linux-kernel - [PATCH v5 11/75] x86/boot/compressed/64: Disable red-zone usage

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Date:   Fri, 24 Jul 2020 18:02:32 +0200
From:   Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>
To:     x86@...nel.org
Cc:     Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>, Joerg Roedel <jroedel@...e.de>,
        hpa@...or.com, Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
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        Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>,
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        Cfir Cohen <cfir@...gle.com>,
        Erdem Aktas <erdemaktas@...gle.com>,
        Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>,
        Mike Stunes <mstunes@...are.com>,
        Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@...el.com>,
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Subject: [PATCH v5 11/75] x86/boot/compressed/64: Disable red-zone usage

From: Joerg Roedel <jroedel@...e.de>

The x86-64 ABI defines a red-zone on the stack:

  The 128-byte area beyond the location pointed to by %rsp is considered
  to be reserved and shall not be modified by signal or interrupt
  handlers. Therefore, functions may use this area for temporary data
  that is not needed across function calls. In particular, leaf
  functions may use this area for their entire stack frame, rather than
  adjusting the stack pointer in the prologue and epilogue. This area is
  known as the red zone.

This is not compatible with exception handling, because the IRET frame
written by the hardware at the stack pointer and the functions to handle
the exception will overwrite the temporary variables of the interrupted
function, causing undefined behavior. So disable red-zones for the
pre-decompression boot code.

Signed-off-by: Joerg Roedel <jroedel@...e.de>
---
 arch/x86/boot/Makefile            | 2 +-
 arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/Makefile b/arch/x86/boot/Makefile
index fe605205b4ce..4d6a16a47e9f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/Makefile
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ targets += cpustr.h
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-KBUILD_CFLAGS	:= $(REALMODE_CFLAGS) -D_SETUP
+KBUILD_CFLAGS	:= $(REALMODE_CFLAGS) -D_SETUP -mno-red-zone
 KBUILD_AFLAGS	:= $(KBUILD_CFLAGS) -D__ASSEMBLY__
 KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= $(call cc-option,-fmacro-prefix-map=$(srctree)/=)
 KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= -fno-asynchronous-unwind-tables
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile
index 5a828fde7a42..416f52ab39ec 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ KBUILD_CFLAGS := -m$(BITS) -O2
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += -fno-strict-aliasing $(call cc-option, -fPIE, -fPIC)
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += -DDISABLE_BRANCH_PROFILING
 cflags-$(CONFIG_X86_32) := -march=i386
-cflags-$(CONFIG_X86_64) := -mcmodel=small
+cflags-$(CONFIG_X86_64) := -mcmodel=small -mno-red-zone
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(cflags-y)
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += -mno-mmx -mno-sse
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-ffreestanding)
-- 
2.27.0