linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.16 194/410] x86/xen: init %gs very early to avoid page faults with stack protector

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Date:   Thu, 07 Jun 2018 15:05:21 +0100
From:   Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
CC:     akpm@...ux-foundation.org, "Juergen Gross" <jgross@...e.com>,
        "Boris Ostrovsky" <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>,
        "Chris Patterson" <cjp256@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3.16 194/410] x86/xen: init %gs very early to avoid page
 faults with stack protector

3.16.57-rc1 review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>

commit 4f277295e54c5b7340e48efea3fc5cc21a2872b7 upstream.

When running as Xen pv guest %gs is initialized some time after
C code is started. Depending on stack protector usage this might be
too late, resulting in page faults.

So setup %gs and MSR_GS_BASE in assembly code already.

Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>
Reviewed-by: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>
Tested-by: Chris Patterson <cjp256@...il.com>
Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>
[bwh: Backported to 3.16: adjust context]
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
---
--- a/arch/x86/xen/xen-head.S
+++ b/arch/x86/xen/xen-head.S
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@
 
 #include <asm/boot.h>
 #include <asm/asm.h>
+#include <asm/msr.h>
 #include <asm/page_types.h>
+#include <asm/percpu.h>
 
 #include <xen/interface/elfnote.h>
 #include <xen/interface/features.h>
@@ -42,7 +44,20 @@ ENTRY(startup_xen)
 #else
 	mov %rsi,xen_start_info
 	mov $init_thread_union+THREAD_SIZE,%rsp
+
+	/* Set up %gs.
+	 *
+	 * The base of %gs always points to the bottom of the irqstack
+	 * union.  If the stack protector canary is enabled, it is
+	 * located at %gs:40.  Note that, on SMP, the boot cpu uses
+	 * init data section till per cpu areas are set up.
+	 */
+	movl	$MSR_GS_BASE,%ecx
+	movq	$INIT_PER_CPU_VAR(irq_stack_union),%rax
+	cdq
+	wrmsr
 #endif
+
 	jmp xen_start_kernel
 
 	__FINIT