[PATCH v4 1/6] powerpc/code-patching: Implement generic text patching function

Andrew Donnellan ajd at linux.ibm.com
Mon Oct 10 18:00:42 AEDT 2022


On Mon, 2022-10-10 at 15:45 +1100, Andrew Donnellan wrote:
> On Mon, 2022-10-10 at 11:29 +1100, Benjamin Gray wrote:
> > Adds a generic memory patching mechanism for patches of size int or
> > long
> > bytes.
> > 
> > The patch_instruction function is reimplemented in terms of this
> > more generic function. This generic implementation allows patching
> > of
> > arbitrary long data, such as pointers on 64-bit. As a performance
> > optimisation the patch will unconditionally flush the icache, as
> > patch_instruction is used significantly more often and in more
> > performance sensitive contexts (e.g., ftrace activation).
> > 
> > On 32-bit patch_int is marked noinline to prevent a mis-
> > optimisation.
> > Without noinline, inside patch_branch the compiler may inline all
> > the
> > way to do_patch_memory, preventing the compiler from inlining
> > do_patch_memory into patch_int. This would needlessly force
> > patch_int
> > to be a branch to do_patch_memory.
> > 
> > The 'IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PPC64) && ' part of the patch size condition
> > helps GCC inline __patch_memory properly. Only 64-bit requires
> > doubleword writes anyway, as ints and longs are the same size on
> > 32-
> > bit.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Benjamin Gray <bgray at linux.ibm.com>
> 
> It looks like this needs rebasing.

Alternatively, I just need to learn to read cover letters properly and
notice that this is based off another series...

> 
> Otherwise I gave this a read over and didn't spot anything, but I'll
> hold off on a reviewed-by tag until it's rebased.
> 

