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<title>linux-stable.git/arch/x86/include/asm/text-patching.h, branch linux-5.4.y</title>
<subtitle>Linux kernel stable tree</subtitle>
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<entry>
<title>x86: Correct misc typos</title>
<updated>2019-09-02T12:02:59+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Marco Ammon</name>
<email>marco.ammon@fau.de</email>
</author>
<published>2019-09-02T12:02:59+00:00</published>
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Correct spelling typos in comments in different files under arch/x86/.

 [ bp: Merge into a single patch, massage. ]

Signed-off-by: Marco Ammon &lt;marco.ammon@fau.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov &lt;bp@suse.de&gt;
Cc: Daniel Bristot de Oliveira &lt;bristot@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" &lt;hpa@zytor.com&gt;
Cc: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Juergen Gross &lt;jgross@suse.com&gt;
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Nadav Amit &lt;namit@vmware.com&gt;
Cc: Peter Zijlstra &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Cc: Pu Wen &lt;puwen@hygon.cn&gt;
Cc: Rick Edgecombe &lt;rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com&gt;
Cc: "Steven Rostedt (VMware)" &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
Cc: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Cc: trivial@kernel.org
Cc: x86-ml &lt;x86@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190902102436.27396-1-marco.ammon@fau.de
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Correct spelling typos in comments in different files under arch/x86/.

 [ bp: Merge into a single patch, massage. ]

Signed-off-by: Marco Ammon &lt;marco.ammon@fau.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov &lt;bp@suse.de&gt;
Cc: Daniel Bristot de Oliveira &lt;bristot@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" &lt;hpa@zytor.com&gt;
Cc: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Juergen Gross &lt;jgross@suse.com&gt;
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Nadav Amit &lt;namit@vmware.com&gt;
Cc: Peter Zijlstra &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Cc: Pu Wen &lt;puwen@hygon.cn&gt;
Cc: Rick Edgecombe &lt;rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com&gt;
Cc: "Steven Rostedt (VMware)" &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
Cc: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Cc: trivial@kernel.org
Cc: x86-ml &lt;x86@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190902102436.27396-1-marco.ammon@fau.de
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<entry>
<title>Merge branch 'x86-asm-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip</title>
<updated>2019-07-08T23:59:34+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2019-07-08T23:59:34+00:00</published>
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Pull x86 asm updates from Ingo Molnar:
 "Most of the changes relate to Peter Zijlstra's cleanup of ptregs
  handling, in particular the i386 part is now much simplified and
  standardized - no more partial ptregs stack frames via the esp/ss
  oddity. This simplifies ftrace, kprobes, the unwinder, ptrace, kdump
  and kgdb.

  There's also a CR4 hardening enhancements by Kees Cook, to make the
  generic platform functions such as native_write_cr4() less useful as
  ROP gadgets that disable SMEP/SMAP. Also protect the WP bit of CR0
  against similar attacks.

  The rest is smaller cleanups/fixes"

* 'x86-asm-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  x86/alternatives: Add int3_emulate_call() selftest
  x86/stackframe/32: Allow int3_emulate_push()
  x86/stackframe/32: Provide consistent pt_regs
  x86/stackframe, x86/ftrace: Add pt_regs frame annotations
  x86/stackframe, x86/kprobes: Fix frame pointer annotations
  x86/stackframe: Move ENCODE_FRAME_POINTER to asm/frame.h
  x86/entry/32: Clean up return from interrupt preemption path
  x86/asm: Pin sensitive CR0 bits
  x86/asm: Pin sensitive CR4 bits
  Documentation/x86: Fix path to entry_32.S
  x86/asm: Remove unused TASK_TI_flags from asm-offsets.c
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Pull x86 asm updates from Ingo Molnar:
 "Most of the changes relate to Peter Zijlstra's cleanup of ptregs
  handling, in particular the i386 part is now much simplified and
  standardized - no more partial ptregs stack frames via the esp/ss
  oddity. This simplifies ftrace, kprobes, the unwinder, ptrace, kdump
  and kgdb.

  There's also a CR4 hardening enhancements by Kees Cook, to make the
  generic platform functions such as native_write_cr4() less useful as
  ROP gadgets that disable SMEP/SMAP. Also protect the WP bit of CR0
  against similar attacks.

