x86: Make alternative instruction pointers relative
This save a few bytes on x86-64 and means that future patches can
apply alternatives to unrelocated code.
Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@mit.edu>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/ff64a6b9a1a3860ca4a7b8b6dc7b4754f9491cd7.1310563276.git.luto@mit.edu
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/alternative-asm.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/alternative-asm.h
index 94d420b..4554cc6 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/alternative-asm.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/alternative-asm.h
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@
.macro altinstruction_entry orig alt feature orig_len alt_len
.align 8
- .quad \orig
- .quad \alt
+ .long \orig - .
+ .long \alt - .
.word \feature
.byte \orig_len
.byte \alt_len
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/alternative.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/alternative.h
index bf535f9..23fb6d7 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/alternative.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/alternative.h
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@
#endif
struct alt_instr {
- u8 *instr; /* original instruction */
- u8 *replacement;
+ s32 instr_offset; /* original instruction */
+ s32 repl_offset; /* offset to replacement instruction */
u16 cpuid; /* cpuid bit set for replacement */
u8 instrlen; /* length of original instruction */
u8 replacementlen; /* length of new instruction, <= instrlen */
@@ -84,8 +84,8 @@
"661:\n\t" oldinstr "\n662:\n" \
".section .altinstructions,\"a\"\n" \
_ASM_ALIGN "\n" \
- _ASM_PTR "661b\n" /* label */ \
- _ASM_PTR "663f\n" /* new instruction */ \
+ " .long 661b - .\n" /* label */ \
+ " .long 663f - .\n" /* new instruction */ \
" .word " __stringify(feature) "\n" /* feature bit */ \
" .byte 662b-661b\n" /* sourcelen */ \
" .byte 664f-663f\n" /* replacementlen */ \
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h
index 71cc380..9929b35 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h
@@ -331,8 +331,8 @@
"2:\n"
".section .altinstructions,\"a\"\n"
_ASM_ALIGN "\n"
- _ASM_PTR "1b\n"
- _ASM_PTR "0\n" /* no replacement */
+ " .long 1b - .\n"
+ " .long 0\n" /* no replacement */
" .word %P0\n" /* feature bit */
" .byte 2b - 1b\n" /* source len */
" .byte 0\n" /* replacement len */
@@ -349,8 +349,8 @@
"2:\n"
".section .altinstructions,\"a\"\n"
_ASM_ALIGN "\n"
- _ASM_PTR "1b\n"
- _ASM_PTR "3f\n"
+ " .long 1b - .\n"
+ " .long 3f - .\n"
" .word %P1\n" /* feature bit */
" .byte 2b - 1b\n" /* source len */
" .byte 4f - 3f\n" /* replacement len */