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Message-ID: <20181108104141.GR9761@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net>
Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2018 11:41:41 +0100
From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To: Nadav Amit <namit@...are.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, X86 ML <x86@...nel.org>,
"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>,
Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/7] x86/jump_label: Use text_poke_early() during
early_init
On Wed, Nov 07, 2018 at 07:13:03PM +0000, Nadav Amit wrote:
> > diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/jump_label.c b/arch/x86/kernel/jump_label.c
> > index aac0c1f7e354..ed5fe274a7d8 100644
> > --- a/arch/x86/kernel/jump_label.c
> > +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/jump_label.c
> > @@ -52,7 +52,12 @@ static void __ref __jump_label_transform(struct jump_entry *entry,
> > jmp.offset = jump_entry_target(entry) -
> > (jump_entry_code(entry) + JUMP_LABEL_NOP_SIZE);
> >
> > - if (early_boot_irqs_disabled)
> > + /*
> > + * As long as we're UP and not yet marked RO, we can use
> > + * text_poke_early; SYSTEM_BOOTING guarantees both, as we switch to
> > + * SYSTEM_SCHEDULING before going either.
> > + */
> > + if (system_state == SYSTEM_BOOTING)
> > poker = text_poke_early;
> >
> > if (type == JUMP_LABEL_JMP) {
>
> Thanks for this change, I will incorporate it.
>
> I wanted to point a small difference from my version. Although this version
> ensures we are UP and the kernel is still RW, preemption is possible with
> this version. I presume that it should not affect jump-labels, since it
> switches between JMP and multi-byte NOPs.
Right, we're never running the code we're going to change on UP.
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