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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2011-05-20 02:55:12 +0200
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2011-05-20 02:55:12 +0200
commit016281880439a8665ecf37514865742da58131d4 (patch)
tree2f6a757a581c71cfb8cd891e0583fbffb359830b /arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
parentMerge branches 'x86-apic-for-linus', 'x86-asm-for-linus' and 'x86-cleanups-fo... (diff)
parentx86, cpu: Fix detection of Celeron Covington stepping A1 and B0 (diff)
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Merge branch 'x86-cpu-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip
* 'x86-cpu-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: x86, cpu: Fix detection of Celeron Covington stepping A1 and B0 Documentation, ABI: Update L3 cache index disable text x86, AMD, cacheinfo: Fix L3 cache index disable checks x86, AMD, cacheinfo: Fix fallout caused by max3 conversion x86, cpu: Change NOP selection for certain Intel CPUs x86, cpu: Clean up and unify the NOP selection infrastructure x86, percpu: Use ASM_NOP4 instead of hardcoding P6_NOP4 x86, cpu: Move AMD Elan Kconfig under "Processor family" Fix up trivial conflicts in alternative handling (commit dc326fca2b64 "x86, cpu: Clean up and unify the NOP selection infrastructure" removed some hacky 5-byte instruction stuff, while commit d430d3d7e646 "jump label: Introduce static_branch() interface" renamed HAVE_JUMP_LABEL to CONFIG_JUMP_LABEL in the code that went away)
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c')
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c194
1 files changed, 112 insertions, 82 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
index 1eeeafcb4410..a81f2d52f869 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
@@ -67,17 +67,30 @@ __setup("noreplace-paravirt", setup_noreplace_paravirt);
#define DPRINTK(fmt, args...) if (debug_alternative) \
printk(KERN_DEBUG fmt, args)
+/*
+ * Each GENERIC_NOPX is of X bytes, and defined as an array of bytes
+ * that correspond to that nop. Getting from one nop to the next, we
+ * add to the array the offset that is equal to the sum of all sizes of
+ * nops preceding the one we are after.
+ *
+ * Note: The GENERIC_NOP5_ATOMIC is at the end, as it breaks the
+ * nice symmetry of sizes of the previous nops.
+ */
#if defined(GENERIC_NOP1) && !defined(CONFIG_X86_64)
-/* Use inline assembly to define this because the nops are defined
- as inline assembly strings in the include files and we cannot
- get them easily into strings. */
-asm("\t" __stringify(__INITRODATA_OR_MODULE) "\nintelnops: "
- GENERIC_NOP1 GENERIC_NOP2 GENERIC_NOP3 GENERIC_NOP4 GENERIC_NOP5 GENERIC_NOP6
- GENERIC_NOP7 GENERIC_NOP8
- "\t.previous");
-extern const unsigned char intelnops[];
-static const unsigned char *const __initconst_or_module
-intel_nops[ASM_NOP_MAX+1] = {
+static const unsigned char intelnops[] =
+{
+ GENERIC_NOP1,
+ GENERIC_NOP2,
+ GENERIC_NOP3,
+ GENERIC_NOP4,
+ GENERIC_NOP5,
+ GENERIC_NOP6,
+ GENERIC_NOP7,
+ GENERIC_NOP8,
+ GENERIC_NOP5_ATOMIC
+};
+static const unsigned char * const intel_nops[ASM_NOP_MAX+2] =
+{
NULL,
intelnops,
intelnops + 1,
@@ -87,17 +100,25 @@ intel_nops[ASM_NOP_MAX+1] = {
intelnops + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5,
intelnops + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6,
intelnops + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7,
+ intelnops + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 8,
};
#endif
#ifdef K8_NOP1
-asm("\t" __stringify(__INITRODATA_OR_MODULE) "\nk8nops: "
- K8_NOP1 K8_NOP2 K8_NOP3 K8_NOP4 K8_NOP5 K8_NOP6
- K8_NOP7 K8_NOP8
- "\t.previous");
-extern const unsigned char k8nops[];
-static const unsigned char *const __initconst_or_module
-k8_nops[ASM_NOP_MAX+1] = {
+static const unsigned char k8nops[] =
+{
+ K8_NOP1,
+ K8_NOP2,
+ K8_NOP3,
+ K8_NOP4,
+ K8_NOP5,
+ K8_NOP6,
+ K8_NOP7,
+ K8_NOP8,
+ K8_NOP5_ATOMIC
+};
+static const unsigned char * const k8_nops[ASM_NOP_MAX+2] =
+{
NULL,
k8nops,
k8nops + 1,
@@ -107,17 +128,25 @@ k8_nops[ASM_NOP_MAX+1] = {
k8nops + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5,
k8nops + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6,
k8nops + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7,
+ k8nops + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 8,
};
#endif
#if defined(K7_NOP1) && !defined(CONFIG_X86_64)
-asm("\t" __stringify(__INITRODATA_OR_MODULE) "\nk7nops: "
- K7_NOP1 K7_NOP2 K7_NOP3 K7_NOP4 K7_NOP5 K7_NOP6
- K7_NOP7 K7_NOP8
- "\t.previous");
-extern const unsigned char k7nops[];
-static const unsigned char *const __initconst_or_module
-k7_nops[ASM_NOP_MAX+1] = {
+static const unsigned char k7nops[] =
+{
+ K7_NOP1,
+ K7_NOP2,
+ K7_NOP3,
+ K7_NOP4,
+ K7_NOP5,
+ K7_NOP6,
+ K7_NOP7,
+ K7_NOP8,
+ K7_NOP5_ATOMIC
+};
+static const unsigned char * const k7_nops[ASM_NOP_MAX+2] =
+{
NULL,
k7nops,
k7nops + 1,
@@ -127,17 +156,25 @@ k7_nops[ASM_NOP_MAX+1] = {