Reviewed-by: Andrew Donnellan <ajd at linux.ibm.com>

> > ---
> >  arch/powerpc/include/asm/code-patching.h | 29 ++++++++++
> >  arch/powerpc/lib/code-patching.c         | 73 ++++++++++++++++++--
> > --
> > --
> >  2 files changed, 85 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/code-patching.h
> > b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/code-patching.h
> > index 3f881548fb61..170bfa848c7c 100644
> > --- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/code-patching.h
> > +++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/code-patching.h
> > @@ -72,7 +72,36 @@ static inline int create_branch(ppc_inst_t
> > *instr,
> > const u32 *addr,
> >  int create_cond_branch(ppc_inst_t *instr, const u32 *addr,
> >                        unsigned long target, int flags);
> >  int patch_branch(u32 *addr, unsigned long target, int flags);
> > +
> > +/* patch_uint and patch_ulong must only be called on addresses
> > where
> > the patch
> > + * does not cross a cacheline, otherwise it may not be flushed
> > properly and
> > + * mixes of new and stale data may be observed.
> > + *
> > + * patch_instruction and other instruction patchers automatically
> > satisfy this
> > + * requirement due to instruction alignment requirements.
> > + */
> > +
> > +int patch_uint(void *addr, unsigned int val);
> > +
> > +#ifdef CONFIG_PPC64
> > +
> > +int patch_ulong(void *addr, unsigned long val);
> >  int patch_instruction(u32 *addr, ppc_inst_t instr);
> > +
> > +#else
> > +
> > +static inline int patch_ulong(void *addr, unsigned long val)
> > +{
> > +       return patch_uint(addr, val);
> > +}
> > +
> > +static inline int patch_instruction(u32 *addr, ppc_inst_t instr)
> > +{
> > +       return patch_uint(addr, ppc_inst_val(instr));
> > +}
> > +
> > +#endif
> > +
> >  int raw_patch_instruction(u32 *addr, ppc_inst_t instr);
> >  
> >  static inline unsigned long patch_site_addr(s32 *site)
> > diff --git a/arch/powerpc/lib/code-patching.c
> > b/arch/powerpc/lib/code-patching.c
> > index 125c55e3e148..e41c0ccec79f 100644
> > --- a/arch/powerpc/lib/code-patching.c
> > +++ b/arch/powerpc/lib/code-patching.c
> > @@ -15,20 +15,24 @@
> >  #include <asm/code-patching.h>
> >  #include <asm/inst.h>
> >  
> > -static int __patch_instruction(u32 *exec_addr, ppc_inst_t instr,
> > u32
> > *patch_addr)
> > +static int __patch_memory(void *patch_addr, unsigned long val,
> > void
> > *exec_addr,
> > +                         bool is_dword)
> >  {
> > -       if (!ppc_inst_prefixed(instr)) {
> > -               u32 val = ppc_inst_val(instr);
> > -
> > -               __put_kernel_nofault(patch_addr, &val, u32,
> > failed);
> > -       } else {
> > -               u64 val = ppc_inst_as_ulong(instr);
> > +       /* Prefixed instruction may cross cacheline if cacheline
> > smaller than 64 bytes */
> > +       BUILD_BUG_ON(IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PPC64) && L1_CACHE_BYTES <
> > 64);
> >  
> > +       if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PPC64) && unlikely(is_dword))
> >                 __put_kernel_nofault(patch_addr, &val, u64,
> > failed);
> > -       }
> > +       else
> > +               __put_kernel_nofault(patch_addr, &val, u32,
> > failed);
> >  
> > -       asm ("dcbst 0, %0; sync; icbi 0,%1; sync; isync" :: "r"
> > (patch_addr),
> > -                                                           "r"
> > (exec_addr));
> > +       /* Assume data is inside a single cacheline */
> > +       dcbst(patch_addr);
> > +       mb(); /* sync */
> > +       /* Flush on the EA that may be executed in case of a non-
> > coherent icache */
> > +       icbi(exec_addr);
> > +       mb(); /* sync */
> > +       isync();
> >  
> >         return 0;
> >  
> > @@ -38,7 +42,10 @@ static int __patch_instruction(u32 *exec_addr,
> > ppc_inst_t instr, u32 *patch_addr
> >  
> >  int raw_patch_instruction(u32 *addr, ppc_inst_t instr)
> >  {
> > -       return __patch_instruction(addr, instr, addr);
> > +       if (ppc_inst_prefixed(instr))
> > +               return __patch_memory(addr,
> > ppc_inst_as_ulong(instr),
> > addr, true);
> > +       else
> > +               return __patch_memory(addr, ppc_inst_val(instr),
> > addr, false);
> >  }
> >  
> >  static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct vm_struct *, text_poke_area);
> > @@ -149,7 +156,7 @@ static void unmap_patch_area(unsigned long
> > addr)
> >         flush_tlb_kernel_range(addr, addr + PAGE_SIZE);
> >  }
> >  
> > -static int __do_patch_instruction(u32 *addr, ppc_inst_t instr)
> > +static int __do_patch_memory(void *addr, unsigned long val, bool
> > is_dword)
> >  {
> >         int err;
> >         u32 *patch_addr;
> > @@ -166,7 +173,7 @@ static int __do_patch_instruction(u32 *addr,
> > ppc_inst_t instr)
> >         if (radix_enabled())
> >                 asm volatile("ptesync": : :"memory");
> >  
> > -       err = __patch_instruction(addr, instr, patch_addr);
> > +       err = __patch_memory(patch_addr, val, addr, is_dword);
> >  
> >         pte_clear(&init_mm, text_poke_addr, pte);
> >         flush_tlb_kernel_range(text_poke_addr, text_poke_addr +
> > PAGE_SIZE);
> > @@ -174,7 +181,7 @@ static int __do_patch_instruction(u32 *addr,
> > ppc_inst_t instr)
> >         return err;
> >  }
> >  
> > -int patch_instruction(u32 *addr, ppc_inst_t instr)
> > +static int do_patch_memory(void *addr, unsigned long val, bool
> > is_dword)
> >  {
> >         int err;
> >         unsigned long flags;
> > @@ -186,15 +193,47 @@ int patch_instruction(u32 *addr, ppc_inst_t
> > instr)
> >          */
> >         if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX) ||
> >             !static_branch_likely(&poking_init_done))
> > -               return raw_patch_instruction(addr, instr);
> > +               return __patch_memory(addr, val, addr, is_dword);
> >  
> >         local_irq_save(flags);
> > -       err = __do_patch_instruction(addr, instr);
> > +       err = __do_patch_memory(addr, val, is_dword);
> >         local_irq_restore(flags);
> >  
> >         return err;
> >  }
> > -NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(patch_instruction);
> > +
> > +#ifdef CONFIG_PPC64
> > +
> > +int patch_uint(void *addr, unsigned int val)
> > +{
> > +       return do_patch_memory(addr, val, false);
> > +}
> > +NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(patch_uint)
> > +
> > +int patch_ulong(void *addr, unsigned long val)
> > +{
> > +       return do_patch_memory(addr, val, true);
> > +}
> > +NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(patch_ulong)
> > +
> > +int patch_instruction(u32 *addr, ppc_inst_t instr)
> > +{
> > +       if (ppc_inst_prefixed(instr))
> > +               return patch_ulong(addr, ppc_inst_as_ulong(instr));
> > +       else
> > +               return patch_uint(addr, ppc_inst_val(instr));
> > +}
> > +NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(patch_instruction)
> > +
> > +#else
> > +
> > +noinline int patch_uint(void *addr, unsigned int val)
> > +{
> > +       return do_patch_memory(addr, val, false);
> > +}
> > +NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(patch_uint)
> > +
> > +#endif
> >  
> >  int patch_branch(u32 *addr, unsigned long target, int flags)
> >  {
> 

-- 
Andrew Donnellan    OzLabs, ADL Canberra
ajd at linux.ibm.com   IBM Australia Limited



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