linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/2] no_profile fn attr and Kconfig for GCOV+PGO

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Date:   Fri, 18 Jun 2021 19:45:45 -0700
From:   Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:     Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>
Cc:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Bill Wendling <wcw@...gle.com>,
        Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@...gle.com>,
        Peter Oberparleiter <oberpar@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>,
        Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com>,
        Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>,
        Luc Van Oostenryck <luc.vanoostenryck@...il.com>,
        Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>,
        Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, clang-built-linux@...glegroups.com,
        x86@...nel.org, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Martin Liska <mliska@...e.cz>, Marco Elver <elver@...gle.com>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Fangrui Song <maskray@...gle.com>, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@...gle.com>,
        johannes.berg@...el.com, linux-toolchains@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] no_profile fn attr and Kconfig for GCOV+PGO

On Fri, Jun 18, 2021 at 04:30:21PM -0700, Nick Desaulniers wrote:
> When we say noinstr, we mean noinstr.  GCOV and PGO can both instrument
> functions. Add a new function annotation __no_profile that expands to
> __attribute__((__no_profile__)) and Kconfig value
> CC_HAS_NO_PROFILE_FN_ATTR.
> 
> Base is
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kees/linux.git/log/?h=for-next/clang/pgo.
> 
> Nick Desaulniers (2):
>   compiler_attributes.h: define __no_profile, add to noinstr
>   Kconfig: CC_HAS_NO_PROFILE_FN_ATTR, depend on for GCOV and PGO

Oh, awesome! Thanks for the fast work on this. If there are no objections,
I'll apply this in front of the PGO series and put it in -next.

-Kees

> 
>  include/linux/compiler_attributes.h | 12 ++++++++++++
>  include/linux/compiler_types.h      |  2 +-
>  init/Kconfig                        |  3 +++
>  kernel/gcov/Kconfig                 |  1 +
>  kernel/pgo/Kconfig                  |  3 ++-
>  5 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> 
> base-commit: 4356bc4c0425c81e204f561acf4dd0095544a6cb
> -- 
> 2.32.0.288.g62a8d224e6-goog
> 

-- 
Kees Cook