linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RFC V2 3/5] jump_label: if a key has already been initialized, don't nop it out

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Message-ID: <20111004175312.GC2520@redhat.com>
Date:	Tue, 4 Oct 2011 13:53:12 -0400
From:	Jason Baron <jbaron@...hat.com>
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc:	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	David Daney <david.daney@...ium.com>,
	Michael Ellerman <michael@...erman.id.au>,
	Jan Glauber <jang@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	the arch/x86 maintainers <x86@...nel.org>,
	Xen Devel <xen-devel@...ts.xensource.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@...rix.com>,
	peterz@...radead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC V2 3/5] jump_label: if a key has already been
 initialized, don't nop it out

On Tue, Oct 04, 2011 at 09:30:01AM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> On 10/04/2011 07:10 AM, Jason Baron wrote:
> > 
> > 1) The jmp +0, is a 'safe' no-op that I know is going to initially
> > boot for all x86. I'm not sure if there is a 5-byte nop that works on
> > all x86 variants - but by using jmp +0, we make it much easier to debug
> > cases where we may be using broken no-ops.
> > 
> 
> There are *plenty*.  jmp+0 is about as pessimal as you can get.
> 
> The current recommendation when you don't know the CPU you're running at is:
> 
> 	3E 8D 74 26 00	(GENERIC_NOP5_ATOMIC)
> 
> ... on 32 bits and ...
> 
> 	0F 1F 44 00 00	(P6_NOP5_ATOMIC)
> 
> ... on 64 bits.
> 
> 	-hpa
> 

We're currently patching the code at run-time (boot and module load
time), with the 'ideal' no-op anyway, so the initial no-op doesn't
really matter much (other than to save patching if the initial and ideal
match).

-Jason
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