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From: David Laight <David.Laight@ACULAB.COM>
To: 'Jan Kiszka' <jan.kiszka@siemens.com>, Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
Cc: Joerg Roedel <joro@8bytes.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
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Subject: RE: [PATCH] x86/entry/32: Fix setup of CS high bits
Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2018 13:29:34 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <b3e6472fba2f4c5494dddc3ac48aba9b@AcuMS.aculab.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1246b176-02bf-3c04-5470-69333951263b@siemens.com>

From: Jan Kiszka
> On 15.10.18 15:14, David Laight wrote:
> > From: Jan Kiszka
> >> Sent: 15 October 2018 14:09
> > ...
> >>> Those fields are genuinely 16 bit.  So the comment should say
> >>> something like "Those high bits are used for CS_FROM_ENTRY_STACK and
> >>> CS_FROM_USER_CR3".
> >>
> >> /*
> >>    * The high bits of the CS dword (__csh) are used for
> >>    * CS_FROM_ENTRY_STACK and CS_FROM_USER_CR3. Clear them in case
> >>    * hardware didn't do this for us.
> >>    */
> >
> > What's a 'dword' ? :-)
> >
> > On a 32bit processor a 'word' will be 32 bits to a 'double-word'
> > would be 64 bits.
> > One of the worst names to use.
> 
> That's ia32 nomenclature: a doubleword (dword) is a 32-bit value.

I think you missed the :-)
I don't think linux uses that term very often.

Any guesses as to what type DWORD_PTR is?
(in a well know 64bit environment that uses UPPER_CASE for types).

