linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 12/16] x86/percpu/64: Remove INIT_PER

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Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2024 18:15:55 +0100
From: Uros Bizjak <ubizjak@...il.com>
To: Brian Gerst <brgerst@...il.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org, 
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>, 
	"H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, David.Laight@...lab.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 12/16] x86/percpu/64: Remove INIT_PER_CPU macros

On Fri, Mar 22, 2024 at 5:53 PM Brian Gerst <brgerst@...il.com> wrote:
>
> Now that the load and link addresses of percpu variables are the same,
> these macros are no longer necessary.
>
> Signed-off-by: Brian Gerst <brgerst@...il.com>

Reviewed-by: Uros Bizjak <ubizjak@...il.com>

> ---
>  arch/x86/include/asm/desc.h   |  1 -
>  arch/x86/include/asm/percpu.h | 22 ----------------------
>  arch/x86/kernel/head64.c      |  2 +-
>  arch/x86/kernel/irq_64.c      |  1 -
>  arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S |  7 -------
>  arch/x86/tools/relocs.c       |  1 -
>  6 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 33 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/desc.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/desc.h
> index 62dc9f59ea76..ec95fe44fa3a 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/desc.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/desc.h
> @@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ struct gdt_page {
>  } __attribute__((aligned(PAGE_SIZE)));
>
>  DECLARE_PER_CPU_PAGE_ALIGNED(struct gdt_page, gdt_page);
> -DECLARE_INIT_PER_CPU(gdt_page);
>
>  /* Provide the original GDT */
>  static inline struct desc_struct *get_cpu_gdt_rw(unsigned int cpu)
> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/percpu.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/percpu.h
> index f6ddbaaf80bc..59d91fdfe037 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/percpu.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/percpu.h
> @@ -20,12 +20,6 @@
>
>  #define PER_CPU_VAR(var)       __percpu(var)__percpu_rel
>
> -#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64_SMP
> -#define INIT_PER_CPU_VAR(var)  init_per_cpu__##var
> -#else
> -#define INIT_PER_CPU_VAR(var)  var
> -#endif
> -
>  #else /* ...!ASSEMBLY */
>
>  #include <linux/build_bug.h>
> @@ -101,22 +95,6 @@
>  #define __percpu_arg(x)                __percpu_prefix "%" #x
>  #define __force_percpu_arg(x)  __force_percpu_prefix "%" #x
>
> -/*
> - * Initialized pointers to per-cpu variables needed for the boot
> - * processor need to use these macros to get the proper address
> - * offset from __per_cpu_load on SMP.
> - *
> - * There also must be an entry in vmlinux_64.lds.S
> - */
> -#define DECLARE_INIT_PER_CPU(var) \
> -       extern typeof(var) init_per_cpu_var(var)
> -
> -#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64_SMP
> -#define init_per_cpu_var(var)  init_per_cpu__##var
> -#else
> -#define init_per_cpu_var(var)  var
> -#endif
> -
>  /* For arch-specific code, we can use direct single-insn ops (they
>   * don't give an lvalue though). */
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c
> index 212e8e06aeba..5f0523610e92 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c
> @@ -564,7 +564,7 @@ void __head startup_64_setup_gdt_idt(void)
>         void *handler = NULL;
>
>         struct desc_ptr startup_gdt_descr = {
> -               .address = (unsigned long)&RIP_REL_REF(init_per_cpu_var(gdt_page.gdt)),
> +               .address = (unsigned long)&RIP_REL_REF(gdt_page.gdt),
>                 .size    = GDT_SIZE - 1,
>         };
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/irq_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/irq_64.c
> index fe0c859873d1..30424f9876bc 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/irq_64.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/irq_64.c
> @@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
>  #include <asm/apic.h>
>
>  DEFINE_PER_CPU_PAGE_ALIGNED(struct irq_stack, irq_stack_backing_store) __visible;
> -DECLARE_INIT_PER_CPU(irq_stack_backing_store);
>
>  #ifdef CONFIG_VMAP_STACK
>  /*
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
> index 667202ebd37f..8d5bf4a71e39 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
> @@ -467,13 +467,6 @@ SECTIONS
>            "kernel image bigger than KERNEL_IMAGE_SIZE");
>
>  #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
> -/*
> - * Per-cpu symbols which need to be offset from __per_cpu_load
> - * for the boot processor.
> - */
> -#define INIT_PER_CPU(x) init_per_cpu__##x = ABSOLUTE(x)
> -INIT_PER_CPU(gdt_page);
> -INIT_PER_CPU(irq_stack_backing_store);
>
>  #ifdef CONFIG_MITIGATION_UNRET_ENTRY
>  . = ASSERT((retbleed_return_thunk & 0x3f) == 0, "retbleed_return_thunk not cacheline-aligned");
> diff --git a/arch/x86/tools/relocs.c b/arch/x86/tools/relocs.c
> index e490297a486b..8db231affba2 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/tools/relocs.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/tools/relocs.c
> @@ -88,7 +88,6 @@ static const char * const sym_regex_kernel[S_NSYMTYPES] = {
>         "__initramfs_start|"
>         "(jiffies|jiffies_64)|"
>  #if ELF_BITS == 64
> -       "init_per_cpu__.*|"
>         "__end_rodata_hpage_align|"
>  #endif
>         "__vvar_page|"
> --
> 2.44.0
>