arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@google.com>
Fix several build errors when CONFIG_MODULES=n, including the following:
../arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c:195:25: error: incomplete definition of type 'struct module'
195 | for (int i = 0; i < mod->its_num_pages; i++) {
Fixes: 872df34d7c51 ("x86/its: Use dynamic thunks for indirect branches")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@google.com>
---
arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
index 48fd04e90114..45bcff181cba 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
@@ -131,11 +131,13 @@ const unsigned char * const x86_nops[ASM_NOP_MAX+1] =
static bool cfi_paranoid __ro_after_init;
#endif
#ifdef CONFIG_MITIGATION_ITS
+#ifdef CONFIG_MODULES
static struct module *its_mod;
+#endif
static void *its_page;
static unsigned int its_offset;
/* Initialize a thunk with the "jmp *reg; int3" instructions. */
static void *its_init_thunk(void *thunk, int reg)
@@ -169,10 +171,11 @@ static void *its_init_thunk(void *thunk, int reg)
bytes[i++] = 0xcc;
return thunk + offset;
}
+#ifdef CONFIG_MODULES
void its_init_mod(struct module *mod)
{
if (!cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_INDIRECT_THUNK_ITS))
return;
@@ -207,18 +210,20 @@ void its_free_mod(struct module *mod)
void *page = mod->its_page_array[i];
execmem_free(page);
}
kfree(mod->its_page_array);
}
+#endif /* CONFIG_MODULES */
static void *its_alloc(void)
{
void *page __free(execmem) = execmem_alloc(EXECMEM_MODULE_TEXT, PAGE_SIZE);
if (!page)
return NULL;
+#ifdef CONFIG_MODULES
if (its_mod) {
void *tmp = krealloc(its_mod->its_page_array,
(its_mod->its_num_pages+1) * sizeof(void *),
GFP_KERNEL);
if (!tmp)
@@ -227,10 +232,11 @@ static void *its_alloc(void)
its_mod->its_page_array = tmp;
its_mod->its_page_array[its_mod->its_num_pages++] = page;
execmem_make_temp_rw(page, PAGE_SIZE);
}
+#endif /* CONFIG_MODULES */
return no_free_ptr(page);
}
static void *its_allocate_thunk(int reg)
base-commit: 627277ba7c2398dc4f95cc9be8222bb2d9477800
--
2.49.0
On 5/12/25 19:58, Eric Biggers wrote:
> From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@google.com>
>
> Fix several build errors when CONFIG_MODULES=n, including the following:
>
> ../arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c:195:25: error: incomplete definition of type 'struct module'
> 195 | for (int i = 0; i < mod->its_num_pages; i++) {
Thanks for sending this:
Acked-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com>
On 5/13/25 11:54, Dave Hansen wrote:
> On 5/12/25 19:58, Eric Biggers wrote:
>> From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@google.com>
>>
>> Fix several build errors when CONFIG_MODULES=n, including the following:
>>
>> ../arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c:195:25: error: incomplete definition of type 'struct module'
>> 195 | for (int i = 0; i < mod->its_num_pages; i++) {
Linus, could you pick this one up directly, please? The thread has acks
from a few folks already.
The normal x86/urgent branch doesn't have this bug yet and I don't want
to merge the existing pile of fixes with your tree at a completely
random point.
Oh, and you called it ... "done without public testing" strikes again.
On Tue, 13 May 2025 at 13:32, Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com> wrote:
>
> Linus, could you pick this one up directly, please?
Done. Thanks,
Linus
On Mon, 12 May 2025 19:58:39 -0700
Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org> wrote:
> Fixes: 872df34d7c51 ("x86/its: Use dynamic thunks for indirect branches")
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
No need to Cc stable. This isn't even in Linus's tree.
-- Steve
> Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@google.com>
Hi Steven,
On 13/05/25 23:47, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> On Mon, 12 May 2025 19:58:39 -0700
> Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org> wrote:
>
>> Fixes: 872df34d7c51 ("x86/its: Use dynamic thunks for indirect branches")
>> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
>
> No need to Cc stable. This isn't even in Linus's tree.
It is now(today) present I think:
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/872df34d7c51a79523820ea6a14860398c639b87
Greg queued this up for today's stable-rc which was released for Testing.
