linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4.4 00/37] 4.4.110-stable review

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Date:   Thu, 11 Jan 2018 21:37:36 +0100 (CET)
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
cc:     Pavel Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@...cle.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>, Thomas Voegtle <tv@...96.de>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>,
        Shuah Khan <shuahkh@....samsung.com>, patches@...nelci.org,
        Ben Hutchings <ben.hutchings@...ethink.co.uk>,
        lkft-triage@...ts.linaro.org, stable <stable@...r.kernel.org>,
        Steve Sistare <steven.sistare@...cle.com>,
        Matt Fleming <matt@...eblueprint.co.uk>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4.4 00/37] 4.4.110-stable review

On Thu, 11 Jan 2018, Linus Torvalds wrote:

> [ Patch to make sure the EFI trampoline_pgd is properly aligned and
> has the double pgd that KPTI requires ]
> 
> On Thu, Jan 11, 2018 at 10:40 AM, Pavel Tatashin
> <pasha.tatashin@...cle.com> wrote:
> > If it is better to resubmit this patch via git send-email, please let me know.
> 
> It would be better, because that way the patch can be more easily
> quoted and discussed.
> 
> That said, I do not see why this isn't an issue upstream too.
> 
> As far as I can tell, it's not just 4.4.110. Our current entry code
> does that ADJUST_KERNEL_CR3 dance too, which clears the
> PTI_SWITCH_MASK bit from cr3.
> 
> And that realmode trampoline pgd seems all to be just aligned to PAGE_SIZE.

Right, but see below.

> Now, in the modern world, we generate new page tables for EFI, but we
> still have that EFI_OLD_MEMMAP code that disables that. And afaik,
> EFI_OLD_MEMMAP has the exact same problem that your patch fixes in 4.4
> (where it's always on).
> 
> So I think this patch should go into the development kernel too.
> 
> Or maybe it already is, and I just haven't gotten it yet.

It's not. There is an efi oldmap fix pending, but that's a different story.

> Or - even more likely - I'm missing something entirely, and even
> EFI_OLD_MEMMAP solved this some other way upstream.

67a9108ed431 ("x86/efi: Build our own page table structures")

got rid of EFI depending on real_mode_header->trampoline_pgd

So I don't see how upstream needs the fix as the trampoline_pgd seems only
to be used when coming out of the boot loader.

Adding Matt. He stepped back from EFI, but he might still know.

> Adding Thomas Gleixner explicitly to the participants so that he can
> tell me I'm a moron and point me to the right thing.

Your wish is my command, but I need to stare some more before doing so.

Thanks,

	tglx