linux-dev/tools/objtool/arch, branch master

objtool,x86: Teach decode about LOOP* instructions

2022-09-15T14:13:55Z

When 'discussing' control flow Masami mentioned the LOOP* instructions and I realized objtool doesn't decode them properly. As it turns out, these instructions are somewhat inefficient and as such unlikely to be emitted by the compiler (a few vmlinux.o checks can't find a single one) so this isn't critical, but still, best to decode them properly. Reported-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/Yxhd4EMKyoFoH9y4@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net

x86,objtool: Create .return_sites

2022-06-27T08:33:58Z

Find all the return-thunk sites and record them in a .return_sites section such that the kernel can undo this. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov Reviewed-by: Josh Poimboeuf Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov

objtool: Reorganize cmdline options

2022-04-22T10:32:01Z

Split the existing options into two groups: actions, which actually do something; and options, which modify the actions in some way. Also there's no need to have short flags for all the non-action options. Reserve short flags for the more important actions. While at it: - change a few of the short flags to be more intuitive - make option descriptions more consistently descriptive - sort options in the source like they are when printed - move options to a global struct Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) Reviewed-by: Miroslav Benes Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/9dcaa752f83aca24b1b21f0b0eeb28a0c181c0b0.1650300597.git.jpoimboe@redhat.com

objtool: Add IBT/ENDBR decoding

2022-03-15T09:32:46Z

Intel IBT requires the target of any indirect CALL or JMP instruction to be the ENDBR instruction; optionally it allows those two instructions to have a NOTRACK prefix in order to avoid this requirement. The kernel will not enable the use of NOTRACK, as such any occurence of it in compiler generated code should be flagged. Teach objtool to Decode ENDBR instructions and WARN about NOTRACK prefixes. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) Acked-by: Josh Poimboeuf Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220308154319.645963517@infradead.org

tools/objtool: Check for use of the ENQCMD instruction in the kernel

2022-03-15T09:32:30Z

The ENQCMD instruction implicitly accesses the PASID_MSR to fill in the pasid field of the descriptor being submitted to an accelerator. But there is no precise (and stable across kernel changes) point at which the PASID_MSR is updated from the value for one task to the next. Kernel code that uses accelerators must always use the ENQCMDS instruction which does not access the PASID_MSR. Check for use of the ENQCMD instruction in the kernel and warn on its usage. Signed-off-by: Fenghua Yu Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov Reviewed-by: Tony Luck Acked-by: Josh Poimboeuf Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220207230254.3342514-11-fenghua.yu@intel.com Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra

objtool: Add straight-line-speculation validation

2021-12-08T18:26:50Z

Teach objtool to validate the straight-line-speculation constraints: - speculation trap after indirect calls - speculation trap after RET Notable: when an instruction is annotated RETPOLINE_SAFE, indicating speculation isn't a problem, also don't care about sls for that instruction. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211204134908.023037659@infradead.org

objtool,x86: Replace alternatives with .retpoline_sites

2021-10-28T21:25:25Z

Instead of writing complete alternatives, simply provide a list of all the retpoline thunk calls. Then the kernel is free to do with them as it pleases. Simpler code all-round. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) Reviewed-by: Borislav Petkov Acked-by: Josh Poimboeuf Tested-by: Alexei Starovoitov Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211026120309.850007165@infradead.org

Merge branch 'objtool/urgent'

2021-10-06T22:40:17Z

Fixup conflicts. # Conflicts: # tools/objtool/check.c

objtool: Make .altinstructions section entry size consistent

2021-10-05T19:03:20Z

Commit e31694e0a7a7 ("objtool: Don't make .altinstructions writable") aligned objtool-created and kernel-created .altinstructions section flags, but there remains a minor discrepency in their use of a section entry size: objtool sets one while the kernel build does not. While sh_entsize of sizeof(struct alt_instr) seems intuitive, this small deviation can cause failures with external tooling (kpatch-build). Fix this by creating new .altinstructions sections with sh_entsize of 0 and then later updating sec->sh_size as alternatives are added to the section. An added benefit is avoiding the data descriptor and buffer created by elf_create_section(), but previously unused by elf_add_alternative(). Fixes: 9bc0bb50727c ("objtool/x86: Rewrite retpoline thunk calls") Signed-off-by: Joe Lawrence Reviewed-by: Miroslav Benes Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210822225037.54620-2-joe.lawrence@redhat.com Cc: Andy Lavr Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: x86@kernel.org Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org

objtool: Support pv_opsindirect calls for noinstr

2021-09-17T11:20:26Z

Normally objtool will now follow indirect calls; there is no need. However, this becomes a problem with noinstr validation; if there's an indirect call from noinstr code, we very much need to know it is to another noinstr function. Luckily there aren't many indirect calls in entry code with the obvious exception of paravirt. As such, noinstr validation didn't work with paravirt kernels. In order to track pv_ops[] call targets, objtool reads the static pv_ops[] tables as well as direct assignments to the pv_ops[] array, provided the compiler makes them a single instruction like: bf87: 48 c7 05 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 movq $0x0,0x0(%rip) bf92 bf8a: R_X86_64_PC32 pv_ops+0x268 There are, as of yet, no warnings for when this goes wrong :/ Using the functions found with the above means, all pv_ops[] calls are now subject to noinstr validation. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210624095149.118815755@infradead.org