[PATCH v6 32/76] x86/head/64: Load GDT after switch to virtual addresses
From: Joerg Roedel <joro@8bytes.org>
Date: 2020-08-24 09:13:52
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the rest, x86 architecture (32-bit and 64-bit) · Maintainers:
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From: Joerg Roedel <redacted> Load the GDT right after switching to virtual addresses to make sure there is a defined GDT for exception handling. Signed-off-by: Joerg Roedel <redacted> Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <redacted> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200724160336.5435-32-joro@8bytes.org (local) --- arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S | 16 ++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S b/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S
index 800053219054..f958d4e4ee08 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S@@ -166,6 +166,14 @@ SYM_CODE_START(secondary_startup_64) 1: UNWIND_HINT_EMPTY + /* + * We must switch to a new descriptor in kernel space for the GDT + * because soon the kernel won't have access anymore to the userspace + * addresses where we're currently running on. We have to do that here + * because in 32bit we couldn't load a 64bit linear address. + */ + lgdt early_gdt_descr(%rip) + /* Check if nx is implemented */ movl $0x80000001, %eax cpuid
@@ -193,14 +201,6 @@ SYM_CODE_START(secondary_startup_64) pushq $0 popfq - /* - * We must switch to a new descriptor in kernel space for the GDT - * because soon the kernel won't have access anymore to the userspace - * addresses where we're currently running on. We have to do that here - * because in 32bit we couldn't load a 64bit linear address. - */ - lgdt early_gdt_descr(%rip) - /* set up data segments */ xorl %eax,%eax movl %eax,%ds
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2.28.0
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