linux-kernel - Re: [patch V6 00/37] x86/entry: Rework leftovers and merge plan

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Message-ID: <87h7wdvzuq.fsf@nanos.tec.linutronix.de>
Date:   Mon, 18 May 2020 20:53:49 +0200
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, x86@...nel.org,
        "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Alexandre Chartre <alexandre.chartre@...cle.com>,
        Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@...el.com>,
        Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>,
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        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Joel Fernandes <joel@...lfernandes.org>,
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        Jason Chen CJ <jason.cj.chen@...el.com>,
        Zhao Yakui <yakui.zhao@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [patch V6 00/37] x86/entry: Rework leftovers and merge plan

Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org> writes:
> So on top of you entry-v8-full; I had to chase one of those
> instrumentation_end() escapes an (extended) basic block chase (again!).
>  
> +#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_ENTRY

Why this? We lose the kprobes runtime protection that way.

> +/* Section for code which can't be instrumented at all */
> +#define noinstr								\
> +	noinline notrace __attribute((__section__(".noinstr.text")))
> +
>  /* Begin/end of an instrumentation safe region */
> -#define instrumentation_begin() ({						\
> +#define instrumentation_begin() ({					\
>  	asm volatile("%c0:\n\t"						\
>  		     ".pushsection .discard.instr_begin\n\t"		\
>  		     ".long %c0b - .\n\t"				\
>  		     ".popsection\n\t" : : "i" (__COUNTER__));

Nifty.

Thanks,

        tglx