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Message-ID: <20170906221445.GB10456@miguelinux-clr.zpn.intel.com>
Date:   Wed, 6 Sep 2017 17:14:45 -0500
From:   Miguel Bernal Marin <miguel.bernal.marin@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>
Cc:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        x86@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] locking/rwsem/x86: Add stack frame dependency for
 __downgrade_write()

On Wed, Sep 06, 2017 at 04:33:02PM -0500, Josh Poimboeuf wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 06, 2017 at 12:26:13AM -0500, Miguel Bernal Marin wrote:
> > kernel/locking/rwsem.o: warning: objtool: downgrade_write()+0x22: call without frame pointer save/setup
> > 
> > The warning means gcc 7.2.0 placed the __downgrade_write() inline asm (and
> > its call instruction) before the frame pointer setup in downgrade_write(),
> > which breaks frame pointer convention and can result in incorrect
> > stack traces.
> > 
> > Force a stack frame to be created before the call instruction by listing
> > the stack pointer as an output operand in the inline asm statement.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Miguel Bernal Marin <miguel.bernal.marin@...ux.intel.com>
> > ---
> >  arch/x86/include/asm/rwsem.h | 6 ++++--
> >  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/rwsem.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/rwsem.h
> > index d26b6916b935..a749dc6a3103 100644
> > --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/rwsem.h
> > +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/rwsem.h
> > @@ -205,8 +205,10 @@ static inline void __up_write(struct rw_semaphore *sem)
> >   */
> >  static inline void __downgrade_write(struct rw_semaphore *sem)
> >  {
> > +	register void *__sp asm(_ASM_SP);
> > +
> >  	asm volatile("# beginning __downgrade_write\n\t"
> > -		     LOCK_PREFIX _ASM_ADD "%2,(%1)\n\t"
> > +		     LOCK_PREFIX _ASM_ADD "%2,(%2)\n\t"
> 
> The '%2' should be changed to '%3'
> 
> 		     LOCK_PREFIX _ASM_ADD "%3,(%2)\n\t"
> 
> because both inputs' indices are shifted by the new output constraint.
> 


Thanks, I will send the V2.


> >  		     /*
> >  		      * transitions 0xZZZZ0001 -> 0xYYYY0001 (i386)
> >  		      *     0xZZZZZZZZ00000001 -> 0xYYYYYYYY00000001 (x86_64)
> > @@ -215,7 +217,7 @@ static inline void __downgrade_write(struct rw_semaphore *sem)
> >  		     "  call call_rwsem_downgrade_wake\n"
> >  		     "1:\n\t"
> >  		     "# ending __downgrade_write\n"
> > -		     : "+m" (sem->count)
> > +		     : "+m" (sem->count), "+r" (__sp)
> >  		     : "a" (sem), "er" (-RWSEM_WAITING_BIAS)
> >  		     : "memory", "cc");
> 
> -- 
> Josh

-- 
Regards,

Miguel Bernal Marin                     Open Source Technology Center
https://clearlinux.org                              Intel Corporation

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