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From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: Ammar Faizi <ammarfaizi2@gnuweeb.org>, x86 Mailing List <x86@kernel.org>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com>,
	Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>,
	Xin Li <xin3.li@intel.com>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
	Andrew Cooper <Andrew.Cooper3@citrix.com>,
	Brian Gerst <brgerst@gmail.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
	Shuah Khan <shuah@kernel.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>,
	Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>,
	"Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com>,
	Linux Kselftest Mailing List  <linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v3 2/2] selftests/x86: sysret_rip: Add more syscall tests with respect to `%rcx` and `%r11`
Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2023 12:59:23 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <48072ce2-e28d-9267-1f8e-3c76682fb782@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20230124100926.637335-3-ammarfaizi2@gnuweeb.org>



On 1/24/23 02:09, Ammar Faizi wrote:
> From: Ammar Faizi <ammarfaizi2@gnuweeb.org>
> 
> Test that:
> 
>   - "syscall" in a FRED system doesn't clobber %rcx and %r11.
>   - "syscall" in a non-FRED system sets %rcx=%rip and %r11=%rflags.
> 
> Test them out with a trivial system call like __NR_getppid and friends
> which are extremely likely to return with SYSRET on an IDT system.
> 
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/25b96960-a07e-a952-5c23-786b55054126@zytor.com
> Co-developed-by: H. Peter Anvin (Intel) <hpa@zytor.com>
> Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin (Intel) <hpa@zytor.com>
> Acked-by: H. Peter Anvin (Intel) <hpa@zytor.com>
> Signed-off-by: Ammar Faizi <ammarfaizi2@gnuweeb.org>

Add to the description that the purpose of this is to ensure that 
various system calls are *consistent*, as per the comment immediately 
below your code.

