3.16.68-rc1 review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
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From: Thomas Gleixner tglx@linutronix.de
commit 5635d99953f04b550738f6f4c1c532667c3fd872 upstream.
The TIF_SPEC_IB bit does not need to be evaluated in the decision to invoke __switch_to_xtra() when:
- CONFIG_SMP is disabled
- The conditional STIPB mode is disabled
The TIF_SPEC_IB bit still controls IBPB in both cases so the TIF work mask checks might invoke __switch_to_xtra() for nothing if TIF_SPEC_IB is the only set bit in the work masks.
Optimize it out by masking the bit at compile time for CONFIG_SMP=n and at run time when the static key controlling the conditional STIBP mode is disabled.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner tglx@linutronix.de Reviewed-by: Ingo Molnar mingo@kernel.org Cc: Peter Zijlstra peterz@infradead.org Cc: Andy Lutomirski luto@kernel.org Cc: Linus Torvalds torvalds@linux-foundation.org Cc: Jiri Kosina jkosina@suse.cz Cc: Tom Lendacky thomas.lendacky@amd.com Cc: Josh Poimboeuf jpoimboe@redhat.com Cc: Andrea Arcangeli aarcange@redhat.com Cc: David Woodhouse dwmw@amazon.co.uk Cc: Tim Chen tim.c.chen@linux.intel.com Cc: Andi Kleen ak@linux.intel.com Cc: Dave Hansen dave.hansen@intel.com Cc: Casey Schaufler casey.schaufler@intel.com Cc: Asit Mallick asit.k.mallick@intel.com Cc: Arjan van de Ven arjan@linux.intel.com Cc: Jon Masters jcm@redhat.com Cc: Waiman Long longman9394@gmail.com Cc: Greg KH gregkh@linuxfoundation.org Cc: Dave Stewart david.c.stewart@intel.com Cc: Kees Cook keescook@chromium.org Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20181125185005.374062201@linutronix.de [bwh: Backported to 3.16: adjust context] Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings ben@decadent.org.uk --- arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h | 13 +++++++++++-- arch/x86/kernel/process.h | 15 +++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h @@ -149,9 +149,18 @@ struct thread_info { _TIF_USER_RETURN_NOTIFY | _TIF_UPROBE)
/* flags to check in __switch_to() */ -#define _TIF_WORK_CTXSW \ +#define _TIF_WORK_CTXSW_BASE \ (_TIF_IO_BITMAP|_TIF_NOTSC|_TIF_BLOCKSTEP| \ - _TIF_SSBD|_TIF_SPEC_IB) + _TIF_SSBD) + +/* + * Avoid calls to __switch_to_xtra() on UP as STIBP is not evaluated. + */ +#ifdef CONFIG_SMP +# define _TIF_WORK_CTXSW (_TIF_WORK_CTXSW_BASE | _TIF_SPEC_IB) +#else +# define _TIF_WORK_CTXSW (_TIF_WORK_CTXSW_BASE) +#endif
#define _TIF_WORK_CTXSW_PREV (_TIF_WORK_CTXSW|_TIF_USER_RETURN_NOTIFY) #define _TIF_WORK_CTXSW_NEXT (_TIF_WORK_CTXSW) --- a/arch/x86/kernel/process.h +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process.h @@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ // // Code shared between 32 and 64 bit
+#include <asm/spec-ctrl.h> + void __switch_to_xtra(struct task_struct *prev_p, struct task_struct *next_p);
/* @@ -14,6 +16,19 @@ static inline void switch_to_extra(struc unsigned long next_tif = task_thread_info(next)->flags; unsigned long prev_tif = task_thread_info(prev)->flags;
+ if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SMP)) { + /* + * Avoid __switch_to_xtra() invocation when conditional + * STIPB is disabled and the only different bit is + * TIF_SPEC_IB. For CONFIG_SMP=n TIF_SPEC_IB is not + * in the TIF_WORK_CTXSW masks. + */ + if (!static_branch_likely(&switch_to_cond_stibp)) { + prev_tif &= ~_TIF_SPEC_IB; + next_tif &= ~_TIF_SPEC_IB; + } + } + /* * __switch_to_xtra() handles debug registers, i/o bitmaps, * speculation mitigations etc.