[PATCH 0/3] Add generic data patching functions

patch_instruction() is designed for patching instructions in otherwise
readonly memory. Other consumers also sometimes need to patch readonly
memory, so have abused patch_instruction() for arbitrary data patches.

This is a problem on ppc64 as patch_instruction() decides on the patch
width using the 'instruction' opcode to see if it's a prefixed
instruction. Data that triggers this can lead to larger writes, possibly
crossing a page boundary and failing the write altogether.

Introduce patch_uint(), and patch_ulong(), with aliases patch_u32(), and
patch_u64() (on ppc64) designed for aligned data patches. The patch
size is now determined by the called function, and is passed as an
additional parameter to generic internals.

While the instruction flushing is not required for data patches, the
use cases for data patching (mainly module loading and static calls)
are less performance sensitive than for instruction patching
(ftrace activation). So the instruction flushing remains unconditional
in this patch.

ppc32 does not support prefixed instructions, so is unaffected by the
original issue. Care is taken in not exposing the size parameter in the
public (non-static) interface, so the compiler can const-propagate it
away.

Signed-off-by: Benjamin Gray <redacted>

---

GCC 12.2.1 compiled kernels show the following structure:

- ppc64le_defconfig (ppc64, strict RWX): patch_{uint,ulong,instruction}()
   are small wrappers that tail call into patch_memory()

- ppc_defconfig (ppc32, strict RWX): patch_uint() is the only full RWX
   aware implementation. All use of patch size is eliminated.

   Note: patch_instruction() is marked noinline to prevent making
   patch_instruction() a wrapper of patch_memory(); GCC likes to tail
   call patch_branch() -> patch_memory(), skipping patch_instruction()
   and preventing patch_memory() from inlining inside patch_instruction().

- pmac32_defconfig (ppc32, no strict RWX): patch_uint() and
   raw_patch_instruction() are both implemented but have the same
   ~40 byte function body (as is the case already mind).
---
  arch/powerpc/include/asm/code-patching.h | 33 ++++++++++++
  arch/powerpc/lib/code-patching.c         | 69 +++++++++++++++++-------
  2 files changed, 84 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/code-patching.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/code-patching.h
index 3f881548fb61..89fc4c3f6ecf 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/code-patching.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/code-patching.h

@@ -75,6 +75,39 @@ int patch_branch(u32 *addr, unsigned long target, int flags);
  int patch_instruction(u32 *addr, ppc_inst_t instr);
  int raw_patch_instruction(u32 *addr, ppc_inst_t instr);
  
+/*
+ * patch_uint() and patch_ulong() should only be called on addresses where the
+ * patch does not cross a cacheline, otherwise it may not be flushed properly
+ * and mixes of new and stale data may be observed. It cannot cross a page
+ * boundary, as only the target page is mapped as writable.
+ *
+ * patch_instruction() and other instruction patchers automatically satisfy this
+ * requirement due to instruction alignment requirements.
+ */
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_PPC64
+
+int patch_uint(void *addr, unsigned int val);
+#define patch_u32 patch_uint
+
+int patch_ulong(void *addr, unsigned long val);
+#define patch_u64 patch_ulong
+
+#else
+
+static inline int patch_uint(u32 *addr, unsigned int val)
+{
+	return patch_instruction(addr, ppc_inst(val));

+
+static inline int patch_ulong(void *addr, unsigned long val)
+{
+	return patch_instruction(addr, ppc_inst(val));
+}
+
+#endif
+
  static inline unsigned long patch_site_addr(s32 *site)
  {
  	return (unsigned long)site + *site;

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/lib/code-patching.c b/arch/powerpc/lib/code-patching.c
index b00112d7ad46..0f7e9949faf0 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/lib/code-patching.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/lib/code-patching.c

@@ -20,16 +20,14 @@
  #include <asm/code-patching.h>
  #include <asm/inst.h>
  
-static int __patch_instruction(u32 *exec_addr, ppc_inst_t instr, u32 *patch_addr)
+static int __patch_memory(void *exec_addr, unsigned long val, void *patch_addr,
+			  bool is_dword)
  {
-	if (!ppc_inst_prefixed(instr)) {
-		u32 val = ppc_inst_val(instr);
-
-		__put_kernel_nofault(patch_addr, &val, u32, failed);
-	} else {
-		u64 val = ppc_inst_as_ulong(instr);
-
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PPC64) && unlikely(is_dword)) {
  		__put_kernel_nofault(patch_addr, &val, u64, failed);
+	} else {
+		unsigned int val32 = val;

