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Date:   Tue, 30 Apr 2019 04:23:28 -0700
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Subject: [tip:x86/mm] x86/jump-label: Remove support for custom text poker

Commit-ID:  bb0a008d6a2c543efc11313b448d2f26f91dc4f8
Gitweb:     https://git.kernel.org/tip/bb0a008d6a2c543efc11313b448d2f26f91dc4f8
Author:     Nadav Amit <namit@...are.com>
AuthorDate: Thu, 25 Apr 2019 17:11:32 -0700
Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
CommitDate: Tue, 30 Apr 2019 12:37:55 +0200

x86/jump-label: Remove support for custom text poker

There are only two types of text poking: early and breakpoint based. The use
of a function pointer to perform text poking complicates the code and is
probably inefficient due to the use of indirect branches.

Signed-off-by: Nadav Amit <namit@...are.com>
Signed-off-by: Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>
Cc: <deneen.t.dock@...el.com>
Cc: <kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com>
Cc: <kristen@...ux.intel.com>
Cc: <linux_dti@...oud.com>
Cc: <will.deacon@....com>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com>
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>
Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@...riel.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190426001143.4983-13-namit@vmware.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/jump_label.c | 26 ++++++++++----------------
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/jump_label.c b/arch/x86/kernel/jump_label.c
index e7d8c636b228..e631c358f7f4 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/jump_label.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/jump_label.c
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ static void bug_at(unsigned char *ip, int line)
 
 static void __ref __jump_label_transform(struct jump_entry *entry,
 					 enum jump_label_type type,
-					 void *(*poker)(void *, const void *, size_t),
 					 int init)
 {
 	union jump_code_union jmp;
@@ -50,14 +49,6 @@ static void __ref __jump_label_transform(struct jump_entry *entry,
 	jmp.offset = jump_entry_target(entry) -
 		     (jump_entry_code(entry) + JUMP_LABEL_NOP_SIZE);
 
-	/*
-	 * As long as only a single processor is running and the code is still
-	 * not marked as RO, text_poke_early() can be used; Checking that
-	 * system_state is SYSTEM_BOOTING guarantees it.
-	 */
-	if (system_state == SYSTEM_BOOTING)
-		poker = text_poke_early;
-
 	if (type == JUMP_LABEL_JMP) {
 		if (init) {
 			expect = default_nop; line = __LINE__;
@@ -80,16 +71,19 @@ static void __ref __jump_label_transform(struct jump_entry *entry,
 		bug_at((void *)jump_entry_code(entry), line);
 
 	/*
-	 * Make text_poke_bp() a default fallback poker.
+	 * As long as only a single processor is running and the code is still
+	 * not marked as RO, text_poke_early() can be used; Checking that
+	 * system_state is SYSTEM_BOOTING guarantees it. It will be set to
+	 * SYSTEM_SCHEDULING before other cores are awaken and before the
+	 * code is write-protected.
 	 *
 	 * At the time the change is being done, just ignore whether we
 	 * are doing nop -> jump or jump -> nop transition, and assume
 	 * always nop being the 'currently valid' instruction
-	 *
 	 */
-	if (poker) {
-		(*poker)((void *)jump_entry_code(entry), code,
-			 JUMP_LABEL_NOP_SIZE);
+	if (init || system_state == SYSTEM_BOOTING) {
+		text_poke_early((void *)jump_entry_code(entry), code,
+				JUMP_LABEL_NOP_SIZE);
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -101,7 +95,7 @@ void arch_jump_label_transform(struct jump_entry *entry,
 			       enum jump_label_type type)
 {
 	mutex_lock(&text_mutex);
-	__jump_label_transform(entry, type, NULL, 0);
+	__jump_label_transform(entry, type, 0);
 	mutex_unlock(&text_mutex);
 }
 
@@ -131,5 +125,5 @@ __init_or_module void arch_jump_label_transform_static(struct jump_entry *entry,
 			jlstate = JL_STATE_NO_UPDATE;
 	}
 	if (jlstate == JL_STATE_UPDATE)
-		__jump_label_transform(entry, type, text_poke_early, 1);
+		__jump_label_transform(entry, type, 1);
 }