Re: [PATCH v5 02/10] x86/jump_label: Use text_poke_early() during early init

[Peter Zijlstra]

On Tue, Nov 20, 2018 at 10:10:14AM -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> On 11/13/18 5:07 AM, Nadav Amit wrote:
> > There is no apparent reason not to use text_poke_early() while we are
> > during early-init and we do not patch code that might be on the stack
> > (i.e., we'll return to the middle of the patched code). This appears to
> > be the case of jump-labels, so do so.
> > 
> > This is required for the next patches that would set a temporary mm for
> > patching, which is initialized after some static-keys are
> > enabled/disabled.
> > 
> > Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Co-Developed-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Nadav Amit <namit@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  arch/x86/kernel/jump_label.c | 7 ++++++-
> >  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/jump_label.c b/arch/x86/kernel/jump_label.c
> > index aac0c1f7e354..ed5fe274a7d8 100644
> > --- a/arch/x86/kernel/jump_label.c
> > +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/jump_label.c
> > @@ -52,7 +52,12 @@ static void __ref __jump_label_transform(struct jump_entry *entry,
> >  	jmp.offset = jump_entry_target(entry) -
> >  		     (jump_entry_code(entry) + JUMP_LABEL_NOP_SIZE);
> >  
> > -	if (early_boot_irqs_disabled)
> > +	/*
> > +	 * As long as we're UP and not yet marked RO, we can use
> > +	 * text_poke_early; SYSTEM_BOOTING guarantees both, as we switch to
> > +	 * SYSTEM_SCHEDULING before going either.
> > +	 */
> > +	if (system_state == SYSTEM_BOOTING)
> >  		poker = text_poke_early;
> >  
> >  	if (type == JUMP_LABEL_JMP) {
> > 
> 
> Can't we make this test in text_poke() directly, please?

He does that in 9/10 iirc.