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authorJoey Gouly <joey.gouly@arm.com>2022-08-30 11:48:32 +0100
committerCatalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>2022-09-09 12:27:25 +0100
commit4e3bca8f7cdd3b658ee7ad700fdce95b5e13a441 (patch)
tree60bf7fbce949f8037afa55f3e0081a316cdd31b1 /arch/arm64/kernel/alternative.c
parentb3adc3844e1dedd05fa8d09633eaa8ddc5ddcece (diff)
downloadlinux-4e3bca8f7cdd3b658ee7ad700fdce95b5e13a441.tar.bz2
arm64: alternative: patch alternatives in the vDSO
Make it possible to use alternatives in the vDSO, so that better implementations can be used if possible. Signed-off-by: Joey Gouly <joey.gouly@arm.com> Cc: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org> Cc: Vincenzo Frascino <vincenzo.frascino@arm.com> Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com> Acked-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220830104833.34636-3-joey.gouly@arm.com Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/arm64/kernel/alternative.c')
-rw-r--r--arch/arm64/kernel/alternative.c28
1 files changed, 28 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/alternative.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/alternative.c
index 9bcaa5eacf16..a97775963f35 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/alternative.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/alternative.c
@@ -10,11 +10,14 @@
#include <linux/init.h>
#include <linux/cpu.h>
+#include <linux/elf.h>
#include <asm/cacheflush.h>
#include <asm/alternative.h>
#include <asm/cpufeature.h>
#include <asm/insn.h>
+#include <asm/module.h>
#include <asm/sections.h>
+#include <asm/vdso.h>
#include <linux/stop_machine.h>
#define __ALT_PTR(a, f) ((void *)&(a)->f + (a)->f)
@@ -192,6 +195,30 @@ static void __nocfi __apply_alternatives(struct alt_region *region, bool is_modu
}
}
+void apply_alternatives_vdso(void)
+{
+ struct alt_region region;
+ const struct elf64_hdr *hdr;
+ const struct elf64_shdr *shdr;
+ const struct elf64_shdr *alt;
+ DECLARE_BITMAP(all_capabilities, ARM64_NPATCHABLE);
+
+ bitmap_fill(all_capabilities, ARM64_NPATCHABLE);
+
+ hdr = (struct elf64_hdr *)vdso_start;
+ shdr = (void *)hdr + hdr->e_shoff;
+ alt = find_section(hdr, shdr, ".altinstructions");
+ if (!alt)
+ return;
+
+ region = (struct alt_region){
+ .begin = (void *)hdr + alt->sh_offset,
+ .end = (void *)hdr + alt->sh_offset + alt->sh_size,
+ };
+
+ __apply_alternatives(&region, false, &all_capabilities[0]);
+}
+
/*
* We might be patching the stop_machine state machine, so implement a
* really simple polling protocol here.
@@ -225,6 +252,7 @@ static int __apply_alternatives_multi_stop(void *unused)
void __init apply_alternatives_all(void)
{
+ apply_alternatives_vdso();
/* better not try code patching on a live SMP system */
stop_machine(__apply_alternatives_multi_stop, NULL, cpu_online_mask);
}