linux-kernel - [PATCH v5 05/16] x86/pvh: Use fixed_percpu

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Message-ID: <20241105155801.1779119-6-brgerst@gmail.com>
Date: Tue,  5 Nov 2024 10:57:50 -0500
From: Brian Gerst <brgerst@...il.com>
To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	x86@...nel.org
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	"H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
	Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>,
	Uros Bizjak <ubizjak@...il.com>,
	Brian Gerst <brgerst@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH v5 05/16] x86/pvh: Use fixed_percpu_data for early boot GSBASE

Instead of having a private area for the stack canary, use
fixed_percpu_data for GSBASE like the native kernel.

Signed-off-by: Brian Gerst <brgerst@...il.com>
---
 arch/x86/platform/pvh/head.S | 15 +++++++++------
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/platform/pvh/head.S b/arch/x86/platform/pvh/head.S
index 64fca49cd88f..b0a9a58952aa 100644
--- a/arch/x86/platform/pvh/head.S
+++ b/arch/x86/platform/pvh/head.S
@@ -159,10 +159,15 @@ SYM_CODE_START_LOCAL(pvh_start_xen)
 1:
 	UNWIND_HINT_END_OF_STACK
 
-	/* Set base address in stack canary descriptor. */
-	mov $MSR_GS_BASE,%ecx
-	leal canary(%rip), %eax
-	xor %edx, %edx
+	/*
+	 * Set up GSBASE.
+	 * Note that, on SMP, the boot cpu uses init data section until
+	 * the per cpu areas are set up.
+	 */
+	movl $MSR_GS_BASE,%ecx
+	leaq INIT_PER_CPU_VAR(fixed_percpu_data)(%rip), %rdx
+	movq %edx, %eax
+	shrq $32, %rdx
 	wrmsr
 
 	/*
@@ -232,8 +237,6 @@ SYM_DATA_START_LOCAL(gdt_start)
 SYM_DATA_END_LABEL(gdt_start, SYM_L_LOCAL, gdt_end)
 
 	.balign 16
-SYM_DATA_LOCAL(canary, .fill 48, 1, 0)
-
 SYM_DATA_START_LOCAL(early_stack)
 	.fill BOOT_STACK_SIZE, 1, 0
 SYM_DATA_END_LABEL(early_stack, SYM_L_LOCAL, early_stack_end)
-- 
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