File xsa469-01.patch of Package xen.39650
From: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com>
Subject: x86/alternative: Support replacements when a feature is not present
Use the top bit of a->cpuid to express inverted polarity. This requires
stripping the top bit back out when performing the sanity checks.
Despite only being used once, create a replace boolean to express the decision
more clearly in _apply_alternatives().
Signed-off-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com>
Reviewed-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com>
--- a/xen/arch/x86/alternative.c
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/alternative.c
@@ -206,10 +206,12 @@ static void init_or_livepatch _apply_alt
uint8_t *repl = ALT_REPL_PTR(a);
uint8_t buf[MAX_PATCH_LEN];
unsigned int total_len = a->orig_len + a->pad_len;
+ unsigned int feat = a->cpuid & ~ALT_FLAG_NOT;
+ bool inv = a->cpuid & ALT_FLAG_NOT, replace;
BUG_ON(a->repl_len > total_len);
BUG_ON(total_len > sizeof(buf));
- BUG_ON(a->cpuid >= NCAPINTS * 32);
+ BUG_ON(feat >= NCAPINTS * 32);
/*
* Detect sequences of alt_instr's patching the same origin site, and
@@ -232,8 +234,14 @@ static void init_or_livepatch _apply_alt
continue;
}
+ /*
+ * Should a replacement be performed? Most replacements have positive
+ * polarity, but we support negative polarity too.
+ */
+ replace = boot_cpu_has(feat) ^ inv;
+
/* If there is no replacement to make, see about optimising the nops. */
- if ( !boot_cpu_has(a->cpuid) )
+ if ( !replace )
{
/* Origin site site already touched? Don't nop anything. */
if ( base->priv )
--- a/xen/include/asm-x86/alternative.h
+++ b/xen/include/asm-x86/alternative.h
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
#ifndef __X86_ALTERNATIVE_H__
#define __X86_ALTERNATIVE_H__
+/*
+ * Common to both C and ASM. Express a replacement when a feature is not
+ * available.
+ */
+#define ALT_FLAG_NOT (1 << 15)
+#define ALT_NOT(x) (ALT_FLAG_NOT | (x))
+
#ifdef __ASSEMBLY__
#include <asm/alternative-asm.h>
#else
@@ -11,7 +18,7 @@
struct __packed alt_instr {
int32_t orig_offset; /* original instruction */
int32_t repl_offset; /* offset to replacement instruction */
- uint16_t cpuid; /* cpuid bit set for replacement */
+ uint16_t cpuid; /* cpuid bit set for replacement (top bit is polarity) */
uint8_t orig_len; /* length of original instruction */
uint8_t repl_len; /* length of new instruction */
uint8_t pad_len; /* length of build-time padding */