linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] x86/topology changes for v5.3

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Message-ID: <cb6d381ed7cd0bf732ae9d8f30c806b849b0f94b.camel@mengyan1223.wang>
Date:   Wed, 10 Jul 2019 20:01:37 +0800
From:   Xi Ruoyao <xry111@...gyan1223.wang>
To:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Linux List Kernel Mailing <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>, Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>,
        Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>, Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>,
        Bob Moore <robert.moore@...el.com>,
        Erik Schmauss <erik.schmauss@...el.com>,
        xry111@...gyan1223.wang
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] x86/topology changes for v5.3

On 2019-07-10 19:27 +0800, Xi Ruoyao wrote:
> On 2019-07-09 17:31 -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
> > On Wed, Jul 10, 2019 at 01:17:11AM +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> > > On Wed, 10 Jul 2019, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> > > > That still does not explain the cr4/0 issue you have. Can you send me
> > > > your
> > > > .config please?
> > > 
> > > Does your machine have UMIP support? None of my test boxes has. So that'd
> > > be the difference of bits enforced in CR4. Should not matter because it's
> > > User mode instruction prevention, but who knows.
> > 
> > Ew. Yeah, I don't have i9 nor i7 for testing this. I did try everything
> > else I had (and hibernation). Is only Linus able to reproduce this so far?
> 
> I can, too.
> 
> > To rule out (in?) UMIP, this would remove UMIP from the pinning:
> > 
> > diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
> > index 309b6b9b49d4..f3beedb6da8a 100644
> > --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
> > +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
> > @@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ static void __init setup_cr_pinning(void)
> >  {
> >  	unsigned long mask;
> >  
> > -	mask = (X86_CR4_SMEP | X86_CR4_SMAP | X86_CR4_UMIP);
> > +	mask = (X86_CR4_SMEP | X86_CR4_SMAP);
> >  	cr4_pinned_bits = this_cpu_read(cpu_tlbstate.cr4) & mask;
> >  	static_key_enable(&cr_pinning.key);
> >  }
> 
> I'll try it.

That doesn't work, sadly.

My laptop is an old i3-3217u.

My .config and syslog snip are attached.
-- 
Xi Ruoyao <xry111@...gyan1223.wang>
School of Aerospace Science and Technology, Xidian University

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