	David

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Thread overview: 96+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-07-18  9:40 [PATCH 00/39 v8] PTI support for x86-32 Joerg Roedel
2018-07-18  9:40 ` [PATCH 01/39] x86/asm-offsets: Move TSS_sp0 and TSS_sp1 to asm-offsets.c Joerg Roedel
2018-07-19 23:18   ` [tip:x86/pti] " tip-bot for Joerg Roedel
2018-07-18  9:40 ` [PATCH 02/39] x86/entry/32: Rename TSS_sysenter_sp0 to TSS_entry2task_stack Joerg Roedel
2018-07-19 23:19   ` [tip:x86/pti] " tip-bot for Joerg Roedel
2018-07-18  9:40 ` [PATCH 03/39] x86/entry/32: Load task stack from x86_tss.sp1 in SYSENTER handler Joerg Roedel
2018-07-19 23:19   ` [tip:x86/pti] " tip-bot for Joerg Roedel
2018-07-18  9:40 ` [PATCH 04/39] x86/entry/32: Put ESPFIX code into a macro Joerg Roedel
2018-07-19 23:20   ` [tip:x86/pti] " tip-bot for Joerg Roedel
2018-07-18  9:40 ` [PATCH 05/39] x86/entry/32: Unshare NMI return path Joerg Roedel
2018-07-19 23:21   ` [tip:x86/pti] " tip-bot for Joerg Roedel
2018-07-18  9:40 ` [PATCH 06/39] x86/entry/32: Split off return-to-kernel path Joerg Roedel
2018-07-19 23:21   ` [tip:x86/pti] " tip-bot for Joerg Roedel
2018-07-18  9:40 ` [PATCH 07/39] x86/entry/32: Enter the kernel via trampoline stack Joerg Roedel
2018-07-18 18:09   ` Brian Gerst
2018-07-19 20:52     ` Thomas Gleixner
2018-07-19 23:22   ` [tip:x86/pti] " tip-bot for Joerg Roedel
2018-07-18  9:40 ` [PATCH 08/39] x86/entry/32: Leave " Joerg Roedel
2018-07-19 23:22   ` [tip:x86/pti] " tip-bot for Joerg Roedel
2018-07-18  9:40 ` [PATCH 09/39] x86/entry/32: Introduce SAVE_ALL_NMI and RESTORE_ALL_NMI Joerg Roedel
2018-07-19 23:23   ` [tip:x86/pti] " tip-bot for Joerg Roedel
2018-07-18  9:40 ` [PATCH 10/39] x86/entry/32: Handle Entry from Kernel-Mode on Entry-Stack Joerg Roedel
2018-07-19 23:23   ` [tip:x86/pti] " tip-bot for Joerg Roedel
2018-10-12 18:29   ` [PATCH 10/39] " Jan Kiszka
2018-10-13  9:54     ` [PATCH] x86/entry/32: Fix setup of CS high bits Jan Kiszka
2018-10-13 15:12       ` Andy Lutomirski
2018-10-15 13:08         ` Jan Kiszka
2018-10-15 13:14           ` David Laight
2018-10-15 13:18             ` Jan Kiszka
2018-10-15 13:29               ` David Laight [this message]
2018-10-15  9:10       ` Joerg Roedel
2018-10-15 14:09       ` [PATCH v2] " Jan Kiszka
2018-10-15 15:09         ` [tip:x86/urgent] x86/entry/32: Clear the " tip-bot for Jan Kiszka
2018-10-18  6:21         ` tip-bot for Jan Kiszka
2018-07-18  9:40 ` [PATCH 11/39] x86/entry/32: Simplify debug entry point Joerg Roedel
2018-07-19 23:24   ` [tip:x86/pti] " tip-bot for Joerg Roedel
2018-07-18  9:40 ` [PATCH 12/39] x86/entry/32: Add PTI cr3 switch to non-NMI entry/exit points Joerg Roedel
2018-07-19 23:24   ` [tip:x86/pti] " tip-bot for Joerg Roedel
2018-07-18  9:40 ` [PATCH 13/39] x86/entry/32: Add PTI cr3 switches to NMI handler code Joerg Roedel
2018-07-19 23:25   ` [tip:x86/pti] x86/entry/32: Add PTI CR3 " tip-bot for Joerg Roedel
2018-07-18  9:40 ` [PATCH 14/39] x86/entry: Rename update_sp0 to update_task_stack Joerg Roedel
2018-07-19 23:25   ` [tip:x86/pti] " tip-bot for Joerg Roedel
2018-07-18  9:40 ` [PATCH 15/39] x86/pgtable: Rename pti_set_user_pgd to pti_set_user_pgtbl Joerg Roedel
2018-07-19 23:26   ` [tip:x86/pti] x86/pgtable: Rename pti_set_user_pgd() to pti_set_user_pgtbl() tip-bot for Joerg Roedel
2018-07-18  9:40 ` [PATCH 16/39] x86/pgtable/pae: Unshare kernel PMDs when PTI is enabled Joerg Roedel
2018-07-19 23:26   ` [tip:x86/pti] " tip-bot for Joerg Roedel
2018-07-18  9:40 ` [PATCH 17/39] x86/pgtable/32: Allocate 8k page-tables " Joerg Roedel
2018-07-19 23:27   ` [tip:x86/pti] " tip-bot for Joerg Roedel
2018-07-18  9:40 ` [PATCH 18/39] x86/pgtable: Move pgdp kernel/user conversion functions to pgtable.h Joerg Roedel
