From: Zachary Amsden <zach@vmware.com>
To: Chris Wright <chrisw@osdl.org>
Cc: Chuck Ebbert <76306.1226@compuserve.com>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>,
linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
virtualization@lists.osdl.org,
Pratap Subrahmanyam <pratap@vmware.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/6] i386 virtualization - Make ldt a desc struct
Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2005 13:56:46 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4302530E.4030107@vmware.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20050816204149.GN7991@shell0.pdx.osdl.net>
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Chris Wright wrote:
>* Zachary Amsden (zach@vmware.com) wrote:
>
>
>>Several reviewers noticed that initialization and destruction of the
>>mm->context is unnecessary, since the entire MM struct is zeroed on
>>allocation anyways.
>>
>>
>
>well, on fork it should be just shallow copied rather than zeroed.
>
>
Right you are. That turned out to be a really bad idea (TM). Updated
my ldt test and got the expected panic with the BUG_ON left in.
Zach
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/*
* Copyright (c) 2005, Zachary Amsden (zach@vmware.com)
* This is licensed under the GPL.
*/
#include <stdio.h>
#include <signal.h>
#include <asm/ldt.h>
#include <asm/segment.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <sys/mman.h>
#include <sched.h>
#define __KERNEL__
#include <asm/page.h>
/*
* Spin modifying LDT entry 1 to get contention on the mm->context
* semaphore.
*/
void evil_child(void *addr)
{
struct user_desc desc;
while (1) {
desc.entry_number = 1;
desc.base_addr = addr;
desc.limit = 1;
desc.seg_32bit = 1;
desc.contents = MODIFY_LDT_CONTENTS_CODE;
desc.read_exec_only = 0;
desc.limit_in_pages = 1;
desc.seg_not_present = 0;
desc.useable = 1;
if (modify_ldt(1, &desc, sizeof(desc)) != 0) {
perror("modify_ldt");
abort();
}
}
exit(0);
}
void catch_sig(int signo, struct sigcontext ctx)
{
return;
}
void main(void)
{
struct user_desc desc;
char *code;
unsigned long long tsc;
char *stack;
pid_t child;
int i;
unsigned long long lasttsc = 0;
code = (char *)mmap(0, 8192, PROT_EXEC|PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE,
MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0);
/* Test 1 - CODE, 32-BIT, 2 page limit */
desc.entry_number = 0;
desc.base_addr = code;
desc.limit = 1;
desc.seg_32bit = 1;
desc.contents = MODIFY_LDT_CONTENTS_CODE;
desc.read_exec_only = 0;
desc.limit_in_pages = 1;
desc.seg_not_present = 0;
desc.useable = 1;
if (modify_ldt(1, &desc, sizeof(desc)) != 0) {
perror("modify_ldt");
abort();
}
printf("INFO: code base is 0x%08x\n", (unsigned)code);
code[0x0ffe] = 0x0f; /* rdtsc */
code[0x0fff] = 0x31;
code[0x1000] = 0xcb; /* lret */
__asm__ __volatile("lcall $7,$0xffe" : "=A" (tsc));
printf("INFO: TSC is 0x%016llx\n", tsc);
/*
* Fork an evil child that shares the same MM context
*/
stack = malloc(8192);
child = clone(evil_child, stack, CLONE_VM, 0xb0b0);
if (child == -1) {
perror("clone");
abort();
}
/* Test 2 - CODE, 32-BIT, 4097 byte limit */
desc.entry_number = 512;
desc.base_addr = code;
desc.limit = 4096;
desc.seg_32bit = 1;
desc.contents = MODIFY_LDT_CONTENTS_CODE;
desc.read_exec_only = 0;
desc.limit_in_pages = 0;
desc.seg_not_present = 0;
desc.useable = 1;
if (modify_ldt(1, &desc, sizeof(desc)) != 0) {
perror("modify_ldt");
abort();
}
code[0x0ffe] = 0x0f; /* rdtsc */
code[0x0fff] = 0x31;
code[0x1000] = 0xcb; /* lret */
__asm__ __volatile("lcall $0x1007,$0xffe" : "=A" (tsc));
/*
* Test 3 - CODE, 32-BIT, maximal LDT. Race against evil
* child while taking debug traps on LDT CS.
*/
for (i = 0; i < 1000; i++) {
signal(SIGTRAP, catch_sig);
desc.entry_number = 8191;
desc.base_addr = code;
desc.limit = 4097;
desc.seg_32bit = 1;
desc.contents = MODIFY_LDT_CONTENTS_CODE;
desc.read_exec_only = 0;
desc.limit_in_pages = 0;
desc.seg_not_present = 0;
desc.useable = 1;
if (modify_ldt(1, &desc, sizeof(desc)) != 0) {
perror("modify_ldt");
abort();
}
code[0x0ffe] = 0x0f; /* rdtsc */
code[0x0fff] = 0x31;
code[0x1000] = 0xcc; /* int3 */
code[0x1001] = 0xcb; /* lret */
__asm__ __volatile("lcall $0xffff,$0xffe" : "=A" (tsc));
if (tsc < lasttsc) {
printf("WARNING: TSC went backwards\n");
}
lasttsc = tsc;
}
if (kill(child, SIGTERM) != 0) {
perror("kill");
abort();
}
if (fork() == 0) {
printf("PASS: LDT code segment\n");
}
}
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-08-16 20:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-08-16 17:03 [PATCH 3/6] i386 virtualization - Make ldt a desc struct Chuck Ebbert
2005-08-16 18:44 ` Zachary Amsden
2005-08-16 19:05 ` [PATCH] i386 / desc_empty macro is incorrect Chris Wright
2005-08-16 19:18 ` Linus Torvalds
2005-08-16 20:41 ` [PATCH 3/6] i386 virtualization - Make ldt a desc struct Chris Wright
2005-08-16 20:56 ` Zachary Amsden [this message]
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2005-08-15 22:59 zach
2005-08-16 5:23 ` Chris Wright
2005-08-16 5:46 ` Zachary Amsden
2005-08-16 6:17 ` Chris Wright
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