Re: perf_fuzzer compiled for x32 causes reboot

["H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>]

On 02/24/2014 11:30 AM, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 02:13:29PM -0500, Steven Rostedt wrote:
>> Ah, and x86_64 saves off the cr2 register when entering NMI and restores
>> it before returning. But it seems to be missing from the i386 code.
> 
> arch/x86/kernel/nmi.c:
> 
> #define nmi_nesting_preprocess(regs)					\
> 	do {								\
> 		if (this_cpu_read(nmi_state) != NMI_NOT_RUNNING) {	\
> 			this_cpu_write(nmi_state, NMI_LATCHED);		\
> 			return;						\
> 		}							\
> 		this_cpu_write(nmi_state, NMI_EXECUTING);		\
> 		this_cpu_write(nmi_cr2, read_cr2());			\
> 	} while (0);							\
> 	nmi_restart:
> 
> #define nmi_nesting_postprocess()					\
> 	do {								\
> 		if (unlikely(this_cpu_read(nmi_cr2) != read_cr2()))	\
> 			write_cr2(this_cpu_read(nmi_cr2));		\
> 		if (this_cpu_dec_return(nmi_state))			\
> 			goto nmi_restart;				\
> 	} while (0)
> 
> That very much looks like saving/restoring CR2 to me.
> 
> FWIW; I hate how the x86_64 and i386 versions of this NMI nesting magic
> are so completely different.

Is there any way that nmi_cr2 can end up getting overwritten by multiple
nestings of some kind?  I would have thought it would have made more
sense to spill cr2 onto the stack after the stack has been properly set up.

	-hpa