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From:   Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net>
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Subject: Re: [patch V4 part 4 02/24] x86/int3: Avoid atomic instrumentation
Date:   Thu, 14 May 2020 08:08:46 -0700
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To:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
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> On May 14, 2020, at 8:06 AM, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> wrote:
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> =EF=BB=BFPeter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> writes:
>>> On Thu, May 14, 2020 at 02:51:32PM +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
>>> Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> writes:
>>>> On Wed, May 13, 2020 at 09:57:52PM -0700, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
>>>>> On Tue, May 5, 2020 at 7:15 AM Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> wr=
ote:
>>>>>>=20
>>>>>> From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
>>>>>>=20
>>>>>> Use arch_atomic_*() and READ_ONCE_NOCHECK() to ensure nothing untowar=
d
>>>>>> creeps in and ruins things.
>>>>>>=20
>>>>>> That is; this is the INT3 text poke handler, strictly limit the code
>>>>>> that runs in it, lest it inadvertenly hits yet another INT3.
>>>>>=20
>>>>>=20
>>>>> Acked-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
>>>>>=20
>>>>> Does objtool catch this error?
>>>>=20
>>>> It does not. I'll put it on the (endless) todo list..
>>>=20
>>> Well, at least it detects when that code calls out into something which
>>> is not in the non-instrumentable section.
>>=20
>> True, but the more specific problem is that noinstr code can use
>> jump_label/static_call just fine.
>>=20
>> So a more specific test is validating none of that happens in the INT3
>> handler before poke_int3_handler(). Which is what I think Andy was
>> after.
>=20
> Indeed. Forgot about that one.
>=20
> Hmm, alternatives and jumplabel patch locations in entry.text and
> noinstr.text can be valid at least during early boot where we know that
> we don't run those code pathes...

Alternatives should be valid regardless. Isn=E2=80=99t the world essentially=
 stopped while we apply them?

>=20
> Thanks,
>=20
>        tglx