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Message-ID: <20150610175320.GD29724@treble.redhat.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2015 12:53:20 -0500
From: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>
To: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>
Cc: Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
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"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 02/10] x86: Compile-time asm code validation
On Wed, Jun 10, 2015 at 10:21:36AM -0700, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
> On Jun 10, 2015 5:07 AM, "Josh Poimboeuf" <jpoimboe@...hat.com> wrote:
> >
> > Add a new CONFIG_ASM_VALIDATION option which adds an asmvalidate host
> > tool which runs on every compiled .S file. Its goal is to enforce sane
> > rules on all asm code, so that stack debug metadata (frame/back chain
> > pointers and/or DWARF CFI metadata) can be made reliable.
> >
> > It enforces the following rules:
> >
> > 1. Each callable function must be annotated with the ELF STT_FUNC type.
> > This is typically done using the ENTRY/ENDPROC macros. If
> > asmvalidate finds a return instruction outside of a function, it
> > flags an error, since that usually indicates callable code which
> > should be annotated accordingly.
> >
> > 2. Each callable function must never leave its own bounds (i.e. with a
> > jump to outside the function) except when returning.
>
> Won't that break with sibling/tail calls?
Yes, asmvalidate will flag a warning for tail calls.
> GCC can generate those, and the ia32_ptregs_common label is an example
> of such a thing.
>
> I'd rather have the script understand tail calls and possibly require
> that ia32_ptregs_common have a dummy frame pointer save in front
> before the label if needed.
Why do you prefer tail calls there? See patch 3 for how I handled that
for ia32_ptregs_common (I duplicated the code with macros).
I think adding support for tail calls in the tooling would be tricky.
So I'm just trying to figure out if there's a good reason to keep them.
--
Josh
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