Re: [Xen-devel][PATCH v3] xen/pv: Fix a boot up hang revealed by int3 self test

From: Juergen Gross
Date: Wed Jul 17 2019 - 00:59:18 EST


On 14.07.19 11:15, Zhenzhong Duan wrote:
Commit 7457c0da024b ("x86/alternatives: Add int3_emulate_call()
selftest") is used to ensure there is a gap setup in int3 exception stack
which could be used for inserting call return address.

This gap is missed in XEN PV int3 exception entry path, then below panic
triggered:

[ 0.772876] general protection fault: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI
[ 0.772886] CPU: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 5.2.0+ #11
[ 0.772893] RIP: e030:int3_magic+0x0/0x7
[ 0.772905] RSP: 3507:ffffffff82203e98 EFLAGS: 00000246
[ 0.773334] Call Trace:
[ 0.773334] alternative_instructions+0x3d/0x12e
[ 0.773334] check_bugs+0x7c9/0x887
[ 0.773334] ? __get_locked_pte+0x178/0x1f0
[ 0.773334] start_kernel+0x4ff/0x535
[ 0.773334] ? set_init_arg+0x55/0x55
[ 0.773334] xen_start_kernel+0x571/0x57a

For 64bit PV guests, Xen's ABI enters the kernel with using SYSRET, with
%rcx/%r11 on the stack. To convert back to "normal" looking exceptions,
the xen thunks do 'xen_*: pop %rcx; pop %r11; jmp *'.

E.g. Extracting 'xen_pv_trap xenint3' we have:
xen_xenint3:
pop %rcx;
pop %r11;
jmp xenint3

As xenint3 and int3 entry code are same except xenint3 doesn't generate
a gap, we can fix it by using int3 and drop useless xenint3.

Signed-off-by: Zhenzhong Duan <zhenzhong.duan@xxxxxxxxxx>

Pushed to xen/tip.git for-linus-5.3a


Juergen