  The rest is smaller cleanups/fixes"

* 'x86-asm-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  x86/alternatives: Add int3_emulate_call() selftest
  x86/stackframe/32: Allow int3_emulate_push()
  x86/stackframe/32: Provide consistent pt_regs
  x86/stackframe, x86/ftrace: Add pt_regs frame annotations
  x86/stackframe, x86/kprobes: Fix frame pointer annotations
  x86/stackframe: Move ENCODE_FRAME_POINTER to asm/frame.h
  x86/entry/32: Clean up return from interrupt preemption path
  x86/asm: Pin sensitive CR0 bits
  x86/asm: Pin sensitive CR4 bits
  Documentation/x86: Fix path to entry_32.S
  x86/asm: Remove unused TASK_TI_flags from asm-offsets.c
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>x86/stackframe/32: Allow int3_emulate_push()</title>
<updated>2019-06-25T08:23:49+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Peter Zijlstra</name>
<email>peterz@infradead.org</email>
</author>
<published>2019-05-08T07:40:54+00:00</published>
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Now that x86_32 has an unconditional gap on the kernel stack frame,
the int3_emulate_push() thing will work without further changes.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Cc: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Cc: Peter Zijlstra &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Cc: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
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Now that x86_32 has an unconditional gap on the kernel stack frame,
the int3_emulate_push() thing will work without further changes.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Cc: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Cc: Peter Zijlstra &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Cc: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>x86/alternative: Batch of patch operations</title>
<updated>2019-06-17T10:09:21+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Daniel Bristot de Oliveira</name>
<email>bristot@redhat.com</email>
</author>
<published>2019-06-12T09:57:29+00:00</published>
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Currently, the patch of an address is done in three steps:

-- Pseudo-code #1 - Current implementation ---

        1) add an int3 trap to the address that will be patched
            sync cores (send IPI to all other CPUs)
        2) update all but the first byte of the patched range
            sync cores (send IPI to all other CPUs)
        3) replace the first byte (int3) by the first byte of replacing opcode
            sync cores (send IPI to all other CPUs)

-- Pseudo-code #1 ---

When a static key has more than one entry, these steps are called once for
each entry. The number of IPIs then is linear with regard to the number 'n' of
entries of a key: O(n*3), which is O(n).

This algorithm works fine for the update of a single key. But we think
it is possible to optimize the case in which a static key has more than
one entry. For instance, the sched_schedstats jump label has 56 entries
in my (updated) fedora kernel, resulting in 168 IPIs for each CPU in
which the thread that is enabling the key is _not_ running.

With this patch, rather than receiving a single patch to be processed, a vector
of patches is passed, enabling the rewrite of the pseudo-code #1 in this
way:

-- Pseudo-code #2 - This patch  ---
1)  for each patch in the vector:
        add an int3 trap to the address that will be patched

    sync cores (send IPI to all other CPUs)

2)  for each patch in the vector:
        update all but the first byte of the patched range

    sync cores (send IPI to all other CPUs)

3)  for each patch in the vector:
        replace the first byte (int3) by the first byte of replacing opcode

    sync cores (send IPI to all other CPUs)
-- Pseudo-code #2 - This patch  ---

Doing the update in this way, the number of IPI becomes O(3) with regard
to the number of keys, which is O(1).

The batch mode is done with the function text_poke_bp_batch(), that receives
two arguments: a vector of "struct text_to_poke", and the number of entries
in the vector.

The vector must be sorted by the addr field of the text_to_poke structure,
enabling the binary search of a handler in the poke_int3_handler function
(a fast path).

Signed-off-by: Daniel Bristot de Oliveira &lt;bristot@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Masami Hiramatsu &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Borislav Petkov &lt;bp@alien8.de&gt;
Cc: Chris von Recklinghausen &lt;crecklin@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Clark Williams &lt;williams@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
Cc: H. Peter Anvin &lt;hpa@zytor.com&gt;
Cc: Jason Baron &lt;jbaron@akamai.com&gt;
Cc: Jiri Kosina &lt;jkosina@suse.cz&gt;
Cc: Josh Poimboeuf &lt;jpoimboe@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Cc: Marcelo Tosatti &lt;mtosatti@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Peter Zijlstra &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Cc: Scott Wood &lt;swood@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Steven Rostedt (VMware) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
Cc: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/ca506ed52584c80f64de23f6f55ca288e5d079de.1560325897.git.bristot@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
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Currently, the patch of an address is done in three steps:

-- Pseudo-code #1 - Current implementation ---

        1) add an int3 trap to the address that will be patched
            sync cores (send IPI to all other CPUs)
        2) update all but the first byte of the patched range
            sync cores (send IPI to all other CPUs)
        3) replace the first byte (int3) by the first byte of replacing opcode
            sync cores (send IPI to all other CPUs)

-- Pseudo-code #1 ---

When a static key has more than one entry, these steps are called once for
each entry. The number of IPIs then is linear with regard to the number 'n' of
entries of a key: O(n*3), which is O(n).

