linux-kernel - [RFC PATCH v2 13/16] x86/kexec: Debugging support: load a GDT

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Message-ID: <20241122224715.171751-14-dwmw2@infradead.org>
Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2024 22:38:22 +0000
From: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>
To: kexec@...ts.infradead.org
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
	Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
	x86@...nel.org,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	David Woodhouse <dwmw@...zon.co.uk>,
	"Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>,
	Kai Huang <kai.huang@...el.com>,
	Nikolay Borisov <nik.borisov@...e.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>,
	Dave Young <dyoung@...hat.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	jpoimboe@...nel.org
Subject: [RFC PATCH v2 13/16] x86/kexec: Debugging support: load a GDT

From: David Woodhouse <dwmw@...zon.co.uk>

There are some failure modes which lead to triple-faults in the
relocate_kernel function, which is fairly much undebuggable for normal
mortals.

Adding a GDT in the relocate_kernel environment is step 1 towards being
able to catch faults and do something more useful.

Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <dwmw@...zon.co.uk>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/relocate_kernel_64.S | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/relocate_kernel_64.S b/arch/x86/kernel/relocate_kernel_64.S
index 51dc55ac4395..5c174829f794 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/relocate_kernel_64.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/relocate_kernel_64.S
@@ -39,6 +39,18 @@ SYM_DATA(kexec_pa_table_page, .quad 0)
 SYM_DATA(kexec_pa_swap_page, .quad 0)
 SYM_DATA_LOCAL(pa_backup_pages_map, .quad 0)
 
+#ifdef DEBUG
+SYM_DATA_START_LOCAL(reloc_kernel_gdt)
+	.balign 16
+	.word   reloc_kernel_gdt_end - reloc_kernel_gdt - 1
+	.long   0
+	.word   0
+	.quad   0x00cf9a000000ffff      /* __KERNEL32_CS */
+	.quad   0x00af9a000000ffff      /* __KERNEL_CS */
+	.quad   0x00cf92000000ffff      /* __KERNEL_DS */
+SYM_DATA_END_LABEL(reloc_kernel_gdt, SYM_L_LOCAL, reloc_kernel_gdt_end)
+#endif /* DEBUG */
+
 	.section .text.relocate_kernel,"ax";
 	.code64
 SYM_CODE_START_NOALIGN(relocate_kernel)
@@ -112,6 +124,21 @@ SYM_CODE_START_LOCAL_NOALIGN(identity_mapped)
 	/* store the start address on the stack */
 	pushq   %rdx
 
+#ifdef DEBUG
+	/* Create a GDTR (16 bits limit, 64 bits addr) on stack */
+	leaq	reloc_kernel_gdt(%rip), %rax
+	pushq	%rax
+	pushw	(%rax)
+
+	/* Load the GDT, put the stack back */
+	lgdt	(%rsp)
+	addq	$10, %rsp
+
+	/* Test that we can load segments */
+	movq	%ds, %rax
+	movq	%rax, %ds
+#endif /* DEBUG */
+
 	/*
 	 * Clear X86_CR4_CET (if it was set) such that we can clear CR0_WP
 	 * below.
-- 
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