From: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
To: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
Cc: X86 ML <x86@kernel.org>,
"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Brian Gerst <brgerst@gmail.com>,
Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com>,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 10/18] x86/asm/32: Pull MSR_IA32_SYSENTER_CS update code out of native_load_sp0()
Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2017 22:11:53 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20171027201153.GF12039@nazgul.tnic> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <75b2372395f579c20ee6fd53d03eb79c6eea8e81.1509006199.git.luto@kernel.org>
On Thu, Oct 26, 2017 at 01:26:42AM -0700, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
> This causees the MSR_IA32_SYSENTER_CS write to move out of the
Spellcheck pls.
> paravirt hook. This shouldn't affect Xen PV: Xen already ignores
> MSR_IA32_SYSENTER_ESP writes. In any event, Xen doesn't support
> vm86() in a useful way.
>
> Note to any potential backporters: This patch won't break lguest, as
> lguest didn't have any SYSENTER support at all.
...
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c
> index 11966251cd42..84d6c9f554d0 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c
> @@ -287,6 +287,7 @@ __switch_to(struct task_struct *prev_p, struct task_struct *next_p)
> * current_thread_info().
> */
> load_sp0(tss, next);
> + refresh_sysenter_cs(next); /* in case prev or next is vm86 */
Ewww, side comments.
--
Regards/Gruss,
Boris.
SUSE Linux GmbH, GF: Felix Imendörffer, Jane Smithard, Graham Norton, HRB 21284 (AG Nürnberg)
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-10-27 20:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 57+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-10-26 8:26 [PATCH 00/18] Pile o' entry/exit/sp0 changes Andy Lutomirski
2017-10-26 8:26 ` [PATCH 01/18] x86/asm/64: Remove the restore_c_regs_and_iret label Andy Lutomirski
2017-10-26 15:07 ` Borislav Petkov
2017-11-10 6:08 ` [01/18] " kemi
2017-10-26 8:26 ` [PATCH 02/18] x86/asm/64: Split the iret-to-user and iret-to-kernel paths Andy Lutomirski
2017-10-27 18:05 ` Dave Hansen
2017-11-01 11:34 ` Andy Lutomirski
2017-10-27 20:04 ` Borislav Petkov
2017-11-01 11:32 ` Andy Lutomirski
2017-10-26 8:26 ` [PATCH 03/18] x86/asm/64: Move SWAPGS into the common iret-to-usermode path Andy Lutomirski
2017-10-26 13:52 ` Brian Gerst
2017-10-26 14:13 ` Dave Hansen
2017-10-26 14:28 ` Borislav Petkov
2017-10-27 15:44 ` Andy Lutomirski
2017-10-27 18:08 ` Dave Hansen
2017-10-26 8:26 ` [PATCH 04/18] x86/asm/64: Simplify reg restore code in the standard IRET paths Andy Lutomirski
2017-10-26 8:26 ` [PATCH 05/18] x86/asm/64: Shrink paranoid_exit_restore and make labels local Andy Lutomirski
2017-10-27 20:07 ` Borislav Petkov
2017-10-26 8:26 ` [PATCH 06/18] x86/asm/64: Use pop instead of movq in syscall_return_via_sysret Andy Lutomirski
2017-10-27 20:11 ` Borislav Petkov
2017-10-26 8:26 ` [PATCH 07/18] x86/asm/64: Merge the fast and slow SYSRET paths Andy Lutomirski
2017-10-27 20:11 ` Borislav Petkov
2017-11-01 11:29 ` Andy Lutomirski
2017-11-01 12:35 ` Borislav Petkov
2017-11-01 17:26 ` Thomas Gleixner
2017-11-01 17:25 ` Brian Gerst
2017-11-01 20:35 ` Andy Lutomirski
2017-10-26 8:26 ` [PATCH 08/18] xen: add xen nmi trap entry Andy Lutomirski
2017-10-26 8:26 ` [PATCH 09/18] x86/asm/64: De-Xen-ify our NMI code Andy Lutomirski
2017-10-26 8:41 ` Juergen Gross
2017-10-27 20:11 ` Borislav Petkov
2017-10-26 8:26 ` [PATCH 10/18] x86/asm/32: Pull MSR_IA32_SYSENTER_CS update code out of native_load_sp0() Andy Lutomirski
2017-10-26 18:00 ` Brian Gerst
2017-10-27 13:51 ` Thomas Gleixner
2017-10-27 15:50 ` Andy Lutomirski
2017-10-27 20:11 ` Borislav Petkov [this message]
2017-10-26 8:26 ` [PATCH 11/18] x86/asm/64: Pass sp0 directly to load_sp0() Andy Lutomirski
2017-10-27 20:12 ` Borislav Petkov
2017-10-26 8:26 ` [PATCH 12/18] x86/asm: Add task_top_of_stack() to find the top of a task's stack Andy Lutomirski
2017-10-26 8:26 ` [PATCH 13/18] x86/xen/64: Clean up SP code in cpu_initialize_context() Andy Lutomirski
2017-10-26 8:43 ` Juergen Gross
2017-10-26 8:26 ` [PATCH 14/18] x86/boot/64: Stop initializing TSS.sp0 at boot Andy Lutomirski
2017-10-27 18:21 ` Dave Hansen
2017-10-28 8:10 ` Andy Lutomirski
2017-10-26 8:26 ` [PATCH 15/18] x86/asm/64: Remove all remaining direct thread_struct::sp0 reads Andy Lutomirski
2017-11-01 10:08 ` Borislav Petkov
2017-10-26 8:26 ` [PATCH 16/18] x86/boot/32: Fix cpu_current_top_of_stack initialization at boot Andy Lutomirski
2017-11-01 10:18 ` Borislav Petkov
2017-10-26 8:26 ` [PATCH 17/18] x86/asm/64: Remove thread_struct::sp0 Andy Lutomirski
2017-10-28 0:52 ` Brian Gerst
2017-11-01 10:23 ` Borislav Petkov
2017-11-01 10:40 ` Andy Lutomirski
2017-10-26 8:26 ` [PATCH 18/18] x86/traps: Use a new on_thread_stack() helper to clean up an assertion Andy Lutomirski
2017-11-01 10:31 ` Borislav Petkov
2017-11-01 10:45 ` Andy Lutomirski
2017-10-26 15:55 ` [PATCH 00/18] Pile o' entry/exit/sp0 changes Linus Torvalds
2017-10-28 7:31 ` Andy Lutomirski
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