Re: [PATCH 5/7] jump_label,noinstr: Avoid instrumentation for JUMP_LABEL=n builds

From: Marco Elver
Date: Mon May 30 2022 - 09:20:48 EST


On Thu, May 26, 2022 at 12:52PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> 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 <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Marco Elver <elver@xxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
> include/linux/jump_label.h | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> --- a/include/linux/jump_label.h
> +++ b/include/linux/jump_label.h
> @@ -256,9 +256,9 @@ extern void static_key_disable_cpuslocke
> #include <linux/atomic.h>
> #include <linux/bug.h>
>
> -static inline int static_key_count(struct static_key *key)
> +static __always_inline int static_key_count(struct static_key *key)
> {
> - return atomic_read(&key->enabled);
> + return arch_atomic_read(&key->enabled);
> }
>
> static __always_inline void jump_label_init(void)
>
>