File xsa456-0f.patch of Package xen.35285

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File xsa456-0f.patch of Package xen.35285

# Commit f03567bd7e8efc0f667a67905862e6047babdb7a
# Date 2021-11-29 13:53:05 +0000
# Author Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com>
# Committer Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com>
xen/wait: Remove indirect jump

There is no need for this to be an indirect jump at all.  Execution always
returns to a specific location, so use a direct jump instead.

Use a named label for the jump.  As both 1 and 2 have disappeared as labels,
rename 3 to skip to better describe its purpose.

Signed-off-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com>
Reviewed-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com>

--- a/xen/common/wait.c
+++ b/xen/common/wait.c
@@ -144,18 +144,16 @@ static void __prepare_to_wait(struct wai
         "push %%r8;  push %%r9;  push %%r10; push %%r11;"
         "push %%r12; push %%r13; push %%r14; push %%r15;"
 
-        "call 1f;"
-        "1: addq $2f-1b,(%%rsp);"
         "sub %%esp,%%ecx;"
         "cmp %3,%%ecx;"
-        "ja 3f;"
+        "ja .L_skip;"
         "mov %%rsp,%%rsi;"
 
         /* check_wakeup_from_wait() longjmp()'s to this point. */
-        "2: rep movsb;"
+        ".L_wq_resume: rep movsb;"
         "mov %%rsp,%%rsi;"
-        "3: pop %%rax;"
 
+        ".L_skip:"
         "pop %%r15; pop %%r14; pop %%r13; pop %%r12;"
         "pop %%r11; pop %%r10; pop %%r9;  pop %%r8;"
         "pop %%rbp; pop %%rdx; pop %%rbx; pop %%rax"
@@ -204,15 +202,14 @@ void check_wakeup_from_wait(void)
     }
 
     /*
-     * Hand-rolled longjmp().  Returns to the pointer on the top of
-     * wqv->stack, and lands on a `rep movs` instruction.  All other GPRs are
-     * restored from the stack, so are available for use here.
+     * Hand-rolled longjmp().  Returns to __prepare_to_wait(), and lands on a
+     * `rep movs` instruction.  All other GPRs are restored from the stack, so
+     * are available for use here.
      */
     asm volatile (
-        "mov %1,%%"__OP"sp; INDIRECT_JMP %[ip]"
+        "mov %1,%%"__OP"sp; jmp .L_wq_resume;"
         : : "S" (wqv->stack), "D" (wqv->esp),
-          "c" ((char *)get_cpu_info() - (char *)wqv->esp),
-          [ip] "r" (*(unsigned long *)wqv->stack)
+          "c" ((char *)get_cpu_info() - (char *)wqv->esp)
         : "memory" );
     unreachable();
 }

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