linux-kernel - [tip: x86/core] x86/segment: Remove .fixup usage

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Message-ID: <163938901585.23020.7772910436430495353.tip-bot2@tip-bot2>
Date:   Mon, 13 Dec 2021 09:50:15 -0000
From:   "tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra" <tip-bot2@...utronix.de>
To:     linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     "Peter Zijlstra (Intel)" <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>, x86@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [tip: x86/core] x86/segment: Remove .fixup usage

The following commit has been merged into the x86/core branch of tip:

Commit-ID:     5fc77b916cb82fe476ae2344e0ec37445227a4f8
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/5fc77b916cb82fe476ae2344e0ec37445227a4f8
Author:        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
AuthorDate:    Wed, 10 Nov 2021 11:01:15 +01:00
Committer:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
CommitterDate: Sat, 11 Dec 2021 09:09:48 +01:00

x86/segment: Remove .fixup usage

Create and use EX_TYPE_ZERO_REG to clear the register and retry the
segment load on exception.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>
Reviewed-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211110101325.663529463@infradead.org
---
 arch/x86/include/asm/extable_fixup_types.h |  1 +
 arch/x86/include/asm/segment.h             |  9 +--------
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/extable_fixup_types.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/extable_fixup_types.h
index 7469038..a43b8c1 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/extable_fixup_types.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/extable_fixup_types.h
@@ -45,5 +45,6 @@
 
 #define	EX_TYPE_IMM_REG			17 /* reg := (long)imm */
 #define	EX_TYPE_EFAULT_REG		(EX_TYPE_IMM_REG | EX_DATA_IMM(-EFAULT))
+#define	EX_TYPE_ZERO_REG		(EX_TYPE_IMM_REG | EX_DATA_IMM(0))
 
 #endif
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/segment.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/segment.h
index 8dd8e8e..b228c9d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/segment.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/segment.h
@@ -307,14 +307,7 @@ do {									\
 									\
 	asm volatile("						\n"	\
 		     "1:	movl %k0,%%" #seg "		\n"	\
-									\
-		     ".section .fixup,\"ax\"			\n"	\
-		     "2:	xorl %k0,%k0			\n"	\
-		     "		jmp 1b				\n"	\
-		     ".previous					\n"	\
-									\
-		     _ASM_EXTABLE(1b, 2b)				\
-									\
+		     _ASM_EXTABLE_TYPE_REG(1b, 1b, EX_TYPE_ZERO_REG, %k0)\
 		     : "+r" (__val) : : "memory");			\
 } while (0)