There is no apparent reason not to use text_poke_early() during
early-init, since no patching of code that might be on the stack is done
and only a single core is running.
This is required for the next patches that would set a temporary mm for
text poking, and this mm is only initialized after some static-keys are
enabled/disabled.
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Nadav Amit <namit@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@xxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kernel/jump_label.c | 7 ++++++-
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/jump_label.c b/arch/x86/kernel/jump_label.c
index f99bd26bd3f1..e7d8c636b228 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/jump_label.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/jump_label.c
@@ -50,7 +50,12 @@ static void __ref __jump_label_transform(struct jump_entry *entry,
jmp.offset = jump_entry_target(entry) -
(jump_entry_code(entry) + JUMP_LABEL_NOP_SIZE);
- if (early_boot_irqs_disabled)
+ /*
+ * As long as only a single processor is running and the code is still
+ * not marked as RO, text_poke_early() can be used; Checking that
+ * system_state is SYSTEM_BOOTING guarantees it.
+ */
+ if (system_state == SYSTEM_BOOTING)
poker = text_poke_early;
if (type == JUMP_LABEL_JMP) {
--
2.17.1
