linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] jump_label: explicitly annotate inittext labels as init

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Date:   Fri, 9 Dec 2022 14:48:49 +0100
From:   Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>
To:     Alexander Gordeev <agordeev@...ux.ibm.com>
Cc:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...nel.org>,
        Jason Baron <jbaron@...mai.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] jump_label: explicitly annotate inittext labels as init

On Fri, 9 Dec 2022 at 13:49, Alexander Gordeev <agordeev@...ux.ibm.com> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Dec 09, 2022 at 10:41:55AM +0100, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
> > > diff --git a/kernel/jump_label.c b/kernel/jump_label.c
> > > index 714ac4c3b556..77680665d374 100644
> > > --- a/kernel/jump_label.c
> > > +++ b/kernel/jump_label.c
> > > @@ -481,13 +481,16 @@ void __init jump_label_init(void)
> > >
> > >         for (iter = iter_start; iter < iter_stop; iter++) {
> > >                 struct static_key *iterk;
> > > +               unsigned long addr;
> > >                 bool in_init;
> > >
> > >                 /* rewrite NOPs */
> > >                 if (jump_label_type(iter) == JUMP_LABEL_NOP)
> > >                         arch_jump_label_transform_static(iter, JUMP_LABEL_NOP);
> > >
> > > -               in_init = init_section_contains((void *)jump_entry_code(iter), 1);
> > > +               addr = jump_entry_code(iter);
> > > +               in_init = init_section_contains((void *)addr, 1) ||
> > > +                         is_kernel_inittext(addr);
> >
> > Isn't it sufficient to only call is_kenel_inittext here?
>
> I am not sure every arch out there would stick to putting
> init code to inittext only.
>
> However, should not is_kernel_exittext() (which does not
> exist) also get checked here?

No, exittext either exists or it doesn't, rather than disappearing at
runtime like inittext.