Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752458AbaB1C5a (ORCPT ); Thu, 27 Feb 2014 21:57:30 -0500 Received: from cdptpa-outbound-snat.email.rr.com ([107.14.166.227]:54832 "EHLO cdptpa-oedge-vip.email.rr.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751680AbaB1C52 (ORCPT ); Thu, 27 Feb 2014 21:57:28 -0500 Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2014 21:57:26 -0500 From: Steven Rostedt To: Vince Weaver Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" , Peter Zijlstra , Linux Kernel , Ingo Molnar Subject: Re: perf_fuzzer compiled for x32 causes reboot Message-ID: <20140227215726.7018c861@gandalf.local.home> In-Reply-To: References: <530B841F.5050803@zytor.com> <530B90A5.3090302@zytor.com> <20140224141329.1cd3bb52@gandalf.local.home> <20140224193043.GP6835@laptop.programming.kicks-ass.net> <530C12CA.6070308@zytor.com> <20140225094352.73e0e28c@gandalf.local.home> <20140227173150.4e5ed747@gandalf.local.home> <530FC1C6.5040209@zytor.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.9.3 (GTK+ 2.24.22; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-RR-Connecting-IP: 107.14.168.118:25 X-Cloudmark-Score: 0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, 27 Feb 2014 20:34:34 -0500 (EST) Vince Weaver wrote: > > I would actually suggest we do the equivalent on i386 as well. > > > > Vince, could you try this patch as an experiment? > > OK with your patch applied it does not segfault. > Vince, Great! Can you remove Peter's patch, and try this one. It removes the crud to save the cr2 from entry_64.S and makes both i386 and x86_64 do the same thing in regards to cr2 handling. -- Steve diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S b/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S index 1e96c36..937cb8d 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S @@ -1854,29 +1854,11 @@ end_repeat_nmi: call save_paranoid DEFAULT_FRAME 0 - /* - * Save off the CR2 register. If we take a page fault in the NMI then - * it could corrupt the CR2 value. If the NMI preempts a page fault - * handler before it was able to read the CR2 register, and then the - * NMI itself takes a page fault, the page fault that was preempted - * will read the information from the NMI page fault and not the - * origin fault. Save it off and restore it if it changes. - * Use the r12 callee-saved register. - */ - movq %cr2, %r12 - /* paranoidentry do_nmi, 0; without TRACE_IRQS_OFF */ movq %rsp,%rdi movq $-1,%rsi call do_nmi - /* Did the NMI take a page fault? Restore cr2 if it did */ - movq %cr2, %rcx - cmpq %rcx, %r12 - je 1f - movq %r12, %cr2 -1: - testl %ebx,%ebx /* swapgs needed? */ jnz nmi_restore nmi_swapgs: diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/nmi.c b/arch/x86/kernel/nmi.c index 6fcb49c..f1a6294 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/nmi.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/nmi.c @@ -443,7 +443,6 @@ enum nmi_states { NMI_LATCHED, }; static DEFINE_PER_CPU(enum nmi_states, nmi_state); -static DEFINE_PER_CPU(unsigned long, nmi_cr2); #define nmi_nesting_preprocess(regs) \ do { \ @@ -452,14 +451,11 @@ static DEFINE_PER_CPU(unsigned long, nmi_cr2); return; \ } \ this_cpu_write(nmi_state, NMI_EXECUTING); \ - this_cpu_write(nmi_cr2, read_cr2()); \ } while (0); \ nmi_restart: #define nmi_nesting_postprocess() \ do { \ - if (unlikely(this_cpu_read(nmi_cr2) != read_cr2())) \ - write_cr2(this_cpu_read(nmi_cr2)); \ if (this_cpu_dec_return(nmi_state)) \ goto nmi_restart; \ } while (0) @@ -512,8 +508,21 @@ static inline void nmi_nesting_postprocess(void) dotraplinkage notrace __kprobes void do_nmi(struct pt_regs *regs, long error_code) { + unsigned long cr2; + nmi_nesting_preprocess(regs); + /* + * Save off the CR2 register. If we take a page fault in the NMI then + * it could corrupt the CR2 value. If the NMI preempts a page fault + * handler before it was able to read the CR2 register, and then the + * NMI itself takes a page fault, the page fault that was preempted + * will read the information from the NMI page fault and not the + * origin fault. Save it off and restore it if it changes. + * Use the r12 callee-saved register. + */ + cr2 = read_cr2(); + nmi_enter(); inc_irq_stat(__nmi_count); @@ -523,6 +532,10 @@ do_nmi(struct pt_regs *regs, long error_code) nmi_exit(); + /* Reads are cheaper than writes */ + if (unlikely(cr2 != read_cr2())) + write_cr2(cr2); + /* On i386, may loop back to preprocess */ nmi_nesting_postprocess(); } -- 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/