3.16.68-rc1 review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@xxxxxxx> Cc: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@xxxxxxx> Cc: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: David Woodhouse <dwmw@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Casey Schaufler <casey.schaufler@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Asit Mallick <asit.k.mallick@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Jon Masters <jcm@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Waiman Long <longman9394@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Dave Stewart <david.c.stewart@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20181125185005.374062201@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [bwh: Backported to 3.16: adjust context] Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- 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.
