Functions that are passed to early_initcall should be of type
initcall_t, which expects a return type of int. This is not currently an
error but a patch in the Clang LTO series could change that in the
future.
Fixes: 9183c3f9ed ("static_call: Add inline static call infrastructure")
Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Reviewed-by: Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@google.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20200903203053.3411268-17-samitolvanen@google.com/
In order to use static_call() to wire up x86_pmu, we need to
initialize earlier, specifically before memory allocation works; copy
some of the tricks from jump_label to enable this.
Primarily we overload key->next to store a sites pointer when there
are no modules, this avoids having to use kmalloc() to initialize the
sites and allows us to run much earlier.
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200818135805.220737930@infradead.org
GCC can turn our static_call(name)(args...) into a tail call, in which
case we get a JMP.d32 into the trampoline (which then does a further
tail-call).
Teach objtool to recognise and mark these in .static_call_sites and
adjust the code patching to deal with this.
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200818135805.101186767@infradead.org
Extend the static_call infrastructure to optimize the following common
pattern:
if (func_ptr)
func_ptr(args...)
For the trampoline (which is in effect a tail-call), we patch the
JMP.d32 into a RET, which then directly consumes the trampoline call.
For the in-line sites we replace the CALL with a NOP5.
NOTE: this is 'obviously' limited to functions with a 'void' return type.
NOTE: DEFINE_STATIC_COND_CALL() only requires a typename, as opposed
to a full function.
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200818135805.042977182@infradead.org
Similar to how we disallow kprobes on any other dynamic text
(ftrace/jump_label) also disallow kprobes on inline static_call()s.
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200818135804.744920586@infradead.org
Add infrastructure for an arch-specific CONFIG_HAVE_STATIC_CALL_INLINE
option, which is a faster version of CONFIG_HAVE_STATIC_CALL. At
runtime, the static call sites are patched directly, rather than using
the out-of-line trampolines.
Compared to out-of-line static calls, the performance benefits are more
modest, but still measurable. Steven Rostedt did some tracepoint
measurements:
https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20181126155405.72b4f718@gandalf.local.home
This code is heavily inspired by the jump label code (aka "static
jumps"), as some of the concepts are very similar.
For more details, see the comments in include/linux/static_call.h.
[peterz: simplified interface; merged trampolines]
Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200818135804.684334440@infradead.org
Static calls are a replacement for global function pointers. They use
code patching to allow direct calls to be used instead of indirect
calls. They give the flexibility of function pointers, but with
improved performance. This is especially important for cases where
retpolines would otherwise be used, as retpolines can significantly
impact performance.
The concept and code are an extension of previous work done by Ard
Biesheuvel and Steven Rostedt:
https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20181005081333.15018-1-ard.biesheuvel@linaro.orghttps://lkml.kernel.org/r/20181006015110.653946300@goodmis.org
There are two implementations, depending on arch support:
1) out-of-line: patched trampolines (CONFIG_HAVE_STATIC_CALL)
2) basic function pointers
For more details, see the comments in include/linux/static_call.h.
[peterz: simplified interface]
Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200818135804.623259796@infradead.org
