linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 0/3] objtool: Support the stack swizzle

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Date:   Tue, 9 Feb 2021 16:45:07 +0100 (CET)
From:   Miroslav Benes <mbenes@...e.cz>
To:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
cc:     Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
        Julien Thierry <jthierry@...hat.com>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>, x86@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/3] objtool: Support the stack swizzle

On Tue, 9 Feb 2021, Peter Zijlstra wrote:

> Hi!
> 
> Implement objtool support for the x86_64 stack swizzle pattern.
> 
> This means we can use the minial stack swizzle:
> 
>   mov %rsp, (%[tos])
>   mov %[tos], %rsp
>   ...
>   pop %rsp
> 
> from inline asm, with arbitrary stack setup. The ORC data for the Top-of-Stack
> will use the SP_INDIRECT CFA base. In order for this to work, SP_INDIRECT needs
> to first dereference and then add the offset to find the next frame.
> 
> Therefore we need to change SP_INDIRECT (which is currently unused) to mean:
> (%rsp) + offset.
> 
> Changes since v1 include:
> 
>  - removed the !callee saved reg restriction by using the vals[] array
>    over the regs[] array.
> 
>  - per the above, removed the patches creating the regs[] scratch space.
> 
>  - more comments.
> 
>  - rebased to tip/objtool/core

I haven't tested it, but it all looks good to me.

Reviewed-by: Miroslav Benes <mbenes@...e.cz>

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