Re: [PATCH 3/4] x86: save user rsp in pt_regs->sp on SYSCALL64 fastpath

From: Andy Lutomirski
Date: Mon Mar 09 2015 - 16:11:29 EST


On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 11:39 AM, Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> PER_CPU(old_rsp) usage is simplified - now it is used only
> as temp storage, and userspace stack pointer is immediately stored
> in pt_regs->sp on syscall entry, instead of being used later,
> on syscall exit.
>
> Instead of PER_CPU(old_rsp) and task->thread.usersp, C code
> uses pt_regs->sp now.
>
> FIXUP/RESTORE_TOP_OF_STACK are simplified.
>
> Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@xxxxxxxxxx>
> CC: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> CC: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> CC: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
> CC: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx>
> CC: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
> CC: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> CC: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx>
> CC: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@xxxxxxxxx>
> CC: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> CC: Will Drewry <wad@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> CC: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> CC: x86@xxxxxxxxxx
> CC: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Looks correct.

> @@ -253,11 +247,13 @@ GLOBAL(system_call_after_swapgs)
> */
> ENABLE_INTERRUPTS(CLBR_NONE)
> ALLOC_PT_GPREGS_ON_STACK 8 /* +8: space for orig_ax */
> + movq %rcx,RIP(%rsp)
> + movq PER_CPU_VAR(old_rsp),%rcx
> + movq %r11,EFLAGS(%rsp)
> + movq %rcx,RSP(%rsp)
> + movq_cfi rax,ORIG_RAX
> SAVE_C_REGS_EXCEPT_RAX_RCX_R11
> movq $-ENOSYS,RAX(%rsp)
> - movq_cfi rax,ORIG_RAX
> - movq %r11,EFLAGS(%rsp)
> - movq %rcx,RIP(%rsp)

Why the reordering?

--Andy
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