2018-07-19 23:27   ` [tip:x86/pti] " tip-bot for Joerg Roedel
2018-07-18  9:40 ` [PATCH 19/39] x86/pgtable: Move pti_set_user_pgtbl() " Joerg Roedel
2018-07-19 23:28   ` [tip:x86/pti] " tip-bot for Joerg Roedel
2018-07-18  9:40 ` [PATCH 20/39] x86/pgtable: Move two more functions from pgtable_64.h " Joerg Roedel
2018-07-19 23:28   ` [tip:x86/pti] " tip-bot for Joerg Roedel
2018-07-18  9:40 ` [PATCH 21/39] x86/mm/pae: Populate valid user PGD entries Joerg Roedel
2018-07-19 23:29   ` [tip:x86/pti] " tip-bot for Joerg Roedel
2018-07-18  9:40 ` [PATCH 22/39] x86/mm/pae: Populate the user page-table with user pgd's Joerg Roedel
2018-07-19 23:30   ` [tip:x86/pti] " tip-bot for Joerg Roedel
2018-07-18  9:41 ` [PATCH 23/39] x86/mm/legacy: " Joerg Roedel
2018-07-19 23:30   ` [tip:x86/pti] " tip-bot for Joerg Roedel
2018-07-18  9:41 ` [PATCH 24/39] x86/mm/pti: Add an overflow check to pti_clone_pmds() Joerg Roedel
2018-07-19 23:31   ` [tip:x86/pti] " tip-bot for Joerg Roedel
2018-07-18  9:41 ` [PATCH 25/39] x86/mm/pti: Define X86_CR3_PTI_PCID_USER_BIT on x86_32 Joerg Roedel
2018-07-19 23:31   ` [tip:x86/pti] " tip-bot for Joerg Roedel
2018-07-18  9:41 ` [PATCH 26/39] x86/mm/pti: Clone CPU_ENTRY_AREA on PMD level " Joerg Roedel
2018-07-19 23:32   ` [tip:x86/pti] " tip-bot for Joerg Roedel
2018-07-18  9:41 ` [PATCH 27/39] x86/mm/pti: Make pti_clone_kernel_text() compile on 32 bit Joerg Roedel
2018-07-19 23:32   ` [tip:x86/pti] " tip-bot for Joerg Roedel
2018-07-18  9:41 ` [PATCH 28/39] x86/mm/pti: Keep permissions when cloning kernel text in pti_clone_kernel_text() Joerg Roedel
2018-07-19 23:33   ` [tip:x86/pti] " tip-bot for Joerg Roedel
2018-07-18  9:41 ` [PATCH 29/39] x86/mm/pti: Introduce pti_finalize() Joerg Roedel
2018-07-19 23:33   ` [tip:x86/pti] " tip-bot for Joerg Roedel
2018-07-18  9:41 ` [PATCH 30/39] x86/mm/pti: Clone entry-text again in pti_finalize() Joerg Roedel
2018-07-19 23:34   ` [tip:x86/pti] " tip-bot for Joerg Roedel
2018-07-18  9:41 ` [PATCH 31/39] x86/mm/dump_pagetables: Define INIT_PGD Joerg Roedel
2018-07-19 23:34   ` [tip:x86/pti] " tip-bot for Joerg Roedel
2018-07-18  9:41 ` [PATCH 32/39] x86/pgtable/pae: Use separate kernel PMDs for user page-table Joerg Roedel
2018-07-19 23:35   ` [tip:x86/pti] " tip-bot for Joerg Roedel
2018-10-05 14:06   ` [PATCH 32/39] " Arnd Bergmann
2018-07-18  9:41 ` [PATCH 33/39] x86/ldt: Reserve address-space range on 32 bit for the LDT Joerg Roedel
2018-07-19 23:35   ` [tip:x86/pti] " tip-bot for Joerg Roedel
2018-07-18  9:41 ` [PATCH 34/39] x86/ldt: Define LDT_END_ADDR Joerg Roedel
2018-07-19 23:36   ` [tip:x86/pti] " tip-bot for Joerg Roedel
2018-07-18  9:41 ` [PATCH 35/39] x86/ldt: Split out sanity check in map_ldt_struct() Joerg Roedel
2018-07-19 23:36   ` [tip:x86/pti] " tip-bot for Joerg Roedel
2018-07-18  9:41 ` [PATCH 36/39] x86/ldt: Enable LDT user-mapping for PAE Joerg Roedel
2018-07-19 23:37   ` [tip:x86/pti] " tip-bot for Joerg Roedel
2018-07-18  9:41 ` [PATCH 37/39] x86/pti: Allow CONFIG_PAGE_TABLE_ISOLATION for x86_32 Joerg Roedel
2018-07-19 23:37   ` [tip:x86/pti] " tip-bot for Joerg Roedel
2018-07-18  9:41 ` [PATCH 38/39] x86/mm/pti: Add Warning when booting on a PCID capable CPU Joerg Roedel
2018-07-19 23:38   ` [tip:x86/pti] " tip-bot for Joerg Roedel
2018-07-18  9:41 ` [PATCH 39/39] x86/entry/32: Add debug code to check entry/exit cr3 Joerg Roedel
2018-07-19 23:38   ` [tip:x86/pti] x86/entry/32: Add debug code to check entry/exit CR3 tip-bot for Joerg Roedel
2018-07-18 11:59 ` [PATCH 00/39 v8] PTI support for x86-32 Pavel Machek
2018-07-19 23:21 ` Thomas Gleixner
2018-07-20  7:59   ` Joerg Roedel

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