Re: [PATCH v2 09/18] x86/asm: Move SYSENTER_stack to the beginning of struct tss_struct

From: Andy Lutomirski
Date: Thu Nov 23 2017 - 10:03:24 EST


On Thu, Nov 23, 2017 at 5:16 AM, Denys Vlasenko
<vda.linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 22, 2017 at 5:44 AM, Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> I want SYSENTER_stack to have reliable overflow detection, which
>> means that it needs to be at the bottom of a page, not the top.
>> Move it to the beginning of struct tss_struct and page-align it.
>>
>> Also add an assertion to make sure that the fixed hardware TSS
>> doesn't cross a page boundary.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h | 21 ++++++++++++---------
>> arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
>> 2 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
>> index d32a3c88a968..8f5dac9dfbdc 100644
>> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
>> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
>> @@ -327,7 +327,16 @@ struct x86_hw_tss {
>>
>> struct tss_struct {
>> /*
>> - * The hardware state:
>> + * Space for the temporary SYSENTER stack, used for SYSENTER
>> + * and the entry trampoline as well.
>> + */
>> + unsigned long SYSENTER_stack_canary;
>> + unsigned long SYSENTER_stack[64];
>> +
>> + /*
>> + * The fixed hardware portion. This must not cross a page boundary
>> + * at risk of violating the SDM's advice and potentially triggering
>> + * errata.
>> */
>> struct x86_hw_tss x86_tss;
>>
>> @@ -338,15 +347,9 @@ struct tss_struct {
>> * be within the limit.
>> */
>> unsigned long io_bitmap[IO_BITMAP_LONGS + 1];
>> +} __attribute__((__aligned__(PAGE_SIZE)));
>>
>> - /*
>> - * Space for the temporary SYSENTER stack.
>> - */
>> - unsigned long SYSENTER_stack_canary;
>> - unsigned long SYSENTER_stack[64];
>> -} ____cacheline_aligned;
>
> You may also move this initializer in process.c:
>
> .SYSENTER_stack_canary = STACK_END_MAGIC,

Hmm. I think I'll leave it for now to avoid churn and then I'll just
delete it entirely once the dust settles. The canary is rather
pointless given that we'll have an actual guard page.