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From: hpa@zytor.com
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>,
	Nadav Amit <namit@vmware.com>, Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
	the arch/x86 maintainers <x86@kernel.org>,
	Linux List Kernel Mailing <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
	Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>,
	Jason Baron <jbaron@akamai.com>, Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>,
	David Laight <David.Laight@aculab.com>,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>, Julia Cartwright <julia@ni.com>,
	Jessica Yu <jeyu@kernel.org>,
	Rasmus Villemoes <linux@rasmusvillemoes.dk>,
	Edward Cree <ecree@solarflare.com>,
	Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 0/6] Static calls
Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2019 16:36:38 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <E2076BDA-FED4-449F-805F-F255755C78A2@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAHk-=wgQR1RfjA9V70cL-vTrhYBF9FWhPRaZahQuDaSazL+kAQ@mail.gmail.com>

On January 11, 2019 11:34:34 AM PST, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> wrote:
>On Fri, Jan 11, 2019 at 11:24 AM <hpa@zytor.com> wrote:
>>
>> I still don't see why can't simply spin in the #BP handler until the
>patch is complete.
>
>So here's at least one problem:
>
>text_poke_bp()
>  text_poke(addr, &int3, sizeof(int3));
>   *interrupt*
>      interrupt has a static call
>        *BP*
>          poke_int3_handler
>             *BOOM*
>
>Note how at BOOM we cannot just spin (or return) to wait for the
>'int3' to be switched back. Becuase it never will. Because we are
>interrupting the thing that would do that switch-back.
>
>So we'd have to do the 'text_poke_bp()' sequence with interrupts
>disabled. Which we can't do right now at least, because part of that
>sequence involves that on_each_cpu(do_sync_core) thing, which needs
>interrupts enabled.
>
>See?
>
>Or am I missing something?
>
>            Linus

Ok, I was thinking far more about spinning with an IRET and letting the exception be delivered. Patching with interrupts disabled have other problems... 
-- 
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  parent reply	other threads:[~2019-01-13  0:37 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 90+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-01-09 22:59 [PATCH v3 0/6] Static calls Josh Poimboeuf
2019-01-09 22:59 ` [PATCH v3 1/6] compiler.h: Make __ADDRESSABLE() symbol truly unique Josh Poimboeuf
2019-01-09 22:59 ` [PATCH v3 2/6] static_call: Add basic static call infrastructure Josh Poimboeuf
2019-01-10 14:03   ` Edward Cree
2019-01-10 18:37     ` Josh Poimboeuf
2019-01-09 22:59 ` [PATCH v3 3/6] x86/static_call: Add out-of-line static call implementation Josh Poimboeuf
2019-01-10  0:16   ` Nadav Amit
2019-01-10 16:28     ` Josh Poimboeuf
2019-01-09 22:59 ` [PATCH v3 4/6] static_call: Add inline static call infrastructure Josh Poimboeuf
2019-01-09 22:59 ` [PATCH v3 5/6] x86/alternative: Use a single access in text_poke() where possible Josh Poimboeuf
2019-01-10  9:32   ` Nadav Amit
2019-01-10 17:20     ` Josh Poimboeuf
2019-01-10 17:29       ` Nadav Amit
2019-01-10 17:32       ` Steven Rostedt
2019-01-10 17:42         ` Sean Christopherson
2019-01-10 17:57           ` Steven Rostedt
2019-01-10 18:04             ` Sean Christopherson
2019-01-10 18:21               ` Josh Poimboeuf
2019-01-10 18:24               ` Steven Rostedt
2019-01-11 12:10               ` Alexandre Chartre
2019-01-11 15:28                 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2019-01-11 16:46                   ` Alexandre Chartre
2019-01-11 16:57                     ` Josh Poimboeuf
2019-01-11 17:41                       ` Jason Baron
2019-01-11 17:54                         ` Nadav Amit
2019-01-15 11:10                       ` Alexandre Chartre
2019-01-15 16:19                         ` Steven Rostedt
2019-01-15 16:45                           ` Alexandre Chartre
2019-01-11  0:59           ` hpa
2019-01-11  1:34             ` Sean Christopherson
2019-01-11  8:13               ` hpa
2019-01-09 22:59 ` [PATCH v3 6/6] x86/static_call: Add inline static call implementation for x86-64 Josh Poimboeuf
2019-01-10  1:21 ` [PATCH v3 0/6] Static calls Nadav Amit
2019-01-10 16:44   ` Josh Poimboeuf
2019-01-10 17:32     ` Nadav Amit
2019-01-10 18:18       ` Josh Poimboeuf
2019-01-10 19:45         ` Nadav Amit
2019-01-10 20:32           ` Josh Poimboeuf
2019-01-10 20:48             ` Nadav Amit
2019-01-10 20:57               ` Josh Poimboeuf
2019-01-10 21:47                 ` Nadav Amit
2019-01-10 17:31 ` Linus Torvalds
2019-01-10 20:51   ` H. Peter Anvin
2019-01-10 20:30 ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-01-10 20:52   ` Josh Poimboeuf
2019-01-10 23:02     ` Linus Torvalds
2019-01-11  0:56       ` Andy Lutomirski
2019-01-11  1:47         ` Nadav Amit
2019-01-11 15:15           ` Josh Poimboeuf
2019-01-11 15:48             ` Nadav Amit
2019-01-11 16:07               ` Josh Poimboeuf
2019-01-11 17:23                 ` Nadav Amit
2019-01-11 19:03             ` Linus Torvalds
2019-01-11 19:17               ` Nadav Amit
2019-01-11 19:23               ` hpa
2019-01-11 19:33                 ` Nadav Amit
2019-01-11 19:34                 ` Linus Torvalds
2019-01-13  0:34                   ` hpa
2019-01-13  0:36                   ` hpa [this message]
2019-01-11 19:39                 ` Jiri Kosina
2019-01-14  2:31                   ` H. Peter Anvin
2019-01-14  2:40                     ` H. Peter Anvin
2019-01-14 20:11                       ` Andy Lutomirski
2019-01-14 22:00                       ` H. Peter Anvin
2019-01-14 22:54                         ` H. Peter Anvin
2019-01-15  3:05                           ` Andy Lutomirski
2019-01-15  5:01                             ` H. Peter Anvin
2019-01-15  5:37                               ` H. Peter Anvin
2019-01-14 23:27                         ` Andy Lutomirski
2019-01-14 23:51                           ` Nadav Amit
2019-01-15  2:28                           ` hpa
2019-01-11 20:04               ` Josh Poimboeuf
2019-01-11 20:12                 ` Linus Torvalds
2019-01-11 20:31                   ` Josh Poimboeuf
2019-01-11 20:46                     ` Linus Torvalds
2019-01-11 21:05                       ` Andy Lutomirski
2019-01-11 21:10                         ` Linus Torvalds
2019-01-11 21:32                           ` Josh Poimboeuf
2019-01-14 12:28                         ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-01-11 21:22                       ` Josh Poimboeuf
2019-01-11 21:23                         ` Josh Poimboeuf
2019-01-11 21:25                         ` Josh Poimboeuf
2019-01-11 21:36                         ` Nadav Amit
2019-01-11 21:41                           ` Josh Poimboeuf
2019-01-11 21:55                             ` Steven Rostedt
2019-01-11 21:59                               ` Nadav Amit
2019-01-11 21:56                             ` Nadav Amit
2019-01-12 23:54                         ` Andy Lutomirski
2020-02-17 21:10     ` Jann Horn
2020-02-17 21:57       ` Steven Rostedt

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