Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1759310Ab3FCQlF (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Jun 2013 12:41:05 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:33729 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1758763Ab3FCQlB (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Jun 2013 12:41:01 -0400 Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2013 19:40:57 +0300 From: Gleb Natapov To: Avi Kivity Cc: Paolo Bonzini , kvm , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] KVM: fix sil/dil/bpl/spl in the mod/rm fields Message-ID: <20130603164057.GQ24773@redhat.com> References: <1369924555-30216-1-git-send-email-pbonzini@redhat.com> <51A7717D.6030203@redhat.com> <51A77FA8.6010007@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2664 Lines: 59 On Mon, Jun 03, 2013 at 06:42:11PM +0300, Avi Kivity wrote: > On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 7:34 PM, Paolo Bonzini wrote: > > Il 30/05/2013 17:34, Paolo Bonzini ha scritto: > >> Il 30/05/2013 16:35, Paolo Bonzini ha scritto: > >>> The x86-64 extended low-byte registers were fetched correctly from reg, > >>> but not from mod/rm. > >>> > >>> This fixes another bug in the boot of RHEL5.9 64-bit, but it is still > >>> not enough. > >> > >> Well, it is enough but it takes 2 minutes to reach the point where > >> hardware virtualization is used. It is doing a lot of stuff in > >> emulation mode because FS and GS have leftovers from the A20 test: > >> > >> FS =0000 0000000000000000 0000ffff 00009300 DPL=0 DS16 [-WA] > >> GS =ffff 00000000000ffff0 0000ffff 00009300 DPL=0 DS16 [-WA] > >> > >> 0x00000000000113be: in $0x92,%al > >> 0x00000000000113c0: or $0x2,%al > >> 0x00000000000113c2: out %al,$0x92 > >> 0x00000000000113c4: xor %ax,%ax > >> 0x00000000000113c6: mov %ax,%fs > >> 0x00000000000113c8: dec %ax > >> 0x00000000000113c9: mov %ax,%gs > >> 0x00000000000113cb: inc %ax > >> 0x00000000000113cc: mov %ax,%fs:0x200 > >> 0x00000000000113d0: cmp %gs:0x210,%ax > >> 0x00000000000113d5: je 0x113cb > >> > >> The DPL < RPL test fails. Any ideas? Should we introduce a new > >> intermediate value for emulate_invalid_guest_state (0=none, 1=some, 2=full)? > > > > One idea could be to replace invalid descriptors with NULL ones. Then > > you can intercept this in the #GP handler and trigger emulation for that > > instruction only. > > Won't work, vmx won't let you enter in such a configuration. > Why? It is possible to have NULL descriptor in 32bit mode with vmx. But we do not usually intercept #GP while executing 32bit mode, so we will have to track if there is artificial NULL selector and enables #GP interception and then emulate on every #GP. > Maybe you can detect the exact code sequence (%eip, some instructions, > register state) and clear %fs and %gs. My be we can set dpl to rpl unconditionally on a switch from 16 to 32 bit. The only problem I can see with it is that if a guest enters user mode without explicitly reload the segment it will be accessible by a user mode code, but I am not sure it is well defined what dpl of a 16 bit segment is after transition to 32 bit mode anyway, so it would be crazy to do so. -- Gleb. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/