This algorithm works fine for the update of a single key. But we think
it is possible to optimize the case in which a static key has more than
one entry. For instance, the sched_schedstats jump label has 56 entries
in my (updated) fedora kernel, resulting in 168 IPIs for each CPU in
which the thread that is enabling the key is _not_ running.

With this patch, rather than receiving a single patch to be processed, a vector
of patches is passed, enabling the rewrite of the pseudo-code #1 in this
way:

-- Pseudo-code #2 - This patch  ---
1)  for each patch in the vector:
        add an int3 trap to the address that will be patched

    sync cores (send IPI to all other CPUs)

2)  for each patch in the vector:
        update all but the first byte of the patched range

    sync cores (send IPI to all other CPUs)

3)  for each patch in the vector:
        replace the first byte (int3) by the first byte of replacing opcode

    sync cores (send IPI to all other CPUs)
-- Pseudo-code #2 - This patch  ---

Doing the update in this way, the number of IPI becomes O(3) with regard
to the number of keys, which is O(1).

The batch mode is done with the function text_poke_bp_batch(), that receives
two arguments: a vector of "struct text_to_poke", and the number of entries
in the vector.

The vector must be sorted by the addr field of the text_to_poke structure,
enabling the binary search of a handler in the poke_int3_handler function
(a fast path).

Signed-off-by: Daniel Bristot de Oliveira &lt;bristot@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Masami Hiramatsu &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Borislav Petkov &lt;bp@alien8.de&gt;
Cc: Chris von Recklinghausen &lt;crecklin@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Clark Williams &lt;williams@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
Cc: H. Peter Anvin &lt;hpa@zytor.com&gt;
Cc: Jason Baron &lt;jbaron@akamai.com&gt;
Cc: Jiri Kosina &lt;jkosina@suse.cz&gt;
Cc: Josh Poimboeuf &lt;jpoimboe@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Cc: Marcelo Tosatti &lt;mtosatti@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Peter Zijlstra &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Cc: Scott Wood &lt;swood@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Steven Rostedt (VMware) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
Cc: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/ca506ed52584c80f64de23f6f55ca288e5d079de.1560325897.git.bristot@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>Merge tag 'trace-v5.2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rostedt/linux-trace</title>
<updated>2019-05-15T23:05:47+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2019-05-15T23:05:47+00:00</published>
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Pull tracing updates from Steven Rostedt:
 "The major changes in this tracing update includes:

   - Removal of non-DYNAMIC_FTRACE from 32bit x86

   - Removal of mcount support from x86

   - Emulating a call from int3 on x86_64, fixes live kernel patching

   - Consolidated Tracing Error logs file

  Minor updates:

   - Removal of klp_check_compiler_support()

   - kdb ftrace dumping output changes

   - Accessing and creating ftrace instances from inside the kernel

   - Clean up of #define if macro

   - Introduction of TRACE_EVENT_NOP() to disable trace events based on
     config options

  And other minor fixes and clean ups"

* tag 'trace-v5.2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rostedt/linux-trace: (44 commits)
  x86: Hide the int3_emulate_call/jmp functions from UML
  livepatch: Remove klp_check_compiler_support()
  ftrace/x86: Remove mcount support
  ftrace/x86_32: Remove support for non DYNAMIC_FTRACE
  tracing: Simplify "if" macro code
  tracing: Fix documentation about disabling options using trace_options
  tracing: Replace kzalloc with kcalloc
  tracing: Fix partial reading of trace event's id file
  tracing: Allow RCU to run between postponed startup tests
  tracing: Fix white space issues in parse_pred() function
  tracing: Eliminate const char[] auto variables
  ring-buffer: Fix mispelling of Calculate
  tracing: probeevent: Fix to make the type of $comm string
  tracing: probeevent: Do not accumulate on ret variable
  tracing: uprobes: Re-enable $comm support for uprobe events
  ftrace/x86_64: Emulate call function while updating in breakpoint handler
  x86_64: Allow breakpoints to emulate call instructions
  x86_64: Add gap to int3 to allow for call emulation
  tracing: kdb: Allow ftdump to skip all but the last few entries
  tracing: Add trace_total_entries() / trace_total_entries_cpu()
  ...
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Pull tracing updates from Steven Rostedt:
 "The major changes in this tracing update includes:

