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[ Upstream commit a2c0b0fbe01419f8f5d1c0b9c581631f34ffce8b ] The alternatives code must be `noinstr` such that it does not patch itself, as the cache invalidation is only performed after all the alternatives have been applied. Mark patch_alternative() as `noinstr`. Mark branch_insn_requires_update() and get_alt_insn() with `__always_inline` since they are both only called through patch_alternative(). Booting a kernel in QEMU TCG with KCSAN=y and ARM64_USE_LSE_ATOMICS=y caused a boot hang: [ 0.241121] CPU: All CPU(s) started at EL2 The alternatives code was patching the atomics in __tsan_read4() from LL/SC atomics to LSE atomics. The following fragment is using LL/SC atomics in the .text section: | <__tsan_unaligned_read4+304>: ldxr x6, [x2] | <__tsan_unaligned_read4+308>: add x6, x6, x5 | <__tsan_unaligned_read4+312>: stxr w7, x6, [x2] | <__tsan_unaligned_read4+316>: cbnz w7, <__tsan_unaligned_read4+304> This LL/SC atomic sequence was to be replaced with LSE atomics. However since the alternatives code was instrumentable, __tsan_read4() was being called after only the first instruction was replaced, which led to the following code in memory: | <__tsan_unaligned_read4+304>: ldadd x5, x6, [x2] | <__tsan_unaligned_read4+308>: add x6, x6, x5 | <__tsan_unaligned_read4+312>: stxr w7, x6, [x2] | <__tsan_unaligned_read4+316>: cbnz w7, <__tsan_unaligned_read4+304> This caused an infinite loop as the `stxr` instruction never completed successfully, so `w7` was always 0. Signed-off-by: Joey Gouly <joey.gouly@arm.com> Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com> Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com> Cc: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220405104733.11476-1-joey.gouly@arm.com Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.