	-hpa


  reply	other threads:[~2023-01-24 21:02 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 65+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
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     [not found]                 ` <509443c8-e0fd-935f-63d8-7264f5dd3c05@zytor.com>
2023-01-24  0:26                   ` [RFC PATCH v1 0/2] selftests/x86: sysret_rip update for FRED system Ammar Faizi
2023-01-24  0:26                     ` [RFC PATCH v1 1/2] selftests/x86: sysret_rip: Handle syscall in a " Ammar Faizi
2023-01-24  1:40                       ` H. Peter Anvin
2023-01-24  2:31                         ` Ammar Faizi
2023-01-26 20:08                         ` Ammar Faizi
2023-02-15  9:17                           ` Andrew Cooper
2023-02-15 10:29                             ` Andrew Cooper
2023-02-15 10:44                               ` Ammar Faizi
2023-02-15 10:42                             ` Ammar Faizi
2023-01-26 20:16                         ` Ammar Faizi
2023-01-24  0:26                     ` [RFC PATCH v1 2/2] selftests/x86: sysret_rip: Add more syscall tests with respect to `%rcx` and `%r11` Ammar Faizi
     [not found]             ` <6cd0db14-c9e2-3598-fd10-4b473d78c373@citrix.com>
     [not found]               ` <5ecc383c-621b-57d9-7f6d-d63496fca3b3@zytor.com>
2023-01-24  2:27                 ` [RFC PATCH v2 0/2] selftests/x86: sysret_rip update for FRED system Ammar Faizi
2023-01-24  2:27                   ` [RFC PATCH v2 1/2] selftests/x86: sysret_rip: Handle syscall in a " Ammar Faizi
2023-01-24  5:44                     ` H. Peter Anvin
2023-01-24  2:27                   ` [RFC PATCH v2 2/2] selftests/x86: sysret_rip: Add more syscall tests with respect to `%rcx` and `%r11` Ammar Faizi
2023-01-24  6:16                     ` H. Peter Anvin
2023-01-24  6:41                       ` Ammar Faizi
2023-01-24  6:47                         ` Ammar Faizi
2023-01-24  9:07                         ` H. Peter Anvin
2023-01-24  9:12                           ` Ammar Faizi
2023-01-24 10:09                             ` [RFC PATCH v3 0/2] selftests/x86: sysret_rip update for FRED system Ammar Faizi
2023-01-24 10:09                               ` [RFC PATCH v3 1/2] selftests/x86: sysret_rip: Handle syscall in a " Ammar Faizi
2023-01-24 10:09                               ` [RFC PATCH v3 2/2] selftests/x86: sysret_rip: Add more syscall tests with respect to `%rcx` and `%r11` Ammar Faizi
2023-01-24 20:59                                 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2023-01-25  3:29                                   ` Ammar Faizi
2023-01-24 21:32                               ` [RFC PATCH v3 0/2] selftests/x86: sysret_rip update for FRED system Li, Xin3
2023-01-24 21:37                                 ` H. Peter Anvin
2023-01-24 23:20                                   ` Li, Xin3
2023-01-25  3:27                                   ` Ammar Faizi
2023-01-24 21:51                                 ` Andrew Cooper
2023-01-24 23:58                                   ` Li, Xin3
2023-01-25  3:22                             ` [RFC PATCH v4 0/2] sysret_rip update for the Intel FRED architecture Ammar Faizi
2023-01-25  3:22                               ` [RFC PATCH v4 1/2] selftests/x86: sysret_rip: Handle syscall in a FRED system Ammar Faizi
2023-01-25  3:37                                 ` Ammar Faizi
2023-01-25  3:44                                   ` Ammar Faizi
2023-01-25  3:22                               ` [RFC PATCH v4 2/2] selftests/x86: sysret_rip: Add more syscall tests with respect to `%rcx` and `%r11` Ammar Faizi
2023-01-25  3:49                             ` [RFC PATCH v5 0/2] sysret_rip update for the Intel FRED architecture Ammar Faizi
2023-01-25  3:49                               ` [RFC PATCH v5 1/2] selftests/x86: sysret_rip: Handle syscall in a FRED system Ammar Faizi
2023-01-25  8:39                                 ` H. Peter Anvin
2023-01-25  8:53                                   ` Ammar Faizi
2023-01-25  9:57                                   ` Ammar Faizi
2023-01-25 10:01                                     ` Ammar Faizi
2023-01-25 10:17                                     ` H. Peter Anvin
2023-01-25 11:37                                       ` Ammar Faizi
2023-01-25 17:25                                         ` H. Peter Anvin
2023-01-25  3:49                               ` [RFC PATCH v5 2/2] selftests/x86: sysret_rip: Add more syscall tests with respect to `%rcx` and `%r11` Ammar Faizi
2023-01-25  8:22                               ` [RFC PATCH v5 0/2] sysret_rip update for the Intel FRED architecture Li, Xin3
2023-01-25  8:32                                 ` Ammar Faizi
2023-01-25 17:07                                   ` Li, Xin3
2023-01-25 17:24                                     ` H. Peter Anvin
2023-01-25 17:41                                       ` Ammar Faizi
2023-01-25 17:48                                         ` Li, Xin3
2023-02-15  7:42                                           ` Li, Xin3
2023-02-15  7:51                                             ` Ammar Faizi
2023-02-18  4:27                                             ` Ammar Faizi
2023-02-18  4:51                                               ` H. Peter Anvin
2023-01-25 21:17                             ` [RFC PATCH v6 0/3] " Ammar Faizi
2023-01-25 21:17                               ` [RFC PATCH v6 1/3] selftests/x86: sysret_rip: Handle syscall in a FRED system Ammar Faizi
2023-01-25 23:01                                 ` Ammar Faizi
2023-01-25 21:17                               ` [RFC PATCH v6 2/3] selftests/x86: sysret_rip: Add more syscall tests with respect to `%rcx` and `%r11` Ammar Faizi
2023-01-25 21:17                               ` [RFC PATCH v6 3/3] selftests/x86: sysret_rip: Test opportunistic SYSRET Ammar Faizi
2023-01-25 23:24                             ` [RFC PATCH v7 0/3] sysret_rip update for the Intel FRED architecture Ammar Faizi
2023-01-25 23:24                               ` [RFC PATCH v7 1/3] selftests/x86: sysret_rip: Handle syscall in a FRED system Ammar Faizi
2023-01-25 23:24                               ` [RFC PATCH v7 2/3] selftests/x86: sysret_rip: Add more syscall tests with respect to `%rcx` and `%r11` Ammar Faizi
2023-01-25 23:24                               ` [RFC PATCH v7 3/3] selftests/x86: sysret_rip: Test SYSRET with a signal handler Ammar Faizi

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