linux-kernel - [PATCH v3 56/59] x86/ftrace: Remove ftrace

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Date:   Thu, 15 Sep 2022 13:11:35 +0200
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, peterz@...radead.org, x86@...nel.org,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@...ux.intel.com>,
        Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...nel.org>,
        Andrew Cooper <Andrew.Cooper3@...rix.com>,
        Pawan Gupta <pawan.kumar.gupta@...ux.intel.com>,
        Johannes Wikner <kwikner@...z.ch>,
        Alyssa Milburn <alyssa.milburn@...ux.intel.com>,
        Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com>, "H.J. Lu" <hjl.tools@...il.com>,
        Joao Moreira <joao.moreira@...el.com>,
        Joseph Nuzman <joseph.nuzman@...el.com>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>,
        Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>,
        Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>,
        Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>,
        K Prateek Nayak <kprateek.nayak@....com>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
Subject: [PATCH v3 56/59] x86/ftrace: Remove ftrace_epilogue()

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

Remove the weird jumps to RET and simply use RET.

This then promotes ftrace_stub() to a real function; which becomes
important for kcfi.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/ftrace_64.S |   21 ++++++---------------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

--- a/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace_64.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace_64.S
@@ -172,20 +172,14 @@ SYM_INNER_LABEL(ftrace_call, SYM_L_GLOBA
 	 */
 SYM_INNER_LABEL(ftrace_caller_end, SYM_L_GLOBAL)
 	ANNOTATE_NOENDBR
-
-	jmp ftrace_epilogue
+	RET
 SYM_FUNC_END(ftrace_caller);
 STACK_FRAME_NON_STANDARD_FP(ftrace_caller)
 
-SYM_FUNC_START(ftrace_epilogue)
-/*
- * This is weak to keep gas from relaxing the jumps.
- */
-SYM_INNER_LABEL_ALIGN(ftrace_stub, SYM_L_WEAK)
+SYM_FUNC_START(ftrace_stub)
 	UNWIND_HINT_FUNC
-	ENDBR
 	RET
-SYM_FUNC_END(ftrace_epilogue)
+SYM_FUNC_END(ftrace_stub)
 
 SYM_FUNC_START(ftrace_regs_caller)
 	/* Save the current flags before any operations that can change them */
@@ -262,14 +256,11 @@ SYM_INNER_LABEL(ftrace_regs_caller_jmp,
 	popfq
 
 	/*
-	 * As this jmp to ftrace_epilogue can be a short jump
-	 * it must not be copied into the trampoline.
-	 * The trampoline will add the code to jump
-	 * to the return.
+	 * The trampoline will add the return.
 	 */
 SYM_INNER_LABEL(ftrace_regs_caller_end, SYM_L_GLOBAL)
 	ANNOTATE_NOENDBR
-	jmp ftrace_epilogue
+	RET
 
 	/* Swap the flags with orig_rax */
 1:	movq MCOUNT_REG_SIZE(%rsp), %rdi
@@ -280,7 +271,7 @@ SYM_INNER_LABEL(ftrace_regs_caller_end,
 	/* Restore flags */
 	popfq
 	UNWIND_HINT_FUNC
-	jmp	ftrace_epilogue
+	RET
 
 SYM_FUNC_END(ftrace_regs_caller)
 STACK_FRAME_NON_STANDARD_FP(ftrace_regs_caller)