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Message-Id: <20170614124032.4159-4-brgerst@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2017 08:40:32 -0400
From: Brian Gerst <brgerst@...il.com>
To: x86@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, "H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>,
Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] x86/xen: Move paravirt IOPL switching to slow the path
Since tasks using IOPL are very rare, move the switching code to the slow
path for lower impact on normal tasks.
Signed-off-by: Brian Gerst <brgerst@...il.com>
---
arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt.h | 6 ++++++
arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h | 1 +
arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h | 5 ++++-
arch/x86/include/asm/xen/hypervisor.h | 2 --
arch/x86/kernel/ioport.c | 6 ++++++
arch/x86/kernel/process.c | 8 ++++++++
arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c | 9 ---------
arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c | 11 -----------
arch/x86/xen/enlighten_pv.c | 2 +-
9 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt.h
index 9a15739..2145dbd 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt.h
@@ -265,6 +265,12 @@ static inline void write_idt_entry(gate_desc *dt, int entry, const gate_desc *g)
{
PVOP_VCALL3(pv_cpu_ops.write_idt_entry, dt, entry, g);
}
+
+static inline bool paravirt_iopl(void)
+{
+ return pv_cpu_ops.set_iopl_mask != paravirt_nop;
+}
+
static inline void set_iopl_mask(unsigned mask)
{
PVOP_VCALL1(pv_cpu_ops.set_iopl_mask, mask);
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
index 06c4795..4411d67 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -523,6 +523,7 @@ static inline void load_sp0(struct tss_struct *tss,
native_load_sp0(tss, thread);
}
+static inline bool paravirt_iopl(void) { return false; }
static inline void set_iopl_mask(unsigned mask) { }
#endif /* CONFIG_PARAVIRT */
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h
index e00e1bd..350f3d3 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ struct thread_info {
#define TIF_SIGPENDING 2 /* signal pending */
#define TIF_NEED_RESCHED 3 /* rescheduling necessary */
#define TIF_SINGLESTEP 4 /* reenable singlestep on user return*/
+#define TIF_PV_IOPL 5 /* call hypervisor to change IOPL */
#define TIF_SYSCALL_EMU 6 /* syscall emulation active */
#define TIF_SYSCALL_AUDIT 7 /* syscall auditing active */
#define TIF_SECCOMP 8 /* secure computing */
@@ -104,6 +105,7 @@ struct thread_info {
#define _TIF_SIGPENDING (1 << TIF_SIGPENDING)
#define _TIF_NEED_RESCHED (1 << TIF_NEED_RESCHED)
#define _TIF_SINGLESTEP (1 << TIF_SINGLESTEP)
+#define _TIF_PV_IOPL (1 << TIF_PV_IOPL)
#define _TIF_SYSCALL_EMU (1 << TIF_SYSCALL_EMU)
#define _TIF_SYSCALL_AUDIT (1 << TIF_SYSCALL_AUDIT)
#define _TIF_SECCOMP (1 << TIF_SECCOMP)
@@ -141,7 +143,8 @@ struct thread_info {
/* flags to check in __switch_to() */
#define _TIF_WORK_CTXSW \
- (_TIF_IO_BITMAP|_TIF_NOCPUID|_TIF_NOTSC|_TIF_BLOCKSTEP)
+ (_TIF_IO_BITMAP | _TIF_NOCPUID | _TIF_NOTSC | _TIF_BLOCKSTEP | \
+ _TIF_PV_IOPL)
#define _TIF_WORK_CTXSW_PREV (_TIF_WORK_CTXSW|_TIF_USER_RETURN_NOTIFY)
#define _TIF_WORK_CTXSW_NEXT (_TIF_WORK_CTXSW)
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/xen/hypervisor.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/xen/hypervisor.h
index 39171b3..8b2d4be 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/xen/hypervisor.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/xen/hypervisor.h
@@ -62,6 +62,4 @@ void xen_arch_register_cpu(int num);
void xen_arch_unregister_cpu(int num);
#endif
-extern void xen_set_iopl_mask(unsigned mask);
-
#endif /* _ASM_X86_XEN_HYPERVISOR_H */
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/ioport.c b/arch/x86/kernel/ioport.c
index 9c3cf09..2051e7d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/ioport.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/ioport.c
@@ -126,6 +126,12 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE1(iopl, unsigned int, level)
regs->flags = (regs->flags & ~X86_EFLAGS_IOPL) |
(level << X86_EFLAGS_IOPL_BIT);
t->iopl = level << X86_EFLAGS_IOPL_BIT;
+ if (paravirt_iopl()) {
+ if (level > 0)
+ set_thread_flag(TIF_PV_IOPL);
+ else
+ clear_thread_flag(TIF_PV_IOPL);
+ }
set_iopl_mask(t->iopl);
return 0;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
index 0bb88428c..78d1ab2 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
@@ -296,6 +296,14 @@ void __switch_to_xtra(struct task_struct *prev_p, struct task_struct *next_p,
if ((tifp ^ tifn) & _TIF_NOCPUID)
set_cpuid_faulting(!!(tifn & _TIF_NOCPUID));
+
+ /*
+ * On Xen PV, IOPL bits in pt_regs->flags have no effect, and
+ * current_pt_regs()->flags may not match the current task's
+ * intended IOPL. We need to switch it manually.
+ */
+ if (prev->iopl != next->iopl)
+ set_iopl_mask(next->iopl);
}
/*
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c
index b2d1f7c..19527b4 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c
@@ -258,15 +258,6 @@ __switch_to(struct task_struct *prev_p, struct task_struct *next_p)
load_TLS(next, cpu);
/*
- * Restore IOPL if needed. In normal use, the flags restore
- * in the switch assembly will handle this. But if the kernel
- * is running virtualized at a non-zero CPL, the popf will
- * not restore flags, so it must be done in a separate step.
- */
- if (unlikely(prev->iopl != next->iopl))
- set_iopl_mask(next->iopl);
-
- /*
* Now maybe handle debug registers and/or IO bitmaps
*/
if (unlikely(task_thread_info(prev_p)->flags & _TIF_WORK_CTXSW_PREV ||
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
index 9c39ab8..9525e10 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
@@ -446,17 +446,6 @@ __switch_to(struct task_struct *prev_p, struct task_struct *next_p)
task_thread_info(prev_p)->flags & _TIF_WORK_CTXSW_PREV))
__switch_to_xtra(prev_p, next_p, tss);
-#ifdef CONFIG_XEN_PV
- /*
- * On Xen PV, IOPL bits in pt_regs->flags have no effect, and
- * current_pt_regs()->flags may not match the current task's
- * intended IOPL. We need to switch it manually.
- */
- if (unlikely(static_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_XENPV) &&
- prev->iopl != next->iopl))
- xen_set_iopl_mask(next->iopl);
-#endif
-
if (static_cpu_has_bug(X86_BUG_SYSRET_SS_ATTRS)) {
/*
* AMD CPUs have a misfeature: SYSRET sets the SS selector but
diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten_pv.c b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten_pv.c
index 05257c0..ea0d269 100644
--- a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten_pv.c
+++ b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten_pv.c
@@ -813,7 +813,7 @@ static void xen_load_sp0(struct tss_struct *tss,
tss->x86_tss.sp0 = thread->sp0;
}
-void xen_set_iopl_mask(unsigned mask)
+static void xen_set_iopl_mask(unsigned mask)
{
struct physdev_set_iopl set_iopl;
--
2.9.4
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