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<title>x86/alternatives: Teach text_poke_bp() to emulate instructions</title>
<updated>2019-11-15T22:07:01+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Peter Zijlstra</name>
<email>peterz@infradead.org</email>
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<published>2019-06-05T08:48:37+00:00</published>
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In preparation for static_call and variable size jump_label support,
teach text_poke_bp() to emulate instructions, namely:

  JMP32, JMP8, CALL, NOP2, NOP_ATOMIC5, INT3

The current text_poke_bp() takes a @handler argument which is used as
a jump target when the temporary INT3 is hit by a different CPU.

When patching CALL instructions, this doesn't work because we'd miss
the PUSH of the return address. Instead, teach poke_int3_handler() to
emulate an instruction, typically the instruction we're patching in.

This fits almost all text_poke_bp() users, except
arch_unoptimize_kprobe() which restores random text, and for that site
we have to build an explicit emulate instruction.

Tested-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;
Tested-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Masami Hiramatsu &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Daniel Bristot de Oliveira &lt;bristot@redhat.com&gt;
Acked-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Andy Lutomirski &lt;luto@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Borislav Petkov &lt;bp@alien8.de&gt;
Cc: H. Peter Anvin &lt;hpa@zytor.com&gt;
Cc: Josh Poimboeuf &lt;jpoimboe@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Cc: Steven Rostedt &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
Cc: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20191111132457.529086974@infradead.org
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
(cherry picked from commit 8c7eebc10687af45ac8e40ad1bac0cf7893dba9f)
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;
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In preparation for static_call and variable size jump_label support,
teach text_poke_bp() to emulate instructions, namely:

  JMP32, JMP8, CALL, NOP2, NOP_ATOMIC5, INT3

The current text_poke_bp() takes a @handler argument which is used as
a jump target when the temporary INT3 is hit by a different CPU.

When patching CALL instructions, this doesn't work because we'd miss
the PUSH of the return address. Instead, teach poke_int3_handler() to
emulate an instruction, typically the instruction we're patching in.

This fits almost all text_poke_bp() users, except
arch_unoptimize_kprobe() which restores random text, and for that site
we have to build an explicit emulate instruction.

Tested-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;
Tested-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Masami Hiramatsu &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Daniel Bristot de Oliveira &lt;bristot@redhat.com&gt;
Acked-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Andy Lutomirski &lt;luto@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Borislav Petkov &lt;bp@alien8.de&gt;
Cc: H. Peter Anvin &lt;hpa@zytor.com&gt;
Cc: Josh Poimboeuf &lt;jpoimboe@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Cc: Steven Rostedt &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
Cc: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20191111132457.529086974@infradead.org
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
(cherry picked from commit 8c7eebc10687af45ac8e40ad1bac0cf7893dba9f)
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;
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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>x86/alternatives: Fix int3_emulate_call() selftest stack corruption</title>
<updated>2019-07-09T20:39:15+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Peter Zijlstra</name>
<email>peterz@infradead.org</email>
</author>
<published>2019-07-08T20:55:30+00:00</published>
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KASAN shows the following splat during boot:

  BUG: KASAN: unknown-crash in unwind_next_frame+0x3f6/0x490
  Read of size 8 at addr ffffffff84007db0 by task swapper/0

  CPU: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper Tainted: G                T 5.2.0-rc6-00013-g7457c0d #1
  Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.10.2-1 04/01/2014
  Call Trace:
   dump_stack+0x19/0x1b
   print_address_description+0x1b0/0x2b2
   __kasan_report+0x10f/0x171
   kasan_report+0x12/0x1c
   __asan_load8+0x54/0x81
   unwind_next_frame+0x3f6/0x490
   unwind_next_frame+0x1b/0x23
   arch_stack_walk+0x68/0xa5
   stack_trace_save+0x7b/0xa0
   save_trace+0x3c/0x93
   mark_lock+0x1ef/0x9b1
   lock_acquire+0x122/0x221
   __mutex_lock+0xb6/0x731
   mutex_lock_nested+0x16/0x18
   _vm_unmap_aliases+0x141/0x183
   vm_unmap_aliases+0x14/0x16
   change_page_attr_set_clr+0x15e/0x2f2
   set_memory_4k+0x2a/0x2c
   check_bugs+0x11fd/0x1298
   start_kernel+0x793/0x7eb
   x86_64_start_reservations+0x55/0x76
   x86_64_start_kernel+0x87/0xaa
   secondary_startup_64+0xa4/0xb0

