linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 12/14] x86: remove address space overrides using set

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Message-ID: <20200904063813.GA12204@lst.de>
Date:   Fri, 4 Sep 2020 08:38:13 +0200
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
To:     Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Cc:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>, x86@...nel.org,
        Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>,
        Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arch@...r.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 12/14] x86: remove address space overrides using
 set_fs()

On Fri, Sep 04, 2020 at 03:55:10AM +0100, Al Viro wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 03, 2020 at 04:22:40PM +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> 
> > diff --git a/arch/x86/lib/getuser.S b/arch/x86/lib/getuser.S
> > index c8a85b512796e1..94f7be4971ed04 100644
> > --- a/arch/x86/lib/getuser.S
> > +++ b/arch/x86/lib/getuser.S
> > @@ -35,10 +35,19 @@
> >  #include <asm/smap.h>
> >  #include <asm/export.h>
> >  
> > +#ifdef CONFIG_X86_5LEVEL
> > +#define LOAD_TASK_SIZE_MINUS_N(n) \
> > +	ALTERNATIVE "mov $((1 << 47) - 4096 - (n)),%rdx", \
> > +		    "mov $((1 << 56) - 4096 - (n)),%rdx", X86_FEATURE_LA57
> > +#else
> > +#define LOAD_TASK_SIZE_MINUS_N(n) \
> > +	mov $(TASK_SIZE_MAX - (n)),%_ASM_DX
> > +#endif
> 
> Wait a sec... how is that supposed to build with X86_5LEVEL?  Do you mean
> 
> #define LOAD_TASK_SIZE_MINUS_N(n) \
> 	ALTERNATIVE __stringify(mov $((1 << 47) - 4096 - (n)),%rdx), \
> 		    __stringify(mov $((1 << 56) - 4096 - (n)),%rdx), X86_FEATURE_LA57
> 
> there?

Don't ask me about the how, but it builds and works with X86_5LEVEL,
and the style is copied from elsewhere..