linux-kernel - Re: perf_fuzzer compiled for x32 causes reboot

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Message-ID: <20140224143249.2c37e16f@gandalf.local.home>
Date:	Mon, 24 Feb 2014 14:32:49 -0500
From:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Vince Weaver <vincent.weaver@...ne.edu>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, "H.J. Lu" <hjl.tools@...il.com>
Subject: Re: perf_fuzzer compiled for x32 causes reboot

On Mon, 24 Feb 2014 20:30:43 +0100
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org> wrote:

> On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 02:13:29PM -0500, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> > Ah, and x86_64 saves off the cr2 register when entering NMI and restores
> > it before returning. But it seems to be missing from the i386 code.
> 
> arch/x86/kernel/nmi.c:
> 
> #define nmi_nesting_preprocess(regs)					\
> 	do {								\
> 		if (this_cpu_read(nmi_state) != NMI_NOT_RUNNING) {	\
> 			this_cpu_write(nmi_state, NMI_LATCHED);		\
> 			return;						\
> 		}							\
> 		this_cpu_write(nmi_state, NMI_EXECUTING);		\
> 		this_cpu_write(nmi_cr2, read_cr2());			\
> 	} while (0);							\
> 	nmi_restart:
> 
> #define nmi_nesting_postprocess()					\
> 	do {								\
> 		if (unlikely(this_cpu_read(nmi_cr2) != read_cr2()))	\
> 			write_cr2(this_cpu_read(nmi_cr2));		\
> 		if (this_cpu_dec_return(nmi_state))			\
> 			goto nmi_restart;				\
> 	} while (0)
> 
> That very much looks like saving/restoring CR2 to me.
> 

Ah, I forgot to look in the C file.

> FWIW; I hate how the x86_64 and i386 versions of this NMI nesting magic
> are so completely different.

Yeah, it sucks. But that's because the architecture on handling NMIs is
completely different. x86_64 swaps the stack automatically, where as
i386 uses the same stack if you are already in the kernel.

-- Steve
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