linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 16/17] x86/sev: Drop inline asm LEA instructions for RIP-relative references

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Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2024 12:46:38 -0800
From: Kevin Loughlin <kevinloughlin@...gle.com>
To: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb+git@...gle.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>, 
	Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@....com>, Dionna Glaze <dionnaglaze@...gle.com>, 
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>, 
	Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>, Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>, 
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>, 
	Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>, Justin Stitt <justinstitt@...gle.com>, 
	Brian Gerst <brgerst@...il.com>, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org, llvm@...ts.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 16/17] x86/sev: Drop inline asm LEA instructions for
 RIP-relative references

On Thu, Jan 25, 2024 at 3:33 AM Ard Biesheuvel <ardb+git@...gle.com> wrote:
>
> The SEV code that may run early is now built with -fPIC and so there is
> no longer a need for explicit RIP-relative references in inline asm,
> given that is what the compiler will emit as well.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>
> ---
>  arch/x86/mm/mem_encrypt_identity.c | 37 +++-----------------
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 32 deletions(-)

snp_cpuid_get_table() in arch/x86/kernel/sev-shared.c (a helper
function to provide the same inline assembly pattern for RIP-relative
references) would also no longer be needed, as all calls to it would
now be made in position-independent code. We can therefore eliminate
the function as part of this commit.