user/sven/linux.git/include/linux/jump_label.h, branch v5.15.69

jump_label,noinstr: Avoid instrumentation for JUMP_LABEL=n builds

2022-06-14T16:36:23Z

[ Upstream commit 656d054e0a15ec327bd82801ccd58201e59f6896 ] When building x86_64 with JUMP_LABEL=n it's possible for instrumentation to sneak into noinstr: vmlinux.o: warning: objtool: exit_to_user_mode+0x14: call to static_key_count.constprop.0() leaves .noinstr.text section vmlinux.o: warning: objtool: syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x2d: call to static_key_count.constprop.0() leaves .noinstr.text section vmlinux.o: warning: objtool: irqentry_exit_to_user_mode+0x1b: call to static_key_count.constprop.0() leaves .noinstr.text section Switch to arch_ prefixed atomic to avoid the explicit instrumentation. Reported-by: kernel test robot Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

jump_label: Free jump_entry::key bit1 for build use

2021-05-12T12:54:55Z

Have jump_label_init() set jump_entry::key bit1 to either 0 ot 1 unconditionally. This makes it available for build-time games. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210506194157.906893264@infradead.org

jump_label, x86: Introduce jump_entry_size()

2021-05-12T12:54:55Z

This allows architectures to have variable sized jumps. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210506194157.786777050@infradead.org

jump_label: Provide CONFIG-driven build state defaults

2021-04-08T12:05:19Z

As shown in the comment in jump_label.h, choosing the initial state of static branches changes the assembly layout. If the condition is expected to be likely it's inline, and if unlikely it is out of line via a jump. A few places in the kernel use (or could be using) a CONFIG to choose the default state, which would give a small performance benefit to their compile-time declared default. Provide the infrastructure to do this. Signed-off-by: Kees Cook Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210401232347.2791257-2-keescook@chromium.org

jump_label: Do not profile branch annotations

2021-01-22T10:08:56Z

While running my branch profiler that checks for incorrect "likely" and "unlikely"s around the kernel, there's a large number of them that are incorrect due to being "static_branches". As static_branches are rather special, as they are likely or unlikely for other reasons than normal annotations are used for, there's no reason to have them be profiled. Expose the "unlikely_notrace" and "likely_notrace" so that the static_branch can use them, and have them be ignored by the branch profilers. Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20201211163754.585174b9@gandalf.local.home

docs: move remaining stuff under Documentation/*.txt to Documentation/staging

2020-06-19T20:17:05Z

There are several files that I was unable to find a proper place for them, and 3 ones that are still in plain old text format. Let's place those stuff behind the carpet, as we'd like to keep the root directory clean. We can later discuss and move those into better places. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/11bd0d75e65a874f7c276a0aeab0fe13f3376f5f.1592203650.git.mchehab+huawei@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet

