Re: [PATCH v1] x86/power/64: Restore processor state before using per-cpu variables

[Thomas Garnier]

On Fri, Aug 12, 2016 at 4:14 AM, Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 12, 2016 at 7:49 AM, Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On Thu, Aug 11, 2016 at 02:49:29PM -0700, Thomas Garnier wrote:
>>> Restore the processor state before calling any other function to ensure
>>> per-cpu variables can be used with KASLR memory randomization.
>>>
>>> Tracing functions use per-cpu variables (gs based) and one was called
>>> just before restoring the processor state fully. It resulted in a double
>>> fault when both the tracing & the exception handler functions tried to
>>> use a per-cpu variable.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Thomas Garnier <thgarnie@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>> ---
>>> Based on next-20160808
>>
>> Ok, I believe before I test this, I need to apply another patch from
>> Rafael. I think it is the "Always create temporary identity mapping
>> correctly" thing.
>>
>> Yes, no?
>
> Yes.
>
>> Rafael, can you please apply everything on a test branch for us to run?
>
> You can simply test my linux-next branch:
>
> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rafael/linux-pm.git \
> linux-next
>
> That's 4.8-rc1 plus 3 fixes on top of it.

Borislav, let me know once you tested it and I will send a v2 with acked/tested.