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Message-ID: <168897683652.404.733058783899665441.tip-bot2@tip-bot2>
Date:   Mon, 10 Jul 2023 08:13:56 -0000
From:   "tip-bot2 for Brian Gerst" <tip-bot2@...utronix.de>
To:     linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Brian Gerst <brgerst@...il.com>,
        "Peter Zijlstra (Intel)" <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@...gle.com>, x86@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [tip: x86/urgent] x86/32: Remove schedule_tail_wrapper()

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

Commit-ID:     81f755d561f365f544795fad92f05a085ea4f292
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/81f755d561f365f544795fad92f05a085ea4f292
Author:        Brian Gerst <brgerst@...il.com>
AuthorDate:    Fri, 23 Jun 2023 18:55:28 -04:00
Committer:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
CommitterDate: Mon, 10 Jul 2023 09:52:24 +02:00

x86/32: Remove schedule_tail_wrapper()

The unwinder expects a return address at the very top of the kernel
stack just below pt_regs and before any stack frame is created.  Instead
of calling a wrapper, set up a return address as if ret_from_fork()
was called from the syscall entry code.

Signed-off-by: Brian Gerst <brgerst@...il.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Reviewed-by: Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@...gle.com>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230623225529.34590-2-brgerst@gmail.com
---
 arch/x86/entry/entry_32.S | 33 ++++++++++-----------------------
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/entry_32.S b/arch/x86/entry/entry_32.S
index 91397f5..e56123f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/entry/entry_32.S
+++ b/arch/x86/entry/entry_32.S
@@ -720,26 +720,6 @@ SYM_CODE_END(__switch_to_asm)
 .popsection
 
 /*
- * The unwinder expects the last frame on the stack to always be at the same
- * offset from the end of the page, which allows it to validate the stack.
- * Calling schedule_tail() directly would break that convention because its an
- * asmlinkage function so its argument has to be pushed on the stack.  This
- * wrapper creates a proper "end of stack" frame header before the call.
- */
-.pushsection .text, "ax"
-SYM_FUNC_START(schedule_tail_wrapper)
-	FRAME_BEGIN
-
-	pushl	%eax
-	call	schedule_tail
-	popl	%eax
-
-	FRAME_END
-	RET
-SYM_FUNC_END(schedule_tail_wrapper)
-.popsection
-
-/*
  * A newly forked process directly context switches into this address.
  *
  * eax: prev task we switched from
@@ -748,16 +728,23 @@ SYM_FUNC_END(schedule_tail_wrapper)
  */
 .pushsection .text, "ax"
 SYM_CODE_START(ret_from_fork)
-	call	schedule_tail_wrapper
+	/* return address for the stack unwinder */
+	pushl	$.Lsyscall_32_done
+
+	FRAME_BEGIN
+	pushl	%eax
+	call	schedule_tail
+	addl	$4, %esp
+	FRAME_END
 
 	testl	%ebx, %ebx
 	jnz	1f		/* kernel threads are uncommon */
 
 2:
 	/* When we fork, we trace the syscall return in the child, too. */
-	movl    %esp, %eax
+	leal    4(%esp), %eax
 	call    syscall_exit_to_user_mode
-	jmp     .Lsyscall_32_done
+	RET
 
 	/* kernel thread */
 1:	movl	%edi, %eax