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From: peterz@infradead.org
To: "Jürgen Groß" <jgross@suse.com>
Cc: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org, x86@kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org,
	Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>, Deep Shah <sdeep@vmware.com>,
	"VMware, Inc." <pv-drivers@vmware.com>,
	Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com>,
	Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 4/7] x86/paravirt: remove 32-bit support from PARAVIRT_XXL
Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2020 12:21:58 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200807102158.GG2674@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3a0712ee-efca-5684-d321-3b789e01fc16@suse.com>

On Fri, Aug 07, 2020 at 12:02:59PM +0200, Jürgen Groß wrote:
> On 07.08.20 11:39, peterz@infradead.org wrote:
> > On Fri, Aug 07, 2020 at 10:38:23AM +0200, Juergen Gross wrote:
> > 
> > > -# else
> > > -	const unsigned char	cpu_iret[1];
> > > -# endif
> > >   };
> > >   static const struct patch_xxl patch_data_xxl = {
> > > @@ -42,7 +38,6 @@ static const struct patch_xxl patch_data_xxl = {
> > >   	.irq_save_fl		= { 0x9c, 0x58 },	// pushf; pop %[re]ax
> > >   	.mmu_read_cr2		= { 0x0f, 0x20, 0xd0 },	// mov %cr2, %[re]ax
> > >   	.mmu_read_cr3		= { 0x0f, 0x20, 0xd8 },	// mov %cr3, %[re]ax
> > > -# ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
> > >   	.mmu_write_cr3		= { 0x0f, 0x22, 0xdf },	// mov %rdi, %cr3
> > >   	.irq_restore_fl		= { 0x57, 0x9d },	// push %rdi; popfq
> > >   	.cpu_wbinvd		= { 0x0f, 0x09 },	// wbinvd
> > > @@ -50,19 +45,11 @@ static const struct patch_xxl patch_data_xxl = {
> > >   				    0x48, 0x0f, 0x07 },	// swapgs; sysretq
> > >   	.cpu_swapgs		= { 0x0f, 0x01, 0xf8 },	// swapgs
> > >   	.mov64			= { 0x48, 0x89, 0xf8 },	// mov %rdi, %rax
> > > -# else
> > > -	.mmu_write_cr3		= { 0x0f, 0x22, 0xd8 },	// mov %eax, %cr3
> > > -	.irq_restore_fl		= { 0x50, 0x9d },	// push %eax; popf
> > > -	.cpu_iret		= { 0xcf },		// iret
> > > -# endif
> > 
> > I was looking at x86_64 paravirt the other day and found we actually
> > have pv_ops.cpu.iret users there..
> 
> On x86_64 we have (without PARAVIRT_XXL):
> 
> #define INTERRUPT_RETURN        jmp native_iret
> 
> and with PARAVIRT_XXL this is basically a jmp *pv_ops.cpu.iret which
> will then be patched to either jmp native_iret or jmp xen_iret.

Ah, okay. Clearly I didn't look hard enough. Thanks!

  reply	other threads:[~2020-08-07 10:22 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-08-07  8:38 [PATCH v3 0/7] Remove 32-bit Xen PV guest support Juergen Gross
2020-08-07  8:38 ` [PATCH v3 1/7] x86/xen: remove " Juergen Gross
2020-08-09  2:01   ` Boris Ostrovsky
2020-08-10  4:36     ` Jürgen Groß
2020-08-07  8:38 ` [PATCH v3 2/7] x86/xen: eliminate xen-asm_64.S Juergen Gross
2020-08-09  2:04   ` Boris Ostrovsky
2020-08-10  4:36     ` Jürgen Groß
2020-08-07  8:38 ` [PATCH v3 3/7] x86/xen: drop tests for highmem in pv code Juergen Gross
2020-08-07 11:18   ` kernel test robot
2020-08-09  2:22   ` Boris Ostrovsky
2020-08-10  4:37     ` Jürgen Groß
2020-08-07  8:38 ` [PATCH v3 4/7] x86/paravirt: remove 32-bit support from PARAVIRT_XXL Juergen Gross
2020-08-07  9:39   ` peterz
2020-08-07 10:02     ` Jürgen Groß
2020-08-07 10:21       ` peterz [this message]
2020-08-09  2:34   ` Boris Ostrovsky
2020-08-10  4:39     ` Jürgen Groß
2020-08-10 16:53       ` Boris Ostrovsky
2020-08-10 18:42         ` Jürgen Groß
2020-08-07  8:38 ` [PATCH v3 5/7] x86/paravirt: cleanup paravirt macros Juergen Gross
2020-08-07  8:38 ` [PATCH v3 6/7] x86/paravirt: use CONFIG_PARAVIRT_XXL instead of CONFIG_PARAVIRT Juergen Gross
2020-08-07  8:38 ` [PATCH v3 7/7] x86/entry/32: revert "Fix XEN_PV build dependency" Juergen Gross

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