linux-kernel - [tip: x86/core] x86: Increase exception stack sizes

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Date:   Tue, 21 Sep 2021 12:41:09 -0000
From:   "tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra" <tip-bot2@...utronix.de>
To:     linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Michael Wang <yun.wang@...ux.alibaba.com>,
        "Peter Zijlstra (Intel)" <peterz@...radead.org>, x86@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [tip: x86/core] x86: Increase exception stack sizes

The following commit has been merged into the x86/core branch of tip:

Commit-ID:     7fae4c24a2b84a66c7be399727aca11e7a888462
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/7fae4c24a2b84a66c7be399727aca11e7a888462
Author:        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
AuthorDate:    Wed, 15 Sep 2021 16:19:46 +02:00
Committer:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
CommitterDate: Tue, 21 Sep 2021 13:57:43 +02:00

x86: Increase exception stack sizes

It turns out that a single page of stack is trivial to overflow with
all the tracing gunk enabled. Raise the exception stacks to 2 pages,
which is still half the interrupt stacks, which are at 4 pages.

Reported-by: Michael Wang <yun.wang@...ux.alibaba.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/YUIO9Ye98S5Eb68w@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net
---
 arch/x86/include/asm/page_64_types.h | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/page_64_types.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/page_64_types.h
index a8d4ad8..e9e2c3b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/page_64_types.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/page_64_types.h
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 #define THREAD_SIZE_ORDER	(2 + KASAN_STACK_ORDER)
 #define THREAD_SIZE  (PAGE_SIZE << THREAD_SIZE_ORDER)
 
-#define EXCEPTION_STACK_ORDER (0 + KASAN_STACK_ORDER)
+#define EXCEPTION_STACK_ORDER (1 + KASAN_STACK_ORDER)
 #define EXCEPTION_STKSZ (PAGE_SIZE << EXCEPTION_STACK_ORDER)
 
 #define IRQ_STACK_ORDER (2 + KASAN_STACK_ORDER)