x86/altcall: Check and optimise altcall targets

When converting indirect to direct calls, there is no need to execute endbr64
instructions.  Detect and optimise this case, leaving a warning in the case
that no endbr64 was found, as it likely indicates a build error.

Signed-off-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com>
Reviewed-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com>
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Andrew Cooper committed 2022-02-23 15:33:43 +00:00
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@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
#include <xen/delay.h>
#include <xen/types.h>
#include <asm/apic.h>
#include <asm/endbr.h>
#include <asm/processor.h>
#include <asm/alternative.h>
#include <xen/init.h>
@@ -279,6 +280,28 @@ static void init_or_livepatch _apply_alternatives(struct alt_instr *start,
if ( dest )
{
/*
* When building for CET-IBT, all function pointer targets
* should have an endbr64 instruction.
*
* If this is not the case, leave a warning because
* something is probably wrong with the build. A CET-IBT
* enabled system might have exploded already.
*
* Otherwise, skip the endbr64 instruction. This is a
* marginal perf improvement which saves on instruction
* decode bandwidth.
*/
if ( IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_HAS_CC_CET_IBT) )
{
if ( is_endbr64(dest) )
dest += ENDBR64_LEN;
else
printk(XENLOG_WARNING
"altcall %ps dest %ps has no endbr64\n",
orig, dest);
}
disp = dest - (orig + 5);
ASSERT(disp == (int32_t)disp);
*(int32_t *)(buf + 1) = disp;
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