Re: [PATCH 04/24] x86/entry: Expose the address of .Lgs_change to traps.c

From: Peter Zijlstra
Date: Thu Sep 02 2021 - 05:15:49 EST


On Wed, Sep 01, 2021 at 01:50:05AM +0800, Lai Jiangshan wrote:

> diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S b/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S
> index e38a4cf795d9..9164e85b36b8 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S
> +++ b/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S
> @@ -729,6 +729,7 @@ _ASM_NOKPROBE(common_interrupt_return)
> SYM_FUNC_START(asm_load_gs_index)
> FRAME_BEGIN
> swapgs
> +SYM_INNER_LABEL(asm_load_gs_index_gs_change, SYM_L_GLOBAL)
> .Lgs_change:

After all the patches, there's only a single .Lgs_change reference left.
Can't we convert the _ASM_EXTABLE() entry to use the new label and
totally remove it?

> movl %edi, %gs
> 2: ALTERNATIVE "", "mfence", X86_BUG_SWAPGS_FENCE
> @@ -1011,7 +1012,7 @@ SYM_CODE_START_LOCAL(error_entry)
> movl %ecx, %eax /* zero extend */
> cmpq %rax, RIP+8(%rsp)
> je .Lbstep_iret
> - cmpq $.Lgs_change, RIP+8(%rsp)
> + cmpq $asm_load_gs_index_gs_change, RIP+8(%rsp)
> jne .Lerror_entry_done_lfence