[tip: x86/alternatives] x86/alternative: Complicate optimize_nops() some more

From: tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
Date: Sat May 13 2023 - 09:04:05 EST


The following commit has been merged into the x86/alternatives branch of tip:

Commit-ID: b6c881b248ef9d629ec2365808cb4894991c0837
Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/b6c881b248ef9d629ec2365808cb4894991c0837
Author: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Wed, 08 Feb 2023 18:10:54 +01:00
Committer: Borislav Petkov (AMD) <bp@xxxxxxxxx>
CommitterDate: Thu, 11 May 2023 17:34:20 +02:00

x86/alternative: Complicate optimize_nops() some more

Because:

SMP alternatives: ffffffff810026dc: [2:44) optimized NOPs: eb 2a eb 28 cc cc
cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc
cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc

is quite daft, make things more complicated and have the NOP runlength
detection eat the preceding JMP if they both end at the same target.

SMP alternatives: ffffffff810026dc: [0:44) optimized NOPs: eb 2a cc cc cc cc
cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc
cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) <bp@xxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230208171431.433132442@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
---
arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
1 file changed, 50 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
index 839bc6d..b78d55f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
@@ -114,6 +114,8 @@ const unsigned char * const x86_nops[ASM_NOP_MAX+1] =
};

/*
+ * Fill the buffer with a single effective instruction of size @len.
+ *
* In order not to issue an ORC stack depth tracking CFI entry (Call Frame Info)
* for every single-byte NOP, try to generate the maximally available NOP of
* size <= ASM_NOP_MAX such that only a single CFI entry is generated (vs one for
@@ -152,6 +154,9 @@ extern struct alt_instr __alt_instructions[], __alt_instructions_end[];
extern s32 __smp_locks[], __smp_locks_end[];
void text_poke_early(void *addr, const void *opcode, size_t len);

+/*
+ * Matches NOP and NOPL, not any of the other possible NOPs.
+ */
static bool insn_is_nop(struct insn *insn)
{
if (insn->opcode.bytes[0] == 0x90)
@@ -165,6 +170,10 @@ static bool insn_is_nop(struct insn *insn)
return false;
}

+/*
+ * Find the offset of the first non-NOP instruction starting at @offset
+ * but no further than @len.
+ */
static int skip_nops(u8 *instr, int offset, int len)
{
struct insn insn;
@@ -181,11 +190,46 @@ static int skip_nops(u8 *instr, int offset, int len)
}

/*
+ * Optimize a sequence of NOPs, possibly preceded by an unconditional jump
+ * to the end of the NOP sequence into a single NOP.
+ */
+static bool __optimize_nops(u8 *instr, size_t len, struct insn *insn,
+ int *next, int *prev, int *target)
+{
+ int i = *next - insn->length;
+
+ switch (insn->opcode.bytes[0]) {
+ case JMP8_INSN_OPCODE:
+ case JMP32_INSN_OPCODE:
+ *prev = i;
+ *target = *next + insn->immediate.value;
+ return false;
+ }
+
+ if (insn_is_nop(insn)) {
+ int nop = i;
+
+ *next = skip_nops(instr, *next, len);
+ if (*target && *next == *target)
+ nop = *prev;
+
+ add_nop(instr + nop, *next - nop);
+ DUMP_BYTES(ALT, instr, len, "%px: [%d:%d) optimized NOPs: ", instr, nop, *next);
+ return true;
+ }
+
+ *target = 0;
+ return false;
+}
+
+/*
* "noinline" to cause control flow change and thus invalidate I$ and
* cause refetch after modification.
*/
static void __init_or_module noinline optimize_nops(u8 *instr, size_t len)
{
+ int prev, target = 0;
+
for (int next, i = 0; i < len; i = next) {
struct insn insn;

@@ -194,11 +238,7 @@ static void __init_or_module noinline optimize_nops(u8 *instr, size_t len)

next = i + insn.length;

- if (insn_is_nop(&insn)) {
- next = skip_nops(instr, next, len);
- add_nop(instr + i, next - i);
- DUMP_BYTES(ALT, instr, len, "%px: [%d:%d) optimized NOPs: ", instr, i, next);
- }
+ __optimize_nops(instr, len, &insn, &next, &prev, &target);
}
}

@@ -275,6 +315,8 @@ bool need_reloc(unsigned long offset, u8 *src, size_t src_len)
static void __init_or_module noinline
apply_relocation(u8 *buf, size_t len, u8 *dest, u8 *src, size_t src_len)
{
+ int prev, target = 0;
+
for (int next, i = 0; i < len; i = next) {
struct insn insn;

@@ -283,6 +325,9 @@ apply_relocation(u8 *buf, size_t len, u8 *dest, u8 *src, size_t src_len)

next = i + insn.length;

+ if (__optimize_nops(buf, len, &insn, &next, &prev, &target))
+ continue;
+
switch (insn.opcode.bytes[0]) {
case 0x0f:
if (insn.opcode.bytes[1] < 0x80 ||
@@ -324,11 +369,6 @@ apply_relocation(u8 *buf, size_t len, u8 *dest, u8 *src, size_t src_len)
src - dest);
}
}
-
- if (insn_is_nop(&insn)) {
- next = skip_nops(buf, next, len);
- add_nop(buf + i, next - i);
- }
}
}