linux-kernel - Re: Regression: boot failure on AMD Elan TS-5500

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Tue, 1 Jul 2008 19:59:42 +0000
From:	Sean Young <sean@...s.org>
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc:	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>,
	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Regression: boot failure on AMD Elan TS-5500

On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 03:42:47PM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote:
> >
> >Maybe it really does require the far jump immediately after setting PE 
> >in cr0...
> >
> >Hm, I don't remember this paragraph being in vol 3a, section 8.9.1 
> >before.  Is it a recent addition?
> >
> >   Random failures can occur if other instructions exist between steps
> >   3 and 4 above.  Failures will be readily seen in some situations,
> >   such as when instructions that reference memory are inserted between
> >   steps 3 and 4 while in system management mode.
> >
> 
> I don't remember that, either.

Which document are we talking about? 

> Sean: could you try the following patch?
> 
> 	-hpa

> diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/pmjump.S b/arch/x86/boot/pmjump.S
> index ab049d4..141b6e2 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/boot/pmjump.S
> +++ b/arch/x86/boot/pmjump.S
> @@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ protected_mode_jump:
>  	movw	%cs, %bx
>  	shll	$4, %ebx
>  	addl	%ebx, 2f
> +	jmp	1f			# Short jump to serialize on 386/486
> +1:
>  
>  	movw	$__BOOT_DS, %cx
>  	movw	$__BOOT_TSS, %di
> @@ -40,8 +42,6 @@ protected_mode_jump:
>  	movl	%cr0, %edx
>  	orb	$X86_CR0_PE, %dl	# Protected mode
>  	movl	%edx, %cr0
> -	jmp	1f			# Short jump to serialize on 386/486
> -1:
>  
>  	# Transition to 32-bit mode
>  	.byte	0x66, 0xea		# ljmpl opcode

I'm afraid it doesn't work. Maybe I can find something in the AMD Elan
documentation. Would a fence make sense?

Thanks
Sean
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/