Thread (83 messages) 83 messages, 3 authors, 2020-09-08

Re: [PATCH v7 67/72] x86/smpboot: Load TSS and getcpu GDT entry before loading IDT

From: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Date: 2020-09-08 17:22:19
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On Mon, Sep 07, 2020 at 03:16:08PM +0200, Joerg Roedel wrote:
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From: Joerg Roedel <redacted>

The IDT on 64bit contains vectors which use paranoid_entry() and/or IST
stacks. To make these vectors work the TSS and the getcpu GDT entry need
to be set up before the IDT is loaded.

Signed-off-by: Joerg Roedel <redacted>
---
 arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h |  1 +
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c     | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
 arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c        |  2 +-
 3 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
index d8a82e650810..5ac507586769 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -696,6 +696,7 @@ extern void load_direct_gdt(int);
 extern void load_fixmap_gdt(int);
 extern void load_percpu_segment(int);
 extern void cpu_init(void);
+extern void cpu_init_exception_handling(void);
 extern void cr4_init(void);
 
 static inline unsigned long get_debugctlmsr(void)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
index 1d65365363a1..a9527c0c38fb 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
@@ -1854,6 +1854,29 @@ static inline void tss_setup_io_bitmap(struct tss_struct *tss)
 #endif
 }
 
+/*
+ * Setup everything needed to handle exceptions from the IDT, including the IST
+ * exceptions which use paranoid_entry()
+ */
+void cpu_init_exception_handling(void)
+{
+	struct tss_struct *tss = this_cpu_ptr(&cpu_tss_rw);
+	int cpu = raw_smp_processor_id();
+
+	/* paranoid_entry() gets the CPU number from the GDT */
+	setup_getcpu(cpu);
+
+	/* IST vectors need TSS to be set up. */
+	tss_setup_ist(tss);
+	tss_setup_io_bitmap(tss);
+	set_tss_desc(cpu, &get_cpu_entry_area(cpu)->tss.x86_tss);
+
+	load_TR_desc();
Aha, this is what you mean here in your 0th message. I'm guessing it is
ok to do those things twice in start_secondary...

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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