[PATCH 19/20] x86/uaccess: Use alternative_io() in __untagged_addr()

Josh Poimboeuf posted 20 patches 9 months, 1 week ago
[PATCH 19/20] x86/uaccess: Use alternative_io() in __untagged_addr()
Posted by Josh Poimboeuf 9 months, 1 week ago
Use the standard alternative_io() interface.

Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>
---
 arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_64.h | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_64.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_64.h
index c52f0133425b..b507d5fb5443 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_64.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_64.h
@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@ extern unsigned long USER_PTR_MAX;
  */
 static inline unsigned long __untagged_addr(unsigned long addr)
 {
-	asm (ALTERNATIVE("",
-			 "and " __percpu_arg([mask]) ", %[addr]", X86_FEATURE_LAM)
-	     : [addr] "+r" (addr)
-	     : [mask] "m" (__my_cpu_var(tlbstate_untag_mask)));
+	alternative_io("",
+		       "and " __percpu_arg([mask]) ", %[addr]", X86_FEATURE_LAM,
+		       ARG([addr] "+r" (addr)),
+		       ARG([mask] "m" (__my_cpu_var(tlbstate_untag_mask))));
 
 	return addr;
 }
-- 
2.48.1
Re: [PATCH 19/20] x86/uaccess: Use alternative_io() in __untagged_addr()
Posted by Uros Bizjak 9 months, 1 week ago
On Fri, Mar 14, 2025 at 10:42 PM Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org> wrote:
>
> Use the standard alternative_io() interface.
>
> Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>
> ---
>  arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_64.h | 8 ++++----
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_64.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_64.h
> index c52f0133425b..b507d5fb5443 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_64.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_64.h
> @@ -26,10 +26,10 @@ extern unsigned long USER_PTR_MAX;
>   */
>  static inline unsigned long __untagged_addr(unsigned long addr)
>  {
> -       asm (ALTERNATIVE("",
> -                        "and " __percpu_arg([mask]) ", %[addr]", X86_FEATURE_LAM)
> -            : [addr] "+r" (addr)
> -            : [mask] "m" (__my_cpu_var(tlbstate_untag_mask)));
> +       alternative_io("",

No, alternative_io() declares asm as volatile. Please define
alternative_io_nv (or something like that)  that will not use
volatile. You will penalize the above asm unnecessarily with volatile.

Thanks,
Uros.