  Memory state around the buggy address:
   ffffffff84007c80: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 f1 f1 f1
   ffffffff84007d00: f1 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 f2 f2 f2 f3 f3 f3
  &gt;ffffffff84007d80: f3 79 be 52 49 79 be 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 f1

It turns out that int3_selftest() is corrupting the stack.  The problem is
that the KASAN-ified version of int3_magic() is much less trivial than the
C code appears.  It clobbers several unexpected registers.  So when the
selftest's INT3 is converted to an emulated call to int3_magic(), the
registers are clobbered and Bad Things happen when the function returns.

Fix this by converting int3_magic() to the trivial ASM function it should
be, avoiding all calling convention issues. Also add ASM_CALL_CONSTRAINT to
the INT3 ASM, since it contains a 'CALL'.

[peterz: cribbed changelog from josh]

Fixes: 7457c0da024b ("x86/alternatives: Add int3_emulate_call() selftest")
Reported-by: kernel test robot &lt;rong.a.chen@intel.com&gt;
Debugged-by: Josh Poimboeuf &lt;jpoimboe@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Josh Poimboeuf &lt;jpoimboe@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Cc: Andy Lutomirski &lt;luto@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190709125744.GB3402@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net
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KASAN shows the following splat during boot:

  BUG: KASAN: unknown-crash in unwind_next_frame+0x3f6/0x490
  Read of size 8 at addr ffffffff84007db0 by task swapper/0

  CPU: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper Tainted: G                T 5.2.0-rc6-00013-g7457c0d #1
  Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.10.2-1 04/01/2014
  Call Trace:
   dump_stack+0x19/0x1b
   print_address_description+0x1b0/0x2b2
   __kasan_report+0x10f/0x171
   kasan_report+0x12/0x1c
   __asan_load8+0x54/0x81
   unwind_next_frame+0x3f6/0x490
   unwind_next_frame+0x1b/0x23
   arch_stack_walk+0x68/0xa5
   stack_trace_save+0x7b/0xa0
   save_trace+0x3c/0x93
   mark_lock+0x1ef/0x9b1
   lock_acquire+0x122/0x221
   __mutex_lock+0xb6/0x731
   mutex_lock_nested+0x16/0x18
   _vm_unmap_aliases+0x141/0x183
   vm_unmap_aliases+0x14/0x16
   change_page_attr_set_clr+0x15e/0x2f2
   set_memory_4k+0x2a/0x2c
   check_bugs+0x11fd/0x1298
   start_kernel+0x793/0x7eb
   x86_64_start_reservations+0x55/0x76
   x86_64_start_kernel+0x87/0xaa
   secondary_startup_64+0xa4/0xb0

  Memory state around the buggy address:
   ffffffff84007c80: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 f1 f1 f1
   ffffffff84007d00: f1 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 f2 f2 f2 f3 f3 f3
  &gt;ffffffff84007d80: f3 79 be 52 49 79 be 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 f1

It turns out that int3_selftest() is corrupting the stack.  The problem is
that the KASAN-ified version of int3_magic() is much less trivial than the
C code appears.  It clobbers several unexpected registers.  So when the
selftest's INT3 is converted to an emulated call to int3_magic(), the
registers are clobbered and Bad Things happen when the function returns.

Fix this by converting int3_magic() to the trivial ASM function it should
be, avoiding all calling convention issues. Also add ASM_CALL_CONSTRAINT to
the INT3 ASM, since it contains a 'CALL'.

