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From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
To: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
Cc: x86@kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	jpoimboe@redhat.com, brgerst@gmail.com, jiangshanlai@gmail.com,
	Andrew.Cooper3@citrix.com, mark.rutland@arm.com,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/6] x86/entry: Use PUSH_AND_CLEAR_REGS for compat
Date: Thu, 19 May 2022 19:00:09 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20220519170009.GL2578@worktop.programming.kicks-ass.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20220519162411.GA4095576@roeck-us.net>

On Thu, May 19, 2022 at 09:24:11AM -0700, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> On Fri, May 06, 2022 at 02:14:34PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> > Since the upper regs don't exist for ia32 code, preserving them
> > doesn't hurt and it simplifies the code.
> > 
> > This doesn't add any attack surface that would not already be
> > available through INT80.
> > 
> > Notably:
> > 
> >  - 32bit SYSENTER: didn't clear si, dx, cx.
> > 
> >  - 32bit SYSCALL, INT80: *do* clear si since the C functions don't
> >    take a second argument.
> > 
> >  - 64bit: didn't clear si since the C functions take a second
> >    argument; except the error_entry path might have only one argument,
> >    so clearing si was missing here.
> > 
> > 32b SYSENTER should be clearing all those 3 registers, nothing uses them
> > and selftests pass.
> > 
> > Unconditionally clear rsi since it simplifies code.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
> > Reviewed-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
> 
> linux-next (next-20220519) crashes due to this patch when booting
> q35:EPYC-Rome in qemu.

Could you try backing out each of the hunks one at a time? They're all
more or less independent.

My bet with this being a #PF on an AMD machine, it's either the SI clear
or the SYSCALL change.

  reply	other threads:[~2022-05-19 17:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-05-06 12:14 [PATCH 0/6] x86: Various cleanups and fixes Peter Zijlstra
2022-05-06 12:14 ` [PATCH 1/6] x86/mm: Simplify RESERVE_BRK() Peter Zijlstra
2022-05-06 15:09   ` [tip: x86/asm] " tip-bot2 for Josh Poimboeuf
2022-05-06 12:14 ` [PATCH 2/6] x86/entry: Simplify entry_INT80_compat() Peter Zijlstra
2022-05-06 15:09   ` [tip: x86/asm] " tip-bot2 for Linus Torvalds
2022-05-06 12:14 ` [PATCH 3/6] x86/entry: Use PUSH_AND_CLEAR_REGS for compat Peter Zijlstra
2022-05-06 15:09   ` [tip: x86/asm] " tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2022-05-07  2:54   ` [PATCH 3/6] " Lai Jiangshan
2022-05-19 16:24   ` Guenter Roeck
2022-05-19 17:00     ` Peter Zijlstra [this message]
2022-05-19 17:11       ` Josh Poimboeuf
2022-05-19 17:35         ` Josh Poimboeuf
2022-05-20  1:11           ` Lai Jiangshan
2022-05-20  2:46             ` Guenter Roeck
2022-05-20 15:55             ` Josh Poimboeuf
2022-05-06 12:14 ` [PATCH 4/6] x86/entry: Remove skip_r11rcx Peter Zijlstra
2022-05-06 15:09   ` [tip: x86/asm] " tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2022-05-07  2:52   ` [PATCH 4/6] " Lai Jiangshan
2022-05-06 12:14 ` [PATCH 5/6] linkage: Fix issue with missing symbol size Peter Zijlstra
2022-05-06 15:08   ` [tip: x86/asm] " tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2022-05-06 12:14 ` [PATCH 6/6] objtool: Fix STACK_FRAME_NON_STANDARD reloc type Peter Zijlstra
2022-05-06 15:08   ` [tip: x86/asm] " tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2022-05-06 16:05   ` [PATCH 6/6] " Josh Poimboeuf
2022-05-06 20:26   ` [tip: x86/asm] " tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2022-05-19 18:31 [PATCH 3/6] x86/entry: Use PUSH_AND_CLEAR_REGS for compat Guenter Roeck

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