+		__put_kernel_nofault(patch_addr, &val32, u32, failed);
  	}
  
  	asm ("dcbst 0, %0; sync; icbi 0,%1; sync; isync" :: "r" (patch_addr),

@@ -43,7 +41,10 @@ static int __patch_instruction(u32 *exec_addr, ppc_inst_t instr, u32 *patch_addr
  
  int raw_patch_instruction(u32 *addr, ppc_inst_t instr)
  {
-	return __patch_instruction(addr, instr, addr);
+	if (ppc_inst_prefixed(instr))
+		return __patch_memory(addr, ppc_inst_as_ulong(instr), addr, true);
+	else
+		return __patch_memory(addr, ppc_inst_val(instr), addr, false);
  }
  
  struct patch_context {

@@ -278,7 +279,7 @@ static void unmap_patch_area(unsigned long addr)
  	flush_tlb_kernel_range(addr, addr + PAGE_SIZE);
  }
  
-static int __do_patch_instruction_mm(u32 *addr, ppc_inst_t instr)
+static int __do_patch_memory_mm(void *addr, unsigned long val, bool is_dword)
  {
  	int err;
  	u32 *patch_addr;

@@ -307,7 +308,7 @@ static int __do_patch_instruction_mm(u32 *addr, ppc_inst_t instr)
  
  	orig_mm = start_using_temp_mm(patching_mm);
  
-	err = __patch_instruction(addr, instr, patch_addr);
+	err = __patch_memory(addr, val, patch_addr, is_dword);
  
  	/* hwsync performed by __patch_instruction (sync) if successful */
  	if (err)

@@ -328,7 +329,7 @@ static int __do_patch_instruction_mm(u32 *addr, ppc_inst_t instr)
  	return err;
  }
  
-static int __do_patch_instruction(u32 *addr, ppc_inst_t instr)
+static int __do_patch_memory(void *addr, unsigned long val, bool is_dword)
  {
  	int err;
  	u32 *patch_addr;

@@ -345,7 +346,7 @@ static int __do_patch_instruction(u32 *addr, ppc_inst_t instr)
  	if (radix_enabled())
  		asm volatile("ptesync": : :"memory");
  
-	err = __patch_instruction(addr, instr, patch_addr);
+	err = __patch_memory(addr, val, patch_addr, is_dword);
  
  	pte_clear(&init_mm, text_poke_addr, pte);
  	flush_tlb_kernel_range(text_poke_addr, text_poke_addr + PAGE_SIZE);

@@ -353,7 +354,7 @@ static int __do_patch_instruction(u32 *addr, ppc_inst_t instr)
  	return err;
  }
  
-int patch_instruction(u32 *addr, ppc_inst_t instr)
+static int patch_memory(void *addr, unsigned long val, bool is_dword)
  {
  	int err;
  	unsigned long flags;

@@ -365,18 +366,50 @@ int patch_instruction(u32 *addr, ppc_inst_t instr)
  	 */
  	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX) ||
  	    !static_branch_likely(&poking_init_done))
-		return raw_patch_instruction(addr, instr);
+		return __patch_memory(addr, val, addr, is_dword);
  
  	local_irq_save(flags);
  	if (mm_patch_enabled())
-		err = __do_patch_instruction_mm(addr, instr);
+		err = __do_patch_memory_mm(addr, val, is_dword);
  	else
-		err = __do_patch_instruction(addr, instr);
+		err = __do_patch_memory(addr, val, is_dword);
  	local_irq_restore(flags);
  
  	return err;
  }
-NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(patch_instruction);
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_PPC64
+
+int patch_instruction(u32 *addr, ppc_inst_t instr)
+{
+	if (ppc_inst_prefixed(instr))
+		return patch_memory(addr, ppc_inst_as_ulong(instr), true);
+	else
+		return patch_memory(addr, ppc_inst_val(instr), false);
+}
+NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(patch_instruction)
+
+int patch_uint(void *addr, unsigned int val)
+{
+	return patch_memory(addr, val, false);
+}
+NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(patch_uint)
+
+int patch_ulong(void *addr, unsigned long val)
+{
+	return patch_memory(addr, val, true);
+}
+NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(patch_ulong)
+
+#else
+
+noinline int patch_instruction(u32 *addr, ppc_inst_t instr)
+{
+	return patch_memory(addr, ppc_inst_val(instr), false);
+}