[PATCH v1 2/3] arm64: alternative: patch alternatives in the vDSO

[Joey Gouly]

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 at arm.com>
Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas at arm.com>
Cc: Will Deacon <will at kernel.org>
Cc: Vincenzo Frascino <vincenzo.frascino at arm.com>
Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland at arm.com>
---
 arch/arm64/include/asm/vdso.h     |  3 +++
 arch/arm64/kernel/alternative.c   | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
 arch/arm64/kernel/vdso.c          |  3 ---
 arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/vdso.lds.S |  7 +++++++
 4 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/vdso.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/vdso.h
index f99dcb94b438..b4ae32109932 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/vdso.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/vdso.h
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@
 	(void *)(vdso_offset_##name - VDSO_LBASE + (unsigned long)(base)); \
 })
 
+extern char vdso_start[], vdso_end[];
+extern char vdso32_start[], vdso32_end[];
+
 #endif /* !__ASSEMBLY__ */
 
 #endif /* __ASM_VDSO_H */
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/alternative.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/alternative.c
index 9bcaa5eacf16..a4036194a5cd 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 +195,27 @@ static void __nocfi __apply_alternatives(struct alt_region *region, bool is_modu
 	}
 }
 
+void apply_alternatives_vdso(unsigned long *feature_mask)
+{
+	struct alt_region region;
+	const struct elf64_hdr *hdr;
+	const struct elf64_shdr *shdr;
+	const struct elf64_shdr *alt;
+
+	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, feature_mask);
+}
+
 /*
  * We might be patching the stop_machine state machine, so implement a
  * really simple polling protocol here.
@@ -216,6 +240,7 @@ static int __apply_alternatives_multi_stop(void *unused)
 
 		BUG_ON(all_alternatives_applied);
 		__apply_alternatives(&region, false, remaining_capabilities);
+		apply_alternatives_vdso(remaining_capabilities);
 		/* Barriers provided by the cache flushing */
 		all_alternatives_applied = 1;
 	}
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso.c
index a61fc4f989b3..ac93a2ee9c07 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso.c
@@ -29,9 +29,6 @@
 #include <asm/signal32.h>
 #include <asm/vdso.h>
 
-extern char vdso_start[], vdso_end[];
-extern char vdso32_start[], vdso32_end[];
-
 enum vdso_abi {
 	VDSO_ABI_AA64,
 	VDSO_ABI_AA32,
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/vdso.lds.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/vdso.lds.S
index e69fb4aaaf3e..6028f1fe2d1c 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/vdso.lds.S
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/vdso.lds.S
@@ -48,6 +48,13 @@ SECTIONS
 	PROVIDE (_etext = .);
 	PROVIDE (etext = .);
 
+	. = ALIGN(4);
+	.altinstructions : {
+		__alt_instructions = .;
+		*(.altinstructions)
+		__alt_instructions_end = .;
+	}
+
 	.dynamic	: { *(.dynamic) }		:text	:dynamic
 
 	.rela.dyn	: ALIGN(8) { *(.rela .rela*) }
-- 
2.17.1