From: Jisheng Zhang <jszhang@kernel.org>
To: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>,
Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>,
Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>,
Andrey Ryabinin <ryabinin.a.a@gmail.com>,
Alexander Potapenko <glider@google.com>,
Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@gmail.com>,
Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@google.com>,
Vincenzo Frascino <vincenzo.frascino@arm.com>,
Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>, Dennis Zhou <dennis@kernel.org>,
Christoph Lameter <cl@gentwo.org>
Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kasan-dev@googlegroups.com,
linux-mm@kvack.org
Subject: [PATCH v2 5/6] arm64: lib: Disable branch profiling for architecture library code
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2026 19:44:58 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261109114500.20298-6-jszhang@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261109114500.20298-1-jszhang@kernel.org>
arch/arm64/Kbuild disables branch profiling through subdir-ccflags-y.
However, arch/arm64/lib/ is built separately through libs-y and does
not inherit that flag.
Consequently, CONFIG_TRACE_BRANCH_PROFILING can introduce explicit
profiling instrumentation into library code, including helpers used
while applying alternatives. noinstr does not suppress instrumentation
inserted by the branch-profiling macros.
Disable branch profiling in arch/arm64/lib/Makefile to extend the
existing arm64 policy to this directory
Signed-off-by: Jisheng Zhang <jszhang@kernel.org>
Assisted-by: LLM
---
arch/arm64/lib/Makefile | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/lib/Makefile b/arch/arm64/lib/Makefile
index 38ffd359123c..59d714865c00 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/lib/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm64/lib/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+# Built via libs-y, so the flags in arch/arm64/Kbuild do not reach here.
+# Branch profiling isn't noinstr-safe.
+ccflags-$(CONFIG_TRACE_BRANCH_PROFILING) += -DDISABLE_BRANCH_PROFILING
+
# KCSAN uses udelay for introducing watchpoint delay; avoid recursion.
KCSAN_SANITIZE_delay.o := n
--
2.55.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-11-09 12:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-11-09 11:44 [PATCH v2 0/6] arm64: Fix instrumentation escapes from noinstr path Jisheng Zhang
2026-11-09 11:44 ` [PATCH v2 1/6] arm64: percpu: Always inline helpers used by noinstr code Jisheng Zhang
2026-11-09 11:44 ` [PATCH v2 2/6] arm64: entry: Always inline helpers used by non-instrumentable paths Jisheng Zhang
2026-11-09 11:44 ` [PATCH v2 3/6] kasan: Always inline kasan_hw_tags_enabled() Jisheng Zhang
2026-11-09 11:44 ` [PATCH v2 4/6] arm64: stacktrace: Always inline internal stack boundary helpers Jisheng Zhang
2026-11-09 11:44 ` Jisheng Zhang [this message]
2026-11-09 11:44 ` [PATCH v2 6/6] arm64: alternatives: Make branch and ADRP offset helpers noinst Jisheng Zhang
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