jump_label: Batch updates if arch supports it

2019-06-17T10:09:22Z

If the architecture supports the batching of jump label updates, use it! An easy way to see the benefits of this patch is switching the schedstats on and off. For instance: -------------------------- %< ---------------------------- #!/bin/sh while [ true ]; do sysctl -w kernel.sched_schedstats=1 sleep 2 sysctl -w kernel.sched_schedstats=0 sleep 2 done -------------------------- >% ---------------------------- while watching the IPI count: -------------------------- %< ---------------------------- # watch -n1 "cat /proc/interrupts | grep Function" -------------------------- >% ---------------------------- With the current mode, it is possible to see +- 168 IPIs each 2 seconds, while with this patch the number of IPIs goes to 3 each 2 seconds. Regarding the performance impact of this patch set, I made two measurements: The time to update a key (the task that is causing the change) The time to run the int3 handler (the side effect on a thread that hits the code being changed) The schedstats static key was chosen as the key to being switched on and off. The reason being is that it is used in more than 56 places, in a hot path. The change in the schedstats static key will be done with the following command: while [ true ]; do sysctl -w kernel.sched_schedstats=1 usleep 500000 sysctl -w kernel.sched_schedstats=0 usleep 500000 done In this way, they key will be updated twice per second. To force the hit of the int3 handler, the system will also run a kernel compilation with two jobs per CPU. The test machine is a two nodes/24 CPUs box with an Intel Xeon processor @2.27GHz. Regarding the update part, on average, the regular kernel takes 57 ms to update the schedstats key, while the kernel with the batch updates takes just 1.4 ms on average. Although it seems to be too good to be true, it makes sense: the schedstats key is used in 56 places, so it was expected that it would take around 56 times to update the keys with the current implementation, as the IPIs are the most expensive part of the update. Regarding the int3 handler, the non-batch handler takes 45 ns on average, while the batch version takes around 180 ns. At first glance, it seems to be a high value. But it is not, considering that it is doing 56 updates, rather than one! It is taking four times more, only. This gain is possible because the patch uses a binary search in the vector: log2(56)=5.8. So, it was expected to have an overhead within four times. (voice of tv propaganda) But, that is not all! As the int3 handler keeps on for a shorter period (because the update part is on for a shorter time), the number of hits in the int3 handler decreased by 10%. The question then is: Is it worth paying the price of "135 ns" more in the int3 handler? Considering that, in this test case, we are saving the handling of 53 IPIs, that takes more than these 135 ns, it seems to be a meager price to be paid. Moreover, the test case was forcing the hit of the int3, in practice, it does not take that often. While the IPI takes place on all CPUs, hitting the int3 handler or not! For instance, in an isolated CPU with a process running in user-space (nohz_full use-case), the chances of hitting the int3 handler is barely zero, while there is no way to avoid the IPIs. By bounding the IPIs, we are improving a lot this scenario. Signed-off-by: Daniel Bristot de Oliveira Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) Cc: Borislav Petkov Cc: Chris von Recklinghausen Cc: Clark Williams Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman Cc: H. Peter Anvin Cc: Jason Baron Cc: Jiri Kosina Cc: Josh Poimboeuf Cc: Linus Torvalds Cc: Marcelo Tosatti Cc: Masami Hiramatsu Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Scott Wood Cc: Steven Rostedt (VMware) Cc: Thomas Gleixner Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/acc891dbc2dbc9fd616dd680529a2337b1d1274c.1560325897.git.bristot@redhat.com Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

jump_label: move 'asm goto' support test to Kconfig

2019-01-06T00:46:51Z

Currently, CONFIG_JUMP_LABEL just means "I _want_ to use jump label". The jump label is controlled by HAVE_JUMP_LABEL, which is defined like this: #if defined(CC_HAVE_ASM_GOTO) && defined(CONFIG_JUMP_LABEL) # define HAVE_JUMP_LABEL #endif We can improve this by testing 'asm goto' support in Kconfig, then make JUMP_LABEL depend on CC_HAS_ASM_GOTO. Ugly #ifdef HAVE_JUMP_LABEL will go away, and CONFIG_JUMP_LABEL will match to the real kernel capability. Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada Acked-by: Michael Ellerman (powerpc) Tested-by: Sedat Dilek

jump_label: Annotate entries that operate on __init code earlier

2018-09-27T15:56:48Z

Jump table entries are mostly read-only, with the exception of the init and module loader code that defuses entries that point into init code when the code being referred to is freed. For robustness, it would be better to move these entries into the ro_after_init section, but clearing the 'code' member of each jump table entry referring to init code at module load time races with the module_enable_ro() call that remaps the ro_after_init section read only, so we'd like to do it earlier. So given that whether such an entry refers to init code can be decided much earlier, we can pull this check forward. Since we may still need the code entry at this point, let's switch to setting a low bit in the 'key' member just like we do to annotate the default state of a jump table entry. Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner Reviewed-by: Kees Cook Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org Cc: linux-s390@vger.kernel.org Cc: Arnd Bergmann Cc: Heiko Carstens Cc: Will Deacon Cc: Catalin Marinas Cc: Steven Rostedt Cc: Martin Schwidefsky Cc: Jessica Yu Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180919065144.25010-8-ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org

jump_label: Implement generic support for relative references

2018-09-27T15:56:47Z

To reduce the size taken up by absolute references in jump label entries themselves and the associated relocation records in the .init segment, add support for emitting them as relative references instead. Note that this requires some extra care in the sorting routine, given that the offsets change when entries are moved around in the jump_entry table. Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org Cc: linux-s390@vger.kernel.org Cc: Arnd Bergmann Cc: Heiko Carstens Cc: Kees Cook Cc: Will Deacon Cc: Catalin Marinas Cc: Steven Rostedt Cc: Martin Schwidefsky Cc: Jessica Yu Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180919065144.25010-3-ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org