
2021-10-13 20:52 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2021-10-13 21:00 ` Peter Zijlstra
2021-10-19 11:37 ` Peter Zijlstra
2021-10-19 16:46 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2021-10-19 16:49 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2021-10-20 8:25 ` Peter Zijlstra
2021-10-20 8:30 ` Peter Zijlstra
2021-10-13 21:11 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2021-10-13 21:43 ` Peter Zijlstra
2021-10-13 22:05 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2021-10-13 22:14 ` Peter Zijlstra
2021-10-15 14:24 ` Borislav Petkov
2021-10-15 16:56 ` Peter Zijlstra
2021-10-18 23:06 ` Alexander Lobakin
2021-10-19 0:25 ` Alexander Lobakin
2021-10-19 9:47 ` Alexander Lobakin
2021-10-19 10:16 ` Peter Zijlstra
2021-10-19 15:37 ` Sami Tolvanen
2021-10-19 18:00 ` Alexander Lobakin
2021-10-19 9:40 ` Peter Zijlstra
2021-10-19 10:02 ` Peter Zijlstra
2021-10-13 12:22 ` [PATCH 5/9] x86/alternative: Handle Jcc __x86_indirect_thunk_\reg Peter Zijlstra
2021-10-13 20:11 ` Nick Desaulniers
2021-10-13 21:08 ` Peter Zijlstra
2021-10-13 12:22 ` [PATCH 6/9] x86/alternative: Try inline spectre_v2=retpoline,amd Peter Zijlstra
2021-10-13 12:22 ` [PATCH 7/9] x86/alternative: Add debug prints to apply_retpolines() Peter Zijlstra
2021-10-13 12:22 ` [PATCH 8/9] x86,bugs: Unconditionally allow spectre_v2=retpoline,amd Peter Zijlstra
2021-10-13 12:22 ` [PATCH 9/9] bpf,x86: Respect X86_FEATURE_RETPOLINE* Peter Zijlstra
2021-10-13 21:06 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2021-10-13 21:54 ` Peter Zijlstra
2021-10-14 9:46 ` Peter Zijlstra
2021-10-14 9:48 ` Peter Zijlstra
2021-10-20 7:34 ` Peter Zijlstra
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