[peterz: cribbed changelog from josh]

Fixes: 7457c0da024b ("x86/alternatives: Add int3_emulate_call() selftest")
Reported-by: kernel test robot &lt;rong.a.chen@intel.com&gt;
Debugged-by: Josh Poimboeuf &lt;jpoimboe@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Josh Poimboeuf &lt;jpoimboe@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Cc: Andy Lutomirski &lt;luto@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190709125744.GB3402@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net
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<entry>
<title>Merge branch 'x86-paravirt-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip</title>
<updated>2019-07-09T00:34:44+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2019-07-09T00:34:44+00:00</published>
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Pull x86 paravirt updates from Ingo Molnar:
 "A handful of paravirt patching code enhancements to make it more
  robust against patching failures, and related cleanups and not so
  related cleanups - by Thomas Gleixner and myself"

* 'x86-paravirt-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  x86/paravirt: Rename paravirt_patch_site::instrtype to paravirt_patch_site::type
  x86/paravirt: Standardize 'insn_buff' variable names
  x86/paravirt: Match paravirt patchlet field definition ordering to initialization ordering
  x86/paravirt: Replace the paravirt patch asm magic
  x86/paravirt: Unify the 32/64 bit paravirt patching code
  x86/paravirt: Detect over-sized patching bugs in paravirt_patch_call()
  x86/paravirt: Detect over-sized patching bugs in paravirt_patch_insns()
  x86/paravirt: Remove bogus extern declarations
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Pull x86 paravirt updates from Ingo Molnar:
 "A handful of paravirt patching code enhancements to make it more
  robust against patching failures, and related cleanups and not so
  related cleanups - by Thomas Gleixner and myself"

* 'x86-paravirt-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  x86/paravirt: Rename paravirt_patch_site::instrtype to paravirt_patch_site::type
  x86/paravirt: Standardize 'insn_buff' variable names
  x86/paravirt: Match paravirt patchlet field definition ordering to initialization ordering
  x86/paravirt: Replace the paravirt patch asm magic
  x86/paravirt: Unify the 32/64 bit paravirt patching code
  x86/paravirt: Detect over-sized patching bugs in paravirt_patch_call()
  x86/paravirt: Detect over-sized patching bugs in paravirt_patch_insns()
  x86/paravirt: Remove bogus extern declarations
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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/alternatives: Add int3_emulate_call() selftest</title>
<updated>2019-06-25T08:23:50+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Peter Zijlstra</name>
<email>peterz@infradead.org</email>
</author>
<published>2019-05-03T10:22:47+00:00</published>
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Given that the entry_*.S changes for this functionality are somewhat
tricky, make sure the paths are tested every boot, instead of on the
rare occasion when we trip an INT3 while rewriting text.

Requested-by: Andy Lutomirski &lt;luto@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Josh Poimboeuf &lt;jpoimboe@redhat.com&gt;
Acked-by: Andy Lutomirski &lt;luto@kernel.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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Given that the entry_*.S changes for this functionality are somewhat
tricky, make sure the paths are tested every boot, instead of on the
rare occasion when we trip an INT3 while rewriting text.

Requested-by: Andy Lutomirski &lt;luto@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Josh Poimboeuf &lt;jpoimboe@redhat.com&gt;
Acked-by: Andy Lutomirski &lt;luto@kernel.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>
<title>treewide: Add SPDX license identifier for missed files</title>
<updated>2019-05-21T08:50:45+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Thomas Gleixner</name>
<email>tglx@linutronix.de</email>
</author>
<published>2019-05-19T12:08:55+00:00</published>
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Add SPDX license identifiers to all files which:

 - Have no license information of any form

 - Have EXPORT_.*_SYMBOL_GPL inside which was used in the
   initial scan/conversion to ignore the file

These files fall under the project license, GPL v2 only. The resulting SPDX
license identifier is:

  GPL-2.0-only

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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Add SPDX license identifiers to all files which:

 - Have no license information of any form

 - Have EXPORT_.*_SYMBOL_GPL inside which was used in the
   initial scan/conversion to ignore the file

These files fall under the project license, GPL v2 only. The resulting SPDX
license identifier is:

  GPL-2.0-only

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>x86/alternatives: Add comment about module removal races</title>
<updated>2019-04-30T10:38:01+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Nadav Amit</name>
<email>namit@vmware.com</email>
</author>
<published>2019-04-26T00:11:41+00:00</published>
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Add a comment to clarify that users of text_poke() must ensure that
no races with module removal take place.

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@linux.intel.com&gt;
Cc: H. Peter Anvin &lt;hpa@zytor.com&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/20190426001143.4983-22-namit@vmware.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
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Add a comment to clarify that users of text_poke() must ensure that
no races with module removal take place.

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@linux.intel.com&gt;
Cc: H. Peter Anvin &lt;hpa@zytor.com&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/20190426001143.4983-22-namit@vmware.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
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<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;
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