linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 0/5] jump_label: Fix __ro_after_init keys for modules & annotate some keys

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Date: Tue,  6 Feb 2024 18:39:06 +0100
From: Valentin Schneider <vschneid@...hat.com>
To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	kvm@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-arch@...r.kernel.org,
	x86@...nel.org
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...nel.org>,
	Pawan Gupta <pawan.kumar.gupta@...ux.intel.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
	Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@...cent.com>,
	Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	Jason Baron <jbaron@...mai.com>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@...nel.org>,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>,
	Feng Tang <feng.tang@...el.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"Mike Rapoport (IBM)" <rppt@...nel.org>,
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	Michael Kelley <mikelley@...rosoft.com>,
	"Masami Hiramatsu (Google)" <mhiramat@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH v2 0/5] jump_label: Fix __ro_after_init keys for modules & annotate some keys

Hi folks,

This series fixes __ro_after_init keys used in modules (courtesy of PeterZ) and
flags more keys as __ro_after_init. Further context for why I'm looking into
this here: http://lore.kernel.org/r/20230720163056.2564824-1-vschneid@redhat.com

Compile & boot tested for x86_64_defconfig and i386_defconfig.

@Peter, regarding making __use_tsc x86_32, I hit a few snags.

Currently, for the static key to be enabled, we (mostly) need:
o X86_FEATURE_TSC is in CPUID
o determine_cpu_tsc_frequencies passes

All X86_64 systems have a TSC, so the CPUID feature is a given there.

Calibrating the TSC can end up depending on different things:
o CPUID accepting 0x16 as eax input (cf. cpu_khz_from_cpuid())
o MSR_FSB_FREQ being available (cf. cpu_khz_from_msr())
o pit_hpet_ptimer_calibrate_cpu() doesn't mess up

I couldn't find any guarantees for X86_64 on having the processor frequency
information CPUID leaf, nor for the FSB_FREQ MSR (both tsc_msr_cpu_ids and
the SDM seem to point at only a handful of models).

pit_hpet_ptimer_calibrate_cpu() relies on having either HPET or the ACPI PM
timer, the latter being widely available, though X86_PM_TIMER can be
disabled via EXPERT.

The question here is: are there any guarantees that at least one of these
can be relied upon for x86_64?

And with all of that, there is still the "apicpmtimer" cmdline option which
currently invokes notsc_setup() on x86_64. The justification I found for it was
in 0c3749c41f5e ("[PATCH] x86_64: Calibrate APIC timer using PM timer"):

  """
  On some broken motherboards (at least one NForce3 based AMD64 laptop)
  the PIT timer runs at a incorrect frequency.  This patch adds a new
  option "apicpmtimer" that allows to use the APIC timer and calibrate it
  using the PMTimer.
  """

Revisions
=========

v1 -> v2
++++++++

- Collected tags (Josh, Sean)
- Fixed CONFIG_JUMP_LABEL=n compile fail (lkp)

Cheers,
Valentin

Peter Zijlstra (1):
  jump_label,module: Don't alloc static_key_mod for __ro_after_init keys

Valentin Schneider (4):
  context_tracking: Make context_tracking_key __ro_after_init
  x86/kvm: Make kvm_async_pf_enabled __ro_after_init
  x86/speculation: Make mds_user_clear __ro_after_init
  x86/tsc: Make __use_tsc __ro_after_init

 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c     |  2 +-
 arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c          |  2 +-
 arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c          |  2 +-
 include/asm-generic/sections.h |  5 ++++
 include/linux/jump_label.h     |  3 +++
 init/main.c                    |  1 +
 kernel/context_tracking.c      |  2 +-
 kernel/jump_label.c            | 49 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 8 files changed, 62 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

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