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Merge branch 'x86-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

Pull x86 fixes from Thomas Gleixner: "Two bugfixes from Andy addressing at least some of the subtle NMI related wreckage which has been reported by Sasha Levin" * 'x86-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: x86/nmi/64: Fix a paravirt stack-clobbering bug in the NMI code x86/paravirt: Replace the paravirt nop with a bona fide empty function

Linus Torvalds committed 11 years ago

Commit 162e6df2 parents 5a6bdf0 83c133c2 files · +27 −5Browse files

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  1. arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S +15 −1
  2. arch/x86/kernel/paravirt.c +12 −4
arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S+15−1
@@ -1128,7 +1128,18 @@ END(error_exit) · 1127 unmodified lines
1128 1128
1129/* Runs on exception stack */1129/* Runs on exception stack */
1130ENTRY(nmi)1130ENTRY(nmi)
1131 /*
1132 * Fix up the exception frame if we're on Xen.
1133 * PARAVIRT_ADJUST_EXCEPTION_FRAME is guaranteed to push at most
1134 * one value to the stack on native, so it may clobber the rdx
1135 * scratch slot, but it won't clobber any of the important
1136 * slots past it.
1137 *
1138 * Xen is a different story, because the Xen frame itself overlaps
1139 * the "NMI executing" variable.
1140 */
1131 PARAVIRT_ADJUST_EXCEPTION_FRAME1141 PARAVIRT_ADJUST_EXCEPTION_FRAME
1142
1132 /*1143 /*
1133 * We allow breakpoints in NMIs. If a breakpoint occurs, then1144 * We allow breakpoints in NMIs. If a breakpoint occurs, then
1134 * the iretq it performs will take us out of NMI context.1145 * the iretq it performs will take us out of NMI context.
@@ -1179,9 +1190,12 @@ ENTRY(nmi) · 44 unmodified lines
1179 * we don't want to enable interrupts, because then we'll end1190 * we don't want to enable interrupts, because then we'll end
1180 * up in an awkward situation in which IRQs are on but NMIs1191 * up in an awkward situation in which IRQs are on but NMIs
1181 * are off.1192 * are off.
1193 *
1194 * We also must not push anything to the stack before switching
1195 * stacks lest we corrupt the "NMI executing" variable.
1182 */1196 */
1183 1197
1184 SWAPGS1198 SWAPGS_UNSAFE_STACK
1185 cld1199 cld
1186 movq %rsp, %rdx1200 movq %rsp, %rdx
1187 movq PER_CPU_VAR(cpu_current_top_of_stack), %rsp1201 movq PER_CPU_VAR(cpu_current_top_of_stack), %rsp
arch/x86/kernel/paravirt.c+12−4
@@ -41,10 +41,18 @@ · 40 unmodified lines
41#include <asm/timer.h>41#include <asm/timer.h>
42#include <asm/special_insns.h>42#include <asm/special_insns.h>
43 43
44/* nop stub */44/*
45void _paravirt_nop(void)45 * nop stub, which must not clobber anything *including the stack* to
46{46 * avoid confusing the entry prologues.
47}47 */
48extern void _paravirt_nop(void);
49asm (".pushsection .entry.text, \"ax\"\n"
50 ".global _paravirt_nop\n"
51 "_paravirt_nop:\n\t"
52 "ret\n\t"
53 ".size _paravirt_nop, . - _paravirt_nop\n\t"
54 ".type _paravirt_nop, @function\n\t"
55 ".popsection");
48 56
49/* identity function, which can be inlined */57/* identity function, which can be inlined */
50u32 _paravirt_ident_32(u32 x)58u32 _paravirt_ident_32(u32 x)

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