linux-kernel - [PATCH v8 11/11] x86/alternatives: Adapt assembly for PIE support

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Date:   Mon,  8 Jul 2019 10:49:04 -0700
From:   Thomas Garnier <thgarnie@...omium.org>
To:     kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com
Cc:     kristen@...ux.intel.com, keescook@...omium.org,
        Thomas Garnier <thgarnie@...omium.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, x86@...nel.org,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Nadav Amit <namit@...are.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v8 11/11] x86/alternatives: Adapt assembly for PIE support

Change the assembly options to work with pointers instead of integers.

Position Independent Executable (PIE) support will allow to extend the
KASLR randomization range below 0xffffffff80000000.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Garnier <thgarnie@...omium.org>
---
 arch/x86/include/asm/alternative.h | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/alternative.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/alternative.h
index 094fbc9c0b1c..28a838106e5f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/alternative.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/alternative.h
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ static inline int alternatives_text_reserved(void *start, void *end)
 /* Like alternative_io, but for replacing a direct call with another one. */
 #define alternative_call(oldfunc, newfunc, feature, output, input...)	\
 	asm volatile (ALTERNATIVE("call %P[old]", "call %P[new]", feature) \
-		: output : [old] "i" (oldfunc), [new] "i" (newfunc), ## input)
+		: output : [old] "X" (oldfunc), [new] "X" (newfunc), ## input)
 
 /*
  * Like alternative_call, but there are two features and respective functions.
@@ -256,8 +256,8 @@ static inline int alternatives_text_reserved(void *start, void *end)
 	asm volatile (ALTERNATIVE_2("call %P[old]", "call %P[new1]", feature1,\
 		"call %P[new2]", feature2)				      \
 		: output, ASM_CALL_CONSTRAINT				      \
-		: [old] "i" (oldfunc), [new1] "i" (newfunc1),		      \
-		  [new2] "i" (newfunc2), ## input)
+		: [old] "X" (oldfunc), [new1] "X" (newfunc1),		      \
+		  [new2] "X" (newfunc2), ## input)
 
 /*
  * use this macro(s) if you need more than one output parameter
-- 
2.22.0.410.gd8fdbe21b5-goog