From: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>
To: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
Cc: "maintainer:X86 ARCHITECTURE (32-BIT AND 64-BIT)"
<x86@kernel.org>, LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>, Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>,
Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 07/22] x86/uaccess: Remove ELF function annotation from copy_user_handle_tail()
Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2019 11:16:48 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAKwvOdn2ZEe6y=TZ2OyphR7CrC3yJgDEUVtwSX_5fXGtYAQ=bA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <6166ec9ce99e5af2721793eaf4a769aaa881e14d.1563150885.git.jpoimboe@redhat.com>
On Sun, Jul 14, 2019 at 5:37 PM Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com> wrote:
>
> After an objtool improvement, it's complaining about the CLAC in
> copy_user_handle_tail():
>
> arch/x86/lib/copy_user_64.o: warning: objtool: .altinstr_replacement+0x12: redundant UACCESS disable
> arch/x86/lib/copy_user_64.o: warning: objtool: copy_user_handle_tail()+0x6: (alt)
> arch/x86/lib/copy_user_64.o: warning: objtool: copy_user_handle_tail()+0x2: (alt)
> arch/x86/lib/copy_user_64.o: warning: objtool: copy_user_handle_tail()+0x0: <=== (func)
>
> copy_user_handle_tail() is incorrectly marked as a callable function, so
> objtool is rightfully concerned about the CLAC with no corresponding
> STAC.
>
> Remove the ELF function annotation. The copy_user_handle_tail() code
> path is already verified by objtool because it's jumped to by other
> callable asm code (which does the corresponding STAC).
What is CLAC and STAC?
>
> Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
> ---
> arch/x86/lib/copy_user_64.S | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/lib/copy_user_64.S b/arch/x86/lib/copy_user_64.S
> index 378a1f70ae7d..4fe1601dbc5d 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/lib/copy_user_64.S
> +++ b/arch/x86/lib/copy_user_64.S
> @@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ copy_user_handle_tail:
> ret
>
> _ASM_EXTABLE_UA(1b, 2b)
> -ENDPROC(copy_user_handle_tail)
> +END(copy_user_handle_tail)
>
> /*
> * copy_user_nocache - Uncached memory copy with exception handling
> --
> 2.20.1
>
--
Thanks,
~Nick Desaulniers
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-07-16 18:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 50+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-07-15 0:36 [PATCH 00/22] x86, objtool: several fixes/improvements Josh Poimboeuf
2019-07-15 0:36 ` [PATCH 01/22] x86/paravirt: Fix callee-saved function ELF sizes Josh Poimboeuf
2019-07-15 4:58 ` Juergen Gross
2019-07-15 12:43 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2019-07-15 0:36 ` [PATCH 02/22] x86/kvm: Fix fastop function ELF metadata Josh Poimboeuf
2019-07-15 9:05 ` Paolo Bonzini
2019-07-15 0:36 ` [PATCH 03/22] x86/kvm: Fix frame pointer usage in vmx_vmenter() Josh Poimboeuf
2019-07-15 9:04 ` Paolo Bonzini
2019-07-15 12:37 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2019-07-15 13:03 ` Paolo Bonzini
2019-07-15 13:35 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2019-07-15 18:17 ` Paolo Bonzini
2019-07-15 0:36 ` [PATCH 04/22] x86/kvm: Don't call kvm_spurious_fault() from .fixup Josh Poimboeuf
2019-07-15 9:07 ` Paolo Bonzini
2019-07-15 12:40 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2019-07-15 13:05 ` Paolo Bonzini
2019-07-15 13:25 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2019-07-15 18:16 ` Paolo Bonzini
2019-07-15 0:37 ` [PATCH 05/22] x86/entry: Fix thunk function ELF sizes Josh Poimboeuf
2019-07-15 0:37 ` [PATCH 06/22] x86/head/64: Annotate start_cpu0() as non-callable Josh Poimboeuf
2019-07-15 0:37 ` [PATCH 07/22] x86/uaccess: Remove ELF function annotation from copy_user_handle_tail() Josh Poimboeuf
2019-07-16 18:16 ` Nick Desaulniers [this message]
2019-07-16 18:51 ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-07-15 0:37 ` [PATCH 08/22] x86/uaccess: Don't leak AC flag into fentry from mcsafe_handle_tail() Josh Poimboeuf
2019-07-15 0:37 ` [PATCH 09/22] x86/uaccess: Remove redundant CLACs in getuser/putuser error paths Josh Poimboeuf
2019-07-15 0:37 ` [PATCH 10/22] bpf: Disable GCC -fgcse optimization for ___bpf_prog_run() Josh Poimboeuf
2019-07-16 18:15 ` Nick Desaulniers
2019-07-16 23:02 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2019-07-15 0:37 ` [PATCH 11/22] objtool: Add mcsafe_handle_tail() to the uaccess safe list Josh Poimboeuf
2019-07-15 0:37 ` [PATCH 12/22] objtool: Track original function across branches Josh Poimboeuf
2019-07-15 0:37 ` [PATCH 13/22] objtool: Refactor function alias logic Josh Poimboeuf
2019-07-15 0:37 ` [PATCH 14/22] objtool: Warn on zero-length functions Josh Poimboeuf
2019-07-15 0:37 ` [PATCH 15/22] objtool: Change dead_end_function() to return boolean Josh Poimboeuf
2019-07-15 0:37 ` [PATCH 16/22] objtool: Do frame pointer check before dead end check Josh Poimboeuf
2019-07-15 0:37 ` [PATCH 17/22] objtool: Refactor sibling call detection logic Josh Poimboeuf
2019-07-15 0:37 ` [PATCH 18/22] objtool: Refactor jump table code Josh Poimboeuf
2019-07-15 9:38 ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-07-15 0:37 ` [PATCH 19/22] objtool: Support repeated uses of the same C jump table Josh Poimboeuf
2019-07-15 0:37 ` [PATCH 20/22] objtool: Fix seg fault on bad switch table entry Josh Poimboeuf
2019-07-15 17:24 ` Nick Desaulniers
2019-07-15 17:29 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2019-07-18 23:02 ` Nick Desaulniers
2019-07-15 0:37 ` [PATCH 21/22] objtool: convert insn type to enum Josh Poimboeuf
2019-07-15 0:37 ` [PATCH 22/22] objtool: Support conditional retpolines Josh Poimboeuf
2019-07-15 9:52 ` [PATCH 00/22] x86, objtool: several fixes/improvements Peter Zijlstra
2019-07-15 19:38 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2019-07-15 21:45 ` Nick Desaulniers
2019-07-16 23:17 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2019-07-18 22:26 ` Nick Desaulniers
2019-09-27 20:24 ` Nick Desaulniers
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