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[v4,19/30] stackleack: Mark stack_erasing_bypass key as allowed in .noinstr

Message ID 20250114175143.81438-20-vschneid@redhat.com (mailing list archive)
State New
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Series context_tracking,x86: Defer some IPIs until a user->kernel transition | expand

Commit Message

Valentin Schneider Jan. 14, 2025, 5:51 p.m. UTC 
Later commits will cause objtool to warn about static keys being used in
.noinstr sections in order to safely defer instruction patching IPIs
targeted at NOHZ_FULL CPUs.

stack_erasing_bypass is used in .noinstr code, and can be modified at runtime
(proc/sys/kernel/stack_erasing write). However it is not expected that it
will be  flipped during latency-sensitive operations, and thus shouldn't be
a source of interference wrt the text patching IPI.

Mark it to let objtool know not to warn about it.

Reported-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Valentin Schneider <vschneid@redhat.com>
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 kernel/stackleak.c | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
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diff --git a/kernel/stackleak.c b/kernel/stackleak.c
index 39fd620a7db6f..a4f07fbc13f61 100644
--- a/kernel/stackleak.c
+++ b/kernel/stackleak.c
@@ -18,7 +18,11 @@ 
 #include <linux/sysctl.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
 
-static DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(stack_erasing_bypass);
+/*
+ * This static key can only be modified via its sysctl interface. It is
+ * expected it will remain stable during latency-senstive operations.
+ */
+static DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE_NOINSTR(stack_erasing_bypass);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL
 static int stack_erasing_sysctl(const struct ctl_table *table, int write,