   - Removal of non-DYNAMIC_FTRACE from 32bit x86

   - Removal of mcount support from x86

   - Emulating a call from int3 on x86_64, fixes live kernel patching

   - Consolidated Tracing Error logs file

  Minor updates:

   - Removal of klp_check_compiler_support()

   - kdb ftrace dumping output changes

   - Accessing and creating ftrace instances from inside the kernel

   - Clean up of #define if macro

   - Introduction of TRACE_EVENT_NOP() to disable trace events based on
     config options

  And other minor fixes and clean ups"

* tag 'trace-v5.2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rostedt/linux-trace: (44 commits)
  x86: Hide the int3_emulate_call/jmp functions from UML
  livepatch: Remove klp_check_compiler_support()
  ftrace/x86: Remove mcount support
  ftrace/x86_32: Remove support for non DYNAMIC_FTRACE
  tracing: Simplify "if" macro code
  tracing: Fix documentation about disabling options using trace_options
  tracing: Replace kzalloc with kcalloc
  tracing: Fix partial reading of trace event's id file
  tracing: Allow RCU to run between postponed startup tests
  tracing: Fix white space issues in parse_pred() function
  tracing: Eliminate const char[] auto variables
  ring-buffer: Fix mispelling of Calculate
  tracing: probeevent: Fix to make the type of $comm string
  tracing: probeevent: Do not accumulate on ret variable
  tracing: uprobes: Re-enable $comm support for uprobe events
  ftrace/x86_64: Emulate call function while updating in breakpoint handler
  x86_64: Allow breakpoints to emulate call instructions
  x86_64: Add gap to int3 to allow for call emulation
  tracing: kdb: Allow ftdump to skip all but the last few entries
  tracing: Add trace_total_entries() / trace_total_entries_cpu()
  ...
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>x86: Hide the int3_emulate_call/jmp functions from UML</title>
<updated>2019-05-11T12:35:52+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Steven Rostedt (VMware)</name>
<email>rostedt@goodmis.org</email>
</author>
<published>2019-05-11T12:32:40+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux-stable.git/commit/?id=693713cbdb3a4bda5a8a678c31f06560bbb14657'/>
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User Mode Linux does not have access to the ip or sp fields of the pt_regs,
and accessing them causes UML to fail to build. Hide the int3_emulate_jmp()
and int3_emulate_call() instructions from UML, as it doesn't need them
anyway.

Reported-by: kbuild test robot &lt;lkp@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
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User Mode Linux does not have access to the ip or sp fields of the pt_regs,
and accessing them causes UML to fail to build. Hide the int3_emulate_jmp()
and int3_emulate_call() instructions from UML, as it doesn't need them
anyway.

Reported-by: kbuild test robot &lt;lkp@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>x86_64: Allow breakpoints to emulate call instructions</title>
<updated>2019-05-08T16:14:37+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Peter Zijlstra</name>
<email>peterz@infradead.org</email>
</author>
<published>2019-05-01T13:11:17+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux-stable.git/commit/?id=4b33dadf37666c0860b88f9e52a16d07bf6d0b03'/>
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In order to allow breakpoints to emulate call instructions, they need to push
the return address onto the stack. The x86_64 int3 handler adds a small gap
to allow the stack to grow some. Use this gap to add the return address to
be able to emulate a call instruction at the breakpoint location.

These helper functions are added:

  int3_emulate_jmp(): changes the location of the regs-&gt;ip to return there.

