Re: [PATCH 1/3] x86/sev-es: Introduce from_syscall_gap() helper

From: Borislav Petkov
Date: Wed Feb 17 2021 - 13:00:30 EST


I guess subject prefix should be "x86/traps:" but I'll fix that up while
applying eventually.

On Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at 01:01:41PM +0100, Joerg Roedel wrote:
> From: Joerg Roedel <jroedel@xxxxxxx>
>
> Introduce a helper to check whether an exception came from the syscall
> gap and use it in the SEV-ES code
>
> Fixes: 315562c9af3d5 ("x86/sev-es: Adjust #VC IST Stack on entering NMI handler")
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # 5.10+
> Signed-off-by: Joerg Roedel <jroedel@xxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/x86/include/asm/ptrace.h | 8 ++++++++
> arch/x86/kernel/traps.c | 3 +--
> 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/ptrace.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/ptrace.h
> index d8324a236696..14854b2c4944 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/ptrace.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/ptrace.h
> @@ -94,6 +94,8 @@ struct pt_regs {
> #include <asm/paravirt_types.h>
> #endif
>
> +#include <asm/proto.h>
> +
> struct cpuinfo_x86;
> struct task_struct;
>
> @@ -175,6 +177,12 @@ static inline bool any_64bit_mode(struct pt_regs *regs)
> #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
> #define current_user_stack_pointer() current_pt_regs()->sp
> #define compat_user_stack_pointer() current_pt_regs()->sp
> +
> +static inline bool from_syscall_gap(struct pt_regs *regs)

rip_within_syscall_gap() sounds kinda better to me and it is more
readable when you look at it at the usage site:

if (rip_within_syscall_gap(regs))
...

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Regards/Gruss,
Boris.

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