linux-kernel - Re: [RFC 08/17] x86/asm/64: De-Xen-ify our NMI code

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Date:   Fri, 8 Sep 2017 06:26:46 +0200
From:   Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>
To:     Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
Cc:     X86 ML <x86@...nel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Brian Gerst <brgerst@...il.com>,
        Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@...rix.com>,
        Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC 08/17] x86/asm/64: De-Xen-ify our NMI code

On 07/09/17 20:38, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 7, 2017 at 2:34 AM, Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com> wrote:
>> On 06/09/17 23:36, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
>>> Xen PV is fundamentally incompatible with our fancy NMI code: it
>>> doesn't use IST at all, and Xen entries clobber two stack slots
>>> below the hardware frame.
>>>
>>> Drop Xen PV support from our NMI code entirely.
>>>
>>> XXX: Juergen: could you write and test the tiny patch needed to
>>> make Xen PV have a xen_nmi entry that handles NMIs?  I don't know
>>> how to test it.
>>
>> You mean something like the attached one?
> 
> Yes.  Mind if I add it to my series?

Go ahead!


Juergen