 (The next two are only for x86_64)
  int3_emulate_push(): to push the address onto the gap in the stack
  int3_emulate_call(): push the return address and change regs-&gt;ip

Cc: Andy Lutomirski &lt;luto@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Nicolai Stange &lt;nstange@suse.de&gt;
Cc: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Cc: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Borislav Petkov &lt;bp@alien8.de&gt;
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" &lt;hpa@zytor.com&gt;
Cc: the arch/x86 maintainers &lt;x86@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Josh Poimboeuf &lt;jpoimboe@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Jiri Kosina &lt;jikos@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Miroslav Benes &lt;mbenes@suse.cz&gt;
Cc: Petr Mladek &lt;pmladek@suse.com&gt;
Cc: Joe Lawrence &lt;joe.lawrence@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Shuah Khan &lt;shuah@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk &lt;konrad.wilk@oracle.com&gt;
Cc: Tim Chen &lt;tim.c.chen@linux.intel.com&gt;
Cc: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior &lt;bigeasy@linutronix.de&gt;
Cc: Mimi Zohar &lt;zohar@linux.ibm.com&gt;
Cc: Juergen Gross &lt;jgross@suse.com&gt;
Cc: Nick Desaulniers &lt;ndesaulniers@google.com&gt;
Cc: Nayna Jain &lt;nayna@linux.ibm.com&gt;
Cc: Masahiro Yamada &lt;yamada.masahiro@socionext.com&gt;
Cc: Joerg Roedel &lt;jroedel@suse.de&gt;
Cc: "open list:KERNEL SELFTEST FRAMEWORK" &lt;linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org&gt;
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: b700e7f03df5 ("livepatch: kernel: add support for live patching")
Tested-by: Nicolai Stange &lt;nstange@suse.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Nicolai Stange &lt;nstange@suse.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Masami Hiramatsu &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
[ Modified to only work for x86_64 and added comment to int3_emulate_push() ]
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
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In order to allow breakpoints to emulate call instructions, they need to push
the return address onto the stack. The x86_64 int3 handler adds a small gap
to allow the stack to grow some. Use this gap to add the return address to
be able to emulate a call instruction at the breakpoint location.

These helper functions are added:

  int3_emulate_jmp(): changes the location of the regs-&gt;ip to return there.

 (The next two are only for x86_64)
  int3_emulate_push(): to push the address onto the gap in the stack
  int3_emulate_call(): push the return address and change regs-&gt;ip

Cc: Andy Lutomirski &lt;luto@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Nicolai Stange &lt;nstange@suse.de&gt;
Cc: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Cc: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Borislav Petkov &lt;bp@alien8.de&gt;
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" &lt;hpa@zytor.com&gt;
Cc: the arch/x86 maintainers &lt;x86@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Josh Poimboeuf &lt;jpoimboe@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Jiri Kosina &lt;jikos@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Miroslav Benes &lt;mbenes@suse.cz&gt;
Cc: Petr Mladek &lt;pmladek@suse.com&gt;
Cc: Joe Lawrence &lt;joe.lawrence@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Shuah Khan &lt;shuah@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk &lt;konrad.wilk@oracle.com&gt;
Cc: Tim Chen &lt;tim.c.chen@linux.intel.com&gt;
Cc: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior &lt;bigeasy@linutronix.de&gt;
Cc: Mimi Zohar &lt;zohar@linux.ibm.com&gt;
Cc: Juergen Gross &lt;jgross@suse.com&gt;
Cc: Nick Desaulniers &lt;ndesaulniers@google.com&gt;
Cc: Nayna Jain &lt;nayna@linux.ibm.com&gt;
Cc: Masahiro Yamada &lt;yamada.masahiro@socionext.com&gt;
Cc: Joerg Roedel &lt;jroedel@suse.de&gt;
Cc: "open list:KERNEL SELFTEST FRAMEWORK" &lt;linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org&gt;
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: b700e7f03df5 ("livepatch: kernel: add support for live patching")
Tested-by: Nicolai Stange &lt;nstange@suse.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Nicolai Stange &lt;nstange@suse.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Masami Hiramatsu &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
[ Modified to only work for x86_64 and added comment to int3_emulate_push() ]
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>x86/alternatives: Remove the return value of text_poke_*()</title>
<updated>2019-04-30T10:37:56+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Nadav Amit</name>
<email>namit@vmware.com</email>
</author>
<published>2019-04-26T00:11:33+00:00</published>
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The return value of text_poke_early() and text_poke_bp() is useless.
Remove it.

