linux-kernel - [tip: objtool/core] lkdtm: Avoid objtool/ibt warning

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Date:   Fri, 09 Jun 2023 07:47:42 -0000
From:   "tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra" <tip-bot2@...utronix.de>
To:     linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>,
        "Peter Zijlstra (Intel)" <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...nel.org>, x86@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [tip: objtool/core] lkdtm: Avoid objtool/ibt warning

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

Commit-ID:     4a03aa34432abe0703abf232f31fc5e2ed8256f6
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/4a03aa34432abe0703abf232f31fc5e2ed8256f6
Author:        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
AuthorDate:    Mon, 14 Nov 2022 16:23:45 +01:00
Committer:     Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...nel.org>
CommitterDate: Wed, 07 Jun 2023 09:27:11 -07:00

lkdtm: Avoid objtool/ibt warning

For certain configs objtool will complain like:

  vmlinux.o: warning: objtool: lkdtm_UNSET_SMEP+0x1c3: relocation to !ENDBR: native_write_cr4+0x41

What happens is that GCC optimizes the loop:

        insn = (unsigned char *)native_write_cr4;
        for (i = 0; i < MOV_CR4_DEPTH; i++)

to read something like:

        for (insn = (unsigned char *)native_write_cr4;
             insn < (unsigned char *)native_write_cr4 + MOV_CR4_DEPTH;
             insn++)

Which then obviously generates the text reference
native_write_cr4+041. Since none of this is a fast path, simply
confuse GCC enough to inhibit this optimization.

Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>
Acked-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/Y3JdgbXRV0MNZ+9h@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net
Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...nel.org>
---
 drivers/misc/lkdtm/bugs.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/drivers/misc/lkdtm/bugs.c b/drivers/misc/lkdtm/bugs.c
index 48821f4..92110cb 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/lkdtm/bugs.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/lkdtm/bugs.c
@@ -487,6 +487,7 @@ static void lkdtm_UNSET_SMEP(void)
 	 * the cr4 writing instruction.
 	 */
 	insn = (unsigned char *)native_write_cr4;
+	OPTIMIZER_HIDE_VAR(insn);
 	for (i = 0; i < MOV_CR4_DEPTH; i++) {
 		/* mov %rdi, %cr4 */
 		if (insn[i] == 0x0f && insn[i+1] == 0x22 && insn[i+2] == 0xe7)