From: "Hou Wenlong" <houwenlong.hwl@antgroup.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: "Lai Jiangshan" <jiangshan.ljs@antgroup.com>,
"Hou Wenlong" <houwenlong.hwl@antgroup.com>,
"Thomas Gleixner" <tglx@linutronix.de>,
"Ingo Molnar" <mingo@redhat.com>,
"Borislav Petkov" <bp@alien8.de>,
"Dave Hansen" <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>, <x86@kernel.org>,
"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>, "Xin Li" <xin3.li@intel.com>,
"Jacob Pan" <jacob.jun.pan@linux.intel.com>,
"Rick Edgecombe" <rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com>,
"Paolo Bonzini" <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Subject: [PATCH 0/2] x86/fred: Fix two problems during the FRED initialization
Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2024 21:12:00 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <cover.1718972598.git.houwenlong.hwl@antgroup.com> (raw)
When I reviewed the FRED code and attempted to implement a FRED-like
event delivery for my PV guest, I encountered two problems which I may
have misunderstood.
One issue is that FRED can be disabled in trap_init(), but
sysvec_install() can be called before trap_init(), thus the system
interrupt handler is not installed into the IDT if FRED is disabled
later. Initially, I attempted to parse the cmdline and decide whether to
enable or disable FRED after parse_early_param(). However, I ultimately
chose to always install the system handler into the IDT in
sysvec_install(), which is simple and should be sufficient.
Another problem is that the page fault handler (exc_page_fault()) is
installed into the IDT before FRED is enabled. Consequently, if a #PF is
triggered in this gap, the handler would receive the wrong CR2 from the
stack if FRED feature is present. To address this, I added a page fault
entry stub for FRED similar to the debug entry. However, I'm uncertain
whether this is enough reason to add a new entry. Perhaps a static key
may suffice to indicate whether FRED setup is completed and the handler
can use it.
Note: I didn't test them on the Intel emulator, as I'm not familiar with
configuring it to boot with my compiled kernel.
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
Cc: x86@kernel.org
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Xin Li <xin3.li@intel.com>
Cc: Jacob Pan <jacob.jun.pan@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com>
Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Hou Wenlong (2):
x86/fred: Always install system interrupt handler into IDT
x86/fred: Add a page fault entry stub for FRED
arch/x86/entry/entry_fred.c | 2 +-
arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h | 15 +++++++++++++--
arch/x86/mm/fault.c | 19 +++++++++++++++----
3 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
--
2.31.1
next reply other threads:[~2024-06-21 13:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-06-21 13:12 Hou Wenlong [this message]
2024-06-21 13:12 ` [PATCH 1/2] x86/fred: Always install system interrupt handler into IDT Hou Wenlong
2024-06-25 9:19 ` Xin Li
2024-06-25 12:31 ` Thomas Gleixner
2024-06-25 16:30 ` Xin Li
2024-06-25 17:01 ` Thomas Gleixner
2024-06-25 17:08 ` Li, Xin3
2024-06-25 17:11 ` Thomas Gleixner
2024-06-28 9:36 ` Hou Wenlong
2024-06-28 15:18 ` Xin Li
2024-07-02 17:16 ` Xin Li
2024-07-03 2:44 ` Hou Wenlong
2024-07-03 3:42 ` Xin Li
2024-06-21 13:12 ` [PATCH 2/2] x86/fred: Add a page fault entry stub for FRED Hou Wenlong
2024-06-22 0:31 ` [PATCH 0/2] x86/fred: Fix two problems during the FRED initialization Xin Li
2024-06-24 6:21 ` Hou Wenlong
2024-06-25 9:09 ` Xin Li
2024-06-25 17:24 ` H. Peter Anvin
2024-06-25 17:31 ` Xin Li
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