linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 02/27] KVM: arm64: Link position-independent string routines into .hyp.text

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Date:   Mon, 23 Nov 2020 14:06:25 +0000
From:   Quentin Perret <qperret@...gle.com>
To:     David Brazdil <dbrazdil@...gle.com>
Cc:     Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>, Marc Zyngier <maz@...nel.org>,
        James Morse <james.morse@....com>,
        Julien Thierry <julien.thierry.kdev@...il.com>,
        Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@....com>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Frank Rowand <frowand.list@...il.com>,
        "moderated list:ARM64 PORT (AARCH64 ARCHITECTURE)" 
        <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "open list:KERNEL VIRTUAL MACHINE FOR ARM64 (KVM/arm64)" 
        <kvmarm@...ts.cs.columbia.edu>,
        "open list:OPEN FIRMWARE AND FLATTENED DEVICE TREE" 
        <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>, kernel-team@...roid.com,
        android-kvm@...gle.com
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 02/27] KVM: arm64: Link position-independent string
 routines into .hyp.text

On Monday 23 Nov 2020 at 12:34:25 (+0000), David Brazdil wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 17, 2020 at 06:15:42PM +0000, 'Quentin Perret' via kernel-team wrote:
> > diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/image-vars.h b/arch/arm64/kernel/image-vars.h
> > index 8539f34d7538..dd8ccc9efb6a 100644
> > --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/image-vars.h
> > +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/image-vars.h
> > @@ -105,6 +105,17 @@ KVM_NVHE_ALIAS(__stop___kvm_ex_table);
> >  /* Array containing bases of nVHE per-CPU memory regions. */
> >  KVM_NVHE_ALIAS(kvm_arm_hyp_percpu_base);
> >  
> > +/* Position-independent library routines */
> > +__kvm_nvhe_clear_page			= __kvm_nvhe___pi_clear_page;
> > +__kvm_nvhe_copy_page			= __kvm_nvhe___pi_copy_page;
> > +__kvm_nvhe_memcpy			= __kvm_nvhe___pi_memcpy;
> > +__kvm_nvhe_memset			= __kvm_nvhe___pi_memset;
> > +
> > +#ifdef CONFIG_KASAN
> > +__kvm_nvhe___memcpy			= __kvm_nvhe___pi_memcpy;
> > +__kvm_nvhe___memset			= __kvm_nvhe___pi_memset;
> > +#endif
> > +
> >  #endif /* CONFIG_KVM */
> 
> Nit: Would be good to use the kvm_nvhe_sym() helper for the namespacing.
> And feel free to define something like KVM_NVHE_ALIAS for PI in hyp-image.h.

Ack, that'd be much nicer, I'll fix it up for v2.

Thanks,
Quentin