k7nops + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5,
k7nops + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6,
k7nops + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7,
+ k7nops + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 8,
};
#endif
#ifdef P6_NOP1
-asm("\t" __stringify(__INITRODATA_OR_MODULE) "\np6nops: "
- P6_NOP1 P6_NOP2 P6_NOP3 P6_NOP4 P6_NOP5 P6_NOP6
- P6_NOP7 P6_NOP8
- "\t.previous");
-extern const unsigned char p6nops[];
-static const unsigned char *const __initconst_or_module
-p6_nops[ASM_NOP_MAX+1] = {
+static const unsigned char __initconst_or_module p6nops[] =
+{
+ P6_NOP1,
+ P6_NOP2,
+ P6_NOP3,
+ P6_NOP4,
+ P6_NOP5,
+ P6_NOP6,
+ P6_NOP7,
+ P6_NOP8,
+ P6_NOP5_ATOMIC
+};
+static const unsigned char * const p6_nops[ASM_NOP_MAX+2] =
+{
NULL,
p6nops,
p6nops + 1,
@@ -147,47 +184,65 @@ p6_nops[ASM_NOP_MAX+1] = {
p6nops + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5,
p6nops + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6,
p6nops + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7,
+ p6nops + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 8,
};
#endif
+/* Initialize these to a safe default */
#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
+const unsigned char * const *ideal_nops = p6_nops;
+#else
+const unsigned char * const *ideal_nops = intel_nops;
+#endif
-extern char __vsyscall_0;
-static const unsigned char *const *__init_or_module find_nop_table(void)
+void __init arch_init_ideal_nops(void)
{
- if (boot_cpu_data.x86_vendor == X86_VENDOR_INTEL &&
- boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_NOPL))
- return p6_nops;
- else
- return k8_nops;
-}
-
-#else /* CONFIG_X86_64 */
+ switch (boot_cpu_data.x86_vendor) {
+ case X86_VENDOR_INTEL:
+ /*
+ * Due to a decoder implementation quirk, some
+ * specific Intel CPUs actually perform better with
+ * the "k8_nops" than with the SDM-recommended NOPs.
+ */
+ if (boot_cpu_data.x86 == 6 &&
+ boot_cpu_data.x86_model >= 0x0f &&
+ boot_cpu_data.x86_model != 0x1c &&
+ boot_cpu_data.x86_model != 0x26 &&
+ boot_cpu_data.x86_model != 0x27 &&
+ boot_cpu_data.x86_model < 0x30) {
+ ideal_nops = k8_nops;
+ } else if (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_NOPL)) {
+ ideal_nops = p6_nops;
+ } else {
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
+ ideal_nops = k8_nops;
+#else
+ ideal_nops = intel_nops;
+#endif
+ }
-static const unsigned char *const *__init_or_module find_nop_table(void)
-{
- if (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_K8))
- return k8_nops;
- else if (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_K7))
- return k7_nops;
- else if (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_NOPL))
- return p6_nops;
- else
- return intel_nops;
+ default:
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
+ ideal_nops = k8_nops;
+#else
+ if (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_K8))
+ ideal_nops = k8_nops;
+ else if (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_K7))
+ ideal_nops = k7_nops;
+ else
+ ideal_nops = intel_nops;
+#endif
+ }
}
-#endif /* CONFIG_X86_64 */
-
/* Use this to add nops to a buffer, then text_poke the whole buffer. */
static void __init_or_module add_nops(void *insns, unsigned int len)
{
- const unsigned char *const *noptable = find_nop_table();
-
while (len > 0) {
unsigned int noplen = len;
if (noplen > ASM_NOP_MAX)
noplen = ASM_NOP_MAX;
- memcpy(insns, noptable[noplen], noplen);
+ memcpy(insns, ideal_nops[noplen], noplen);
insns += noplen;
len -= noplen;
}
@@ -195,6 +250,7 @@ static void __init_or_module add_nops(void *insns, unsigned int len)
extern struct alt_instr __alt_instructions[], __alt_instructions_end[];
extern s32 __smp_locks[], __smp_locks_end[];
+extern char __vsyscall_0;
void *text_poke_early(void *addr, const void *opcode, size_t len);
/* Replace instructions with better alternatives for this CPU type.
@@ -687,29 +743,3 @@ void __kprobes text_poke_smp_batch(struct text_poke_param *params, int n)
wrote_text = 0;
__stop_machine(stop_machine_text_poke, (void *)&tpp, NULL);
}
-
-#if defined(CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE) || defined(CONFIG_JUMP_LABEL)
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
-unsigned char ideal_nop5[5] = { 0x66, 0x66, 0x66, 0x66, 0x90 };
-#else
-unsigned char ideal_nop5[5] = { 0x3e, 0x8d, 0x74, 0x26, 0x00 };
-#endif
-
-void __init arch_init_ideal_nop5(void)
-{
- /*
- * There is no good nop for all x86 archs. This selection
- * algorithm should be unified with the one in find_nop_table(),
- * but this should be good enough for now.
- *
- * For cases other than the ones below, use the safe (as in
- * always functional) defaults above.
- */
-#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
- /* Don't use these on 32 bits due to broken virtualizers */
- if (boot_cpu_data.x86_vendor == X86_VENDOR_INTEL)
- memcpy(ideal_nop5, p6_nops[5], 5);
-#endif
-}
-#endif