linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 6/6] x86/gsseg: use the LKGS instruction if available for load_gs

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Message-ID: <Y0A77RLAgXQyrVPq@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net>
Date:   Fri, 7 Oct 2022 16:47:09 +0200
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     Xin Li <xin3.li@...el.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org, tglx@...utronix.de,
        mingo@...hat.com, bp@...en8.de, dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com,
        hpa@...or.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/6] x86/gsseg: use the LKGS instruction if available for
 load_gs_index()

On Thu, Oct 06, 2022 at 08:40:41AM -0700, Xin Li wrote:

>  static inline void native_load_gs_index(unsigned int selector)
>  {
> +	u16 sel = selector;
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * Note: the fixup is used for the LKGS instruction, but
> +	 * it needs to be attached to the primary instruction sequence
> +	 * as it isn't something that gets patched.
> +	 *
> +	 * %rax is provided to the assembly routine as a scratch
> +	 * register.
> +	 */
> +	alternative_io("1: call asm_load_gs_index\n"
> +		       ".pushsection \".fixup\",\"ax\"\n"
> +		       "2:	xorl %k[sel], %k[sel]\n"
> +		       "	jmp 1b\n"
> +		       ".popsection\n"
> +		       _ASM_EXTABLE(1b, 2b),
> +		       _ASM_BYTES(0x3e) LKGS_DI,
> +		       X86_FEATURE_LKGS,
> +		       ASM_OUTPUT2([sel] "+D" (sel), ASM_CALL_CONSTRAINT),
> +		       ASM_NO_INPUT_CLOBBER(_ASM_AX));
>  }

I'm very sure none of this was tested... the .fixup section hasn't
existed for almost a year now.

  e5eefda5aa51 ("x86: Remove .fixup section")