linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/4] x86: open-code register save/restore in trace

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Message-ID: <20150109121950.GD13637@pd.tnic>
Date:	Fri, 9 Jan 2015 13:19:50 +0100
From:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:	Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@...hat.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	X86 ML <x86@...nel.org>, Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...mgrid.com>,
	Will Drewry <wad@...omium.org>,
	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] x86: open-code register save/restore in
 trace_hardirqs thunks

On Thu, Jan 08, 2015 at 05:25:14PM +0100, Denys Vlasenko wrote:
> This is a preparatory patch for change in "struct pt_regs"
> handling in entry_64.S.
> 
> trace_hardirqs thunks were (ab)using a part of pt_regs
> handling code, namely SAVE_ARGS/RESTORE_ARGS macros,
> to save/restore registers across C function calls.
> 
> Since SAVE_ARGS is going to be changed, open-code
> register saving/restoring here.
> 
> Incidentally, this removes a bit of dead code:
> one SAVE_ARGS was used just to emit a CFI annotation,
> but it also generated unreachable assembly insns.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@...hat.com>
> CC: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
> CC: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
> CC: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
> CC: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>
> CC: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
> CC: X86 ML <x86@...nel.org>
> CC: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...mgrid.com>
> CC: Will Drewry <wad@...omium.org>
> CC: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
> CC: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
> ---
>  arch/x86/lib/thunk_64.S | 29 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
>  1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

Hmm, this patch breaks booting my kvm guest: it stops booting at some
point and restarts itself after a couple of seconds.

The monitor says rIP points to ffffffff8167ae30 which is this:

ffffffff8167ae30 <async_page_fault>:
ffffffff8167ae30:       ff 15 fa 62 31 00       callq  *0x3162fa(%rip)        # ffffffff81991130 <pv_irq_ops+0x30>
ffffffff8167ae36:       48 83 ec 78             sub    $0x78,%rsp
ffffffff8167ae3a:       e8 d1 01 00 00          callq  ffffffff8167b010 <error_entry>
ffffffff8167ae3f:       48 89 e7                mov    %rsp,%rdi
ffffffff8167ae42:       48 8b 74 24 78          mov    0x78(%rsp),%rsi
ffffffff8167ae47:       48 c7 44 24 78 ff ff    movq   $0xffffffffffffffff,0x78(%rsp)
ffffffff8167ae4e:       ff ff 
ffffffff8167ae50:       e8 9b 9e 9c ff          callq  ffffffff81044cf0 <do_async_page_fault>
ffffffff8167ae55:       e9 76 02 00 00          jmpq   ffffffff8167b0d0 <error_exit>
ffffffff8167ae5a:       66 0f 1f 44 00 00       nopw   0x0(%rax,%rax,1)

HTH.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

Sent from a fat crate under my desk. Formatting is fine.
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