[PATCH] x86/msr-index: make SPEC_CTRL_IBRS assembler-portable

From: Nick Desaulniers
Date: Thu Nov 03 2022 - 17:10:21 EST


GNU binutils' assembler (GAS) didn't support L suffixes on immediates
until binutils 2.28 release. Building arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S with GAS
v2.27 will produce the following assembler errors:

arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S: Assembler messages:
arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:308: Error: found 'L', expected: ')'
arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:308: Error: found 'L', expected: ')'
arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:308: Error: junk `L<<(0)))' after expression
arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:596: Error: found 'L', expected: ')'
arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:596: Error: found 'L', expected: ')'
arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:596: Error: junk `L<<(0)))' after expression

These come from the use of the preprocessor defined SPEC_CTRL_IBRS in
the IBRS_ENTER and IBRS_EXIT assembler macros. SPEC_CTRL_IBRS was using
the BIT macros from include/linux/bits.h which are only portable between
C and assembler for assemblers such as GAS v2.28 (or newer) or clang
because they use the L suffixes for immediate operands, which older GAS
releases cannot parse. The kernel still supports GAS v2.23 and newer
(and older for branches of stable). Let's expand the value of
SPEC_CTRL_IBRS in place so that assemblers don't have issues parsing the
value.

Fixes: 2dbb887e875b ("x86/entry: Add kernel IBRS implementation")
Reported-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
Some other ideas considered:
* Use U64_C from include/asm-generic/int-ll64.h rather than BIT for the
value of SPEC_CTRL_IBRS.
* Do so for the entirety of arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h or just
SPEC_CTRL_IBRS? include/asm-generic/int-ll64.h doesn't define a UL
suffix; add one?
* Make include/linux/bits.h assembler-portable (for older assemblers)
via the use of include/asm-generic/int-ll64.h.

arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h
index 10ac52705892..0192d853136c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
#define MSR_TEST_CTRL_SPLIT_LOCK_DETECT BIT(MSR_TEST_CTRL_SPLIT_LOCK_DETECT_BIT)

#define MSR_IA32_SPEC_CTRL 0x00000048 /* Speculation Control */
-#define SPEC_CTRL_IBRS BIT(0) /* Indirect Branch Restricted Speculation */
+#define SPEC_CTRL_IBRS 1 /* Indirect Branch Restricted Speculation */
#define SPEC_CTRL_STIBP_SHIFT 1 /* Single Thread Indirect Branch Predictor (STIBP) bit */
#define SPEC_CTRL_STIBP BIT(SPEC_CTRL_STIBP_SHIFT) /* STIBP mask */
#define SPEC_CTRL_SSBD_SHIFT 2 /* Speculative Store Bypass Disable bit */
--
2.38.1.431.g37b22c650d-goog