linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 15/20] x86/xen/64: Clean up SP code in cpu_initialize

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Date:   Thu,  2 Nov 2017 00:59:12 -0700
From:   Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
To:     X86 ML <x86@...nel.org>
Cc:     Borislav Petkov <bpetkov@...e.de>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Brian Gerst <brgerst@...il.com>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>,
        Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 15/20] x86/xen/64: Clean up SP code in cpu_initialize_context()

I'm removing thread_struct::sp0, and Xen's usage of it is slightly
dubious and unnecessary.  Use appropriate helpers instead.

While we're at at, reorder the code slightly to make it more obvious
what's going on.

Cc: Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>
Cc: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>
Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
---
 arch/x86/xen/smp_pv.c | 17 ++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/smp_pv.c b/arch/x86/xen/smp_pv.c
index 51471408fdd1..8c0e047d0b80 100644
--- a/arch/x86/xen/smp_pv.c
+++ b/arch/x86/xen/smp_pv.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
  * single-threaded.
  */
 #include <linux/sched.h>
+#include <linux/sched/task_stack.h>
 #include <linux/err.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/smp.h>
@@ -293,12 +294,19 @@ cpu_initialize_context(unsigned int cpu, struct task_struct *idle)
 #endif
 	memset(&ctxt->fpu_ctxt, 0, sizeof(ctxt->fpu_ctxt));
 
+	/*
+	 * Bring up the CPU in cpu_bringup_and_idle() with the stack
+	 * pointing just below where pt_regs would be if it were a normal
+	 * kernel entry.
+	 */
 	ctxt->user_regs.eip = (unsigned long)cpu_bringup_and_idle;
 	ctxt->flags = VGCF_IN_KERNEL;
 	ctxt->user_regs.eflags = 0x1000; /* IOPL_RING1 */
 	ctxt->user_regs.ds = __USER_DS;
 	ctxt->user_regs.es = __USER_DS;
 	ctxt->user_regs.ss = __KERNEL_DS;
+	ctxt->user_regs.cs = __KERNEL_CS;
+	ctxt->user_regs.esp = (unsigned long)task_pt_regs(idle);
 
 	xen_copy_trap_info(ctxt->trap_ctxt);
 
@@ -313,8 +321,13 @@ cpu_initialize_context(unsigned int cpu, struct task_struct *idle)
 	ctxt->gdt_frames[0] = gdt_mfn;
 	ctxt->gdt_ents      = GDT_ENTRIES;
 
+	/*
+	 * Set SS:SP that Xen will use when entering guest kernel mode
+	 * from guest user mode.  Subsequent calls to load_sp0() can
+	 * change this value.
+	 */
 	ctxt->kernel_ss = __KERNEL_DS;
-	ctxt->kernel_sp = idle->thread.sp0;
+	ctxt->kernel_sp = task_top_of_stack(idle);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
 	ctxt->event_callback_cs     = __KERNEL_CS;
@@ -326,10 +339,8 @@ cpu_initialize_context(unsigned int cpu, struct task_struct *idle)
 		(unsigned long)xen_hypervisor_callback;
 	ctxt->failsafe_callback_eip =
 		(unsigned long)xen_failsafe_callback;
-	ctxt->user_regs.cs = __KERNEL_CS;
 	per_cpu(xen_cr3, cpu) = __pa(swapper_pg_dir);
 
-	ctxt->user_regs.esp = idle->thread.sp0 - sizeof(struct pt_regs);
 	ctxt->ctrlreg[3] = xen_pfn_to_cr3(virt_to_gfn(swapper_pg_dir));
 	if (HYPERVISOR_vcpu_op(VCPUOP_initialise, xen_vcpu_nr(cpu), ctxt))
 		BUG();
-- 
2.13.6