Signed-off-by: Nadav Amit &lt;namit@vmware.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Rick Edgecombe &lt;rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Cc: &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Cc: &lt;ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org&gt;
Cc: &lt;deneen.t.dock@intel.com&gt;
Cc: &lt;kernel-hardening@lists.openwall.com&gt;
Cc: &lt;kristen@linux.intel.com&gt;
Cc: &lt;linux_dti@icloud.com&gt;
Cc: &lt;will.deacon@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Andy Lutomirski &lt;luto@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Borislav Petkov &lt;bp@alien8.de&gt;
Cc: Dave Hansen &lt;dave.hansen@intel.com&gt;
Cc: H. Peter Anvin &lt;hpa@zytor.com&gt;
Cc: Kees Cook &lt;keescook@chromium.org&gt;
Cc: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Rik van Riel &lt;riel@surriel.com&gt;
Cc: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190426001143.4983-14-namit@vmware.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
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The return value of text_poke_early() and text_poke_bp() is useless.
Remove it.

Signed-off-by: Nadav Amit &lt;namit@vmware.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Rick Edgecombe &lt;rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Cc: &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Cc: &lt;ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org&gt;
Cc: &lt;deneen.t.dock@intel.com&gt;
Cc: &lt;kernel-hardening@lists.openwall.com&gt;
Cc: &lt;kristen@linux.intel.com&gt;
Cc: &lt;linux_dti@icloud.com&gt;
Cc: &lt;will.deacon@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Andy Lutomirski &lt;luto@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Borislav Petkov &lt;bp@alien8.de&gt;
Cc: Dave Hansen &lt;dave.hansen@intel.com&gt;
Cc: H. Peter Anvin &lt;hpa@zytor.com&gt;
Cc: Kees Cook &lt;keescook@chromium.org&gt;
Cc: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Rik van Riel &lt;riel@surriel.com&gt;
Cc: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190426001143.4983-14-namit@vmware.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>x86/alternatives: Initialize temporary mm for patching</title>
<updated>2019-04-30T10:37:52+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Nadav Amit</name>
<email>namit@vmware.com</email>
</author>
<published>2019-04-26T23:22:46+00:00</published>
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To prevent improper use of the PTEs that are used for text patching, the
next patches will use a temporary mm struct. Initailize it by copying
the init mm.

The address that will be used for patching is taken from the lower area
that is usually used for the task memory. Doing so prevents the need to
frequently synchronize the temporary-mm (e.g., when BPF programs are
installed), since different PGDs are used for the task memory.

Finally, randomize the address of the PTEs to harden against exploits
that use these PTEs.

Suggested-by: Andy Lutomirski &lt;luto@kernel.org&gt;
Tested-by: Masami Hiramatsu &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Nadav Amit &lt;namit@vmware.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Rick Edgecombe &lt;rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Masami Hiramatsu &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Borislav Petkov &lt;bp@alien8.de&gt;
Cc: Dave Hansen &lt;dave.hansen@intel.com&gt;
Cc: H. Peter Anvin &lt;hpa@zytor.com&gt;
Cc: Kees Cook &lt;keescook@chromium.org&gt;
Cc: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Cc: Rik van Riel &lt;riel@surriel.com&gt;
Cc: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Cc: akpm@linux-foundation.org
Cc: ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org
Cc: deneen.t.dock@intel.com
Cc: kernel-hardening@lists.openwall.com
Cc: kristen@linux.intel.com
Cc: linux_dti@icloud.com
Cc: will.deacon@arm.com
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190426232303.28381-8-nadav.amit@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
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To prevent improper use of the PTEs that are used for text patching, the
next patches will use a temporary mm struct. Initailize it by copying
the init mm.

The address that will be used for patching is taken from the lower area
that is usually used for the task memory. Doing so prevents the need to
frequently synchronize the temporary-mm (e.g., when BPF programs are
installed), since different PGDs are used for the task memory.

Finally, randomize the address of the PTEs to harden against exploits
that use these PTEs.

