[PATCH 4.14 103/118] objtool: Allow alternatives to be ignored

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Mon Jan 15 2018 - 08:00:33 EST


4.14-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx>

commit 258c76059cece01bebae098e81bacb1af2edad17 upstream.

Getting objtool to understand retpolines is going to be a bit of a
challenge. For now, take advantage of the fact that retpolines are
patched in with alternatives. Just read the original (sane)
non-alternative instruction, and ignore the patched-in retpoline.

This allows objtool to understand the control flow *around* the
retpoline, even if it can't yet follow what's inside. This means the
ORC unwinder will fail to unwind from inside a retpoline, but will work
fine otherwise.

Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <dwmw@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: gnomes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: thomas.lendacky@xxxxxxx
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jiri Kosina <jikos@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Paul Turner <pjt@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/1515707194-20531-3-git-send-email-dwmw@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

---
tools/objtool/check.c | 62 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
tools/objtool/check.h | 2 -
2 files changed, 57 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

--- a/tools/objtool/check.c
+++ b/tools/objtool/check.c
@@ -428,6 +428,40 @@ static void add_ignores(struct objtool_f
}

/*
+ * FIXME: For now, just ignore any alternatives which add retpolines. This is
+ * a temporary hack, as it doesn't allow ORC to unwind from inside a retpoline.
+ * But it at least allows objtool to understand the control flow *around* the
+ * retpoline.
+ */
+static int add_nospec_ignores(struct objtool_file *file)
+{
+ struct section *sec;
+ struct rela *rela;
+ struct instruction *insn;
+
+ sec = find_section_by_name(file->elf, ".rela.discard.nospec");
+ if (!sec)
+ return 0;
+
+ list_for_each_entry(rela, &sec->rela_list, list) {
+ if (rela->sym->type != STT_SECTION) {
+ WARN("unexpected relocation symbol type in %s", sec->name);
+ return -1;
+ }
+
+ insn = find_insn(file, rela->sym->sec, rela->addend);
+ if (!insn) {
+ WARN("bad .discard.nospec entry");
+ return -1;
+ }
+
+ insn->ignore_alts = true;
+ }
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+/*
* Find the destination instructions for all jumps.
*/
static int add_jump_destinations(struct objtool_file *file)
@@ -509,11 +543,18 @@ static int add_call_destinations(struct
dest_off = insn->offset + insn->len + insn->immediate;
insn->call_dest = find_symbol_by_offset(insn->sec,
dest_off);
+ /*
+ * FIXME: Thanks to retpolines, it's now considered
+ * normal for a function to call within itself. So
+ * disable this warning for now.
+ */
+#if 0
if (!insn->call_dest) {
WARN_FUNC("can't find call dest symbol at offset 0x%lx",
insn->sec, insn->offset, dest_off);
return -1;
}
+#endif
} else if (rela->sym->type == STT_SECTION) {
insn->call_dest = find_symbol_by_offset(rela->sym->sec,
rela->addend+4);
@@ -678,12 +719,6 @@ static int add_special_section_alts(stru
return ret;

list_for_each_entry_safe(special_alt, tmp, &special_alts, list) {
- alt = malloc(sizeof(*alt));
- if (!alt) {
- WARN("malloc failed");
- ret = -1;
- goto out;
- }

orig_insn = find_insn(file, special_alt->orig_sec,
special_alt->orig_off);
@@ -694,6 +729,10 @@ static int add_special_section_alts(stru
goto out;
}

+ /* Ignore retpoline alternatives. */
+ if (orig_insn->ignore_alts)
+ continue;
+
new_insn = NULL;
if (!special_alt->group || special_alt->new_len) {
new_insn = find_insn(file, special_alt->new_sec,
@@ -719,6 +758,13 @@ static int add_special_section_alts(stru
goto out;
}

+ alt = malloc(sizeof(*alt));
+ if (!alt) {
+ WARN("malloc failed");
+ ret = -1;
+ goto out;
+ }
+
alt->insn = new_insn;
list_add_tail(&alt->list, &orig_insn->alts);

@@ -1035,6 +1081,10 @@ static int decode_sections(struct objtoo

add_ignores(file);

+ ret = add_nospec_ignores(file);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+
ret = add_jump_destinations(file);
if (ret)
return ret;
--- a/tools/objtool/check.h
+++ b/tools/objtool/check.h
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ struct instruction {
unsigned int len;
unsigned char type;
unsigned long immediate;
- bool alt_group, visited, dead_end, ignore, hint, save, restore;
+ bool alt_group, visited, dead_end, ignore, hint, save, restore, ignore_alts;
struct symbol *call_dest;
struct instruction *jump_dest;
struct list_head alts;