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Message-ID: <166601841090.401.13594696762736009940.tip-bot2@tip-bot2>
Date:   Mon, 17 Oct 2022 14:53:30 -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>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, x86@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [tip: x86/core] x86/ftrace: Rebalance RSB

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

Commit-ID:     36b64f101219dd9e6e4f0ea880b64e8a90da547b
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/36b64f101219dd9e6e4f0ea880b64e8a90da547b
Author:        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
AuthorDate:    Thu, 15 Sep 2022 13:11:36 +02:00
Committer:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
CommitterDate: Mon, 17 Oct 2022 16:41:19 +02:00

x86/ftrace: Rebalance RSB

ftrace_regs_caller() uses a PUSH;RET pattern to tail-call into a
direct-call function, this unbalances the RSB, fix that.

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>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220915111148.823216933@infradead.org
---
 arch/x86/kernel/ftrace_64.S | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace_64.S b/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace_64.S
index a90c55a..b5b54f5 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace_64.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace_64.S
@@ -271,6 +271,17 @@ SYM_INNER_LABEL(ftrace_regs_caller_end, SYM_L_GLOBAL)
 	/* Restore flags */
 	popfq
 	UNWIND_HINT_FUNC
+
+	/*
+	 * The above left an extra return value on the stack; effectively
+	 * doing a tail-call without using a register. This PUSH;RET
+	 * pattern unbalances the RSB, inject a pointless CALL to rebalance.
+	 */
+	ANNOTATE_INTRA_FUNCTION_CALL
+	CALL .Ldo_rebalance
+	int3
+.Ldo_rebalance:
+	add $8, %rsp
 	RET
 
 SYM_FUNC_END(ftrace_regs_caller)