linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 0/2] extern inline native_save

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Date:   Tue,  5 Jun 2018 10:05:30 -0700
From:   Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>
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Subject: [PATCH v2 0/2] extern inline native_save_fl for paravirt

paravirt depends on a custom calling convention (callee saved), but
expects this from a static inline function that it then forces to be
outlined. This is problematic because different compilers or flags can
then add a stack guard that violates the calling conventions.

Uses extern inline with the out-of-line definition in assembly to
prevent compilers from adding stack guards to the outlined version.

Other parts of the codebase overwrite KBUILD_CFLAGS, which is *extremely
problematic* for extern inline, as the sematics are completely the
opposite depending on what C standard is used.
http://blahg.josefsipek.net/?p=529

Changes since v2:
  Prefer gnu_inline function attribute instead of explicitly setting C
  standard compiler flag in problematic Makefiles. We should instead
  carefully evaluate if those Makefiles should be overwriting
  KBUILD_CFLAGS at all. Dropped the previous first two patches and added
  a new first patch.

Nick Desaulniers (2):
  compiler-gcc.h: add gnu_inline to all inline declarations
  x86: paravirt: make native_save_fl extern inline

 arch/x86/include/asm/irqflags.h |  2 +-
 arch/x86/kernel/Makefile        |  1 +
 arch/x86/kernel/irqflags.S      | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 include/linux/compiler-gcc.h    | 19 +++++++++++++------
 4 files changed, 41 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 arch/x86/kernel/irqflags.S

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