linux-kernel - [PATCH v5 00/17] Add static

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:   Wed, 24 Jun 2020 17:30:24 +0200
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     x86@...nel.org
Cc:     peterz@...radead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        rostedt@...dmis.org, mhiramat@...nel.org, bristot@...hat.com,
        jbaron@...mai.com, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
        tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...nel.org, namit@...are.com,
        hpa@...or.com, luto@...nel.org, ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org,
        jpoimboe@...hat.com, pbonzini@...hat.com,
        mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com, linux@...musvillemoes.dk
Subject: [PATCH v5 00/17] Add static_call()

Hi all,

Hopefully for the last time...

static_call(), is the idea of static_branch() applied to indirect function
calls. Remove a data load (indirection) by modifying the text.

The inline implementation still relies on objtool to generate the
.static_call_sites section, mostly because this is a natural place for x86_64
and works for both GCC and LLVM.  Other architectures can pick other means
if/when they implement the inline patching. The out-of-line (aka. trampoline)
variant doesn't require this.

Patches go on top of tip/objtool/core + tip/perf/core

Patches can also be found here:

  git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/peterz/queue.git x86/static_call

Changes since the last time:

 - Better documentation
 - More consistent macro names
 - Changed key prefix
 - Folded trampoline definitions
 - Renamed DEFINE_STATIC_COND_CALL / DEFINE_STATIC_CALL_NULL