Informed him about this fix:
https://lore.kernel.org/all/88d537d6-57be-4fbc-9722-15997a022abb@oracle.com/
Thanks,
Harshit
> -- Steve
>
>> Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@google.com>
>
On Wed, 14 May 2025 00:53:26 +0530
Harshit Mogalapalli <harshit.m.mogalapalli@oracle.com> wrote:
> Hi Steven,
>
>
> On 13/05/25 23:47, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> > On Mon, 12 May 2025 19:58:39 -0700
> > Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org> wrote:
> >
> >> Fixes: 872df34d7c51 ("x86/its: Use dynamic thunks for indirect branches")
> >> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> >
> > No need to Cc stable. This isn't even in Linus's tree.
>
> It is now(today) present I think:
> https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/872df34d7c51a79523820ea6a14860398c639b87
Bah. My upstream repo gets updated every night via a cronjob, and that's
what I was looking at.
>
> Greg queued this up for today's stable-rc which was released for Testing.
I didn't see any "stable" or "fixes" tag in the offending commit, so I
definitely didn't expect it to be in stable :-p
>
> Informed him about this fix:
>
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/88d537d6-57be-4fbc-9722-15997a022abb@oracle.com/
Thanks for letting me know.
-- Steve
On Mon, 12 May 2025 19:58:39 -0700
Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org> wrote:
> From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@google.com>
>
> Fix several build errors when CONFIG_MODULES=n, including the following:
>
> ../arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c:195:25: error: incomplete definition of type 'struct module'
> 195 | for (int i = 0; i < mod->its_num_pages; i++) {
>
> Fixes: 872df34d7c51 ("x86/its: Use dynamic thunks for indirect branches")
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@google.com>
> ---
I just hit this build failure while running tests on patches that are on
top of tip/master.
Tested-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
-- Steve
On 5/13/25 04:58, Eric Biggers wrote:
> From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@google.com>
>
> Fix several build errors when CONFIG_MODULES=n, including the following:
>
> ../arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c:195:25: error: incomplete definition of type 'struct module'
> 195 | for (int i = 0; i < mod->its_num_pages; i++) {
>
> Fixes: 872df34d7c51 ("x86/its: Use dynamic thunks for indirect branches")
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@google.com>
> ---
> arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c | 6 ++++++
> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
>
Reviewed-by: Alexandre Chartre <alexandre.chartre@oracle.com>
alex.
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
> index 48fd04e90114..45bcff181cba 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c
> @@ -131,11 +131,13 @@ const unsigned char * const x86_nops[ASM_NOP_MAX+1] =
> static bool cfi_paranoid __ro_after_init;
> #endif
>
> #ifdef CONFIG_MITIGATION_ITS
>
> +#ifdef CONFIG_MODULES
> static struct module *its_mod;
> +#endif
> static void *its_page;
> static unsigned int its_offset;
>
> /* Initialize a thunk with the "jmp *reg; int3" instructions. */
> static void *its_init_thunk(void *thunk, int reg)
> @@ -169,10 +171,11 @@ static void *its_init_thunk(void *thunk, int reg)
> bytes[i++] = 0xcc;
>
> return thunk + offset;
> }
>
> +#ifdef CONFIG_MODULES
> void its_init_mod(struct module *mod)
> {
> if (!cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_INDIRECT_THUNK_ITS))
> return;
>
> @@ -207,18 +210,20 @@ void its_free_mod(struct module *mod)
> void *page = mod->its_page_array[i];
> execmem_free(page);
> }
> kfree(mod->its_page_array);
> }
> +#endif /* CONFIG_MODULES */
>
> static void *its_alloc(void)
> {
> void *page __free(execmem) = execmem_alloc(EXECMEM_MODULE_TEXT, PAGE_SIZE);
>
> if (!page)
> return NULL;
>
> +#ifdef CONFIG_MODULES
> if (its_mod) {
> void *tmp = krealloc(its_mod->its_page_array,
> (its_mod->its_num_pages+1) * sizeof(void *),
> GFP_KERNEL);
> if (!tmp)
> @@ -227,10 +232,11 @@ static void *its_alloc(void)
> its_mod->its_page_array = tmp;
> its_mod->its_page_array[its_mod->its_num_pages++] = page;
>
> execmem_make_temp_rw(page, PAGE_SIZE);
> }
> +#endif /* CONFIG_MODULES */
>
> return no_free_ptr(page);
> }
>
> static void *its_allocate_thunk(int reg)
>
> base-commit: 627277ba7c2398dc4f95cc9be8222bb2d9477800
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