linux-kernel - [PATCH 5.18 15/61] x86/ftrace: Use alternative RET encoding

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Message-Id: <20220712183237.547120316@linuxfoundation.org>
Date:   Tue, 12 Jul 2022 20:39:12 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org,
        "Peter Zijlstra (Intel)" <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>,
        Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...nel.org>,
        Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo <cascardo@...onical.com>
Subject: [PATCH 5.18 15/61] x86/ftrace: Use alternative RET encoding

From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>

commit 1f001e9da6bbf482311e45e48f53c2bd2179e59c upstream.

Use the return thunk in ftrace trampolines, if needed.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
Reviewed-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...nel.org>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
Signed-off-by: Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo <cascardo@...onical.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c |    7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

--- a/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ union ftrace_op_code_union {
 	} __attribute__((packed));
 };
 
-#define RET_SIZE		1 + IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SLS)
+#define RET_SIZE		(IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RETPOLINE) ? 5 : 1 + IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SLS))
 
 static unsigned long
 create_trampoline(struct ftrace_ops *ops, unsigned int *tramp_size)
@@ -359,7 +359,10 @@ create_trampoline(struct ftrace_ops *ops
 		goto fail;
 
 	ip = trampoline + size;
-	memcpy(ip, retq, RET_SIZE);
+	if (cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_RETHUNK))
+		__text_gen_insn(ip, JMP32_INSN_OPCODE, ip, &__x86_return_thunk, JMP32_INSN_SIZE);
+	else
+		memcpy(ip, retq, sizeof(retq));
 
 	/* No need to test direct calls on created trampolines */
 	if (ops->flags & FTRACE_OPS_FL_SAVE_REGS) {