Suggested-by: Andy Lutomirski &lt;luto@kernel.org&gt;
Tested-by: Masami Hiramatsu &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Nadav Amit &lt;namit@vmware.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Rick Edgecombe &lt;rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Masami Hiramatsu &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Borislav Petkov &lt;bp@alien8.de&gt;
Cc: Dave Hansen &lt;dave.hansen@intel.com&gt;
Cc: H. Peter Anvin &lt;hpa@zytor.com&gt;
Cc: Kees Cook &lt;keescook@chromium.org&gt;
Cc: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Cc: Rik van Riel &lt;riel@surriel.com&gt;
Cc: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Cc: akpm@linux-foundation.org
Cc: ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org
Cc: deneen.t.dock@intel.com
Cc: kernel-hardening@lists.openwall.com
Cc: kristen@linux.intel.com
Cc: linux_dti@icloud.com
Cc: will.deacon@arm.com
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190426232303.28381-8-nadav.amit@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>x86/alternatives: Add text_poke_kgdb() to not assert the lock when debugging</title>
<updated>2019-04-30T10:37:47+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Nadav Amit</name>
<email>namit@vmware.com</email>
</author>
<published>2019-04-26T00:11:21+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux-stable.git/commit/?id=e836673c9b4966bc78e38aeda25f7022c57f0e90'/>
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text_mutex is currently expected to be held before text_poke() is
called, but kgdb does not take the mutex, and instead *supposedly*
ensures the lock is not taken and will not be acquired by any other core
while text_poke() is running.

The reason for the "supposedly" comment is that it is not entirely clear
that this would be the case if gdb_do_roundup is zero.

Create two wrapper functions, text_poke() and text_poke_kgdb(), which do
or do not run the lockdep assertion respectively.

While we are at it, change the return code of text_poke() to something
meaningful. One day, callers might actually respect it and the existing
BUG_ON() when patching fails could be removed. For kgdb, the return
value can actually be used.

Suggested-by: Peter Zijlstra &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Nadav Amit &lt;namit@vmware.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Rick Edgecombe &lt;rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Masami Hiramatsu &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
Acked-by: Jiri Kosina &lt;jkosina@suse.cz&gt;
Cc: &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Cc: &lt;ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org&gt;
Cc: &lt;deneen.t.dock@intel.com&gt;
Cc: &lt;kernel-hardening@lists.openwall.com&gt;
Cc: &lt;kristen@linux.intel.com&gt;
Cc: &lt;linux_dti@icloud.com&gt;
Cc: &lt;will.deacon@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Andy Lutomirski &lt;luto@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Borislav Petkov &lt;bp@alien8.de&gt;
Cc: Dave Hansen &lt;dave.hansen@intel.com&gt;
Cc: H. Peter Anvin &lt;hpa@zytor.com&gt;
Cc: Kees Cook &lt;keescook@chromium.org&gt;
Cc: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Cc: Rik van Riel &lt;riel@surriel.com&gt;
Cc: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Fixes: 9222f606506c ("x86/alternatives: Lockdep-enforce text_mutex in text_poke*()")
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190426001143.4983-2-namit@vmware.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
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text_mutex is currently expected to be held before text_poke() is
called, but kgdb does not take the mutex, and instead *supposedly*
ensures the lock is not taken and will not be acquired by any other core
while text_poke() is running.

The reason for the "supposedly" comment is that it is not entirely clear
that this would be the case if gdb_do_roundup is zero.

Create two wrapper functions, text_poke() and text_poke_kgdb(), which do
or do not run the lockdep assertion respectively.

While we are at it, change the return code of text_poke() to something
meaningful. One day, callers might actually respect it and the existing
BUG_ON() when patching fails could be removed. For kgdb, the return
value can actually be used.

Suggested-by: Peter Zijlstra &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Nadav Amit &lt;namit@vmware.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Rick Edgecombe &lt;rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Masami Hiramatsu &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
Acked-by: Jiri Kosina &lt;jkosina@suse.cz&gt;
Cc: &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Cc: &lt;ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org&gt;
Cc: &lt;deneen.t.dock@intel.com&gt;
Cc: &lt;kernel-hardening@lists.openwall.com&gt;
Cc: &lt;kristen@linux.intel.com&gt;
Cc: &lt;linux_dti@icloud.com&gt;
Cc: &lt;will.deacon@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Andy Lutomirski &lt;luto@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Borislav Petkov &lt;bp@alien8.de&gt;
Cc: Dave Hansen &lt;dave.hansen@intel.com&gt;
Cc: H. Peter Anvin &lt;hpa@zytor.com&gt;
Cc: Kees Cook &lt;keescook@chromium.org&gt;
Cc: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Cc: Rik van Riel &lt;riel@surriel.com&gt;
Cc: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Fixes: 9222f606506c ("x86/alternatives: Lockdep-enforce text_mutex in text_poke*()")
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190426001143.4983-2-namit@vmware.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
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