Re: [PATCH V4 1/7] x86/traps: Move pt_regs only in fixup_bad_iret()

[Borislav Petkov]

On Fri, Mar 18, 2022 at 10:30:10PM +0800, Lai Jiangshan wrote:
> From: Lai Jiangshan <jiangshan.ljs@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> fixup_bad_iret() and sync_regs() have similar arguments and do similar
> work that copies full or partial pt_regs to a place and switches stack
> after return.  They are quite the same, but fixup_bad_iret() not only
> copies the pt_regs but also the return address of error_entry() while

What return address of error_entry()? You lost me here.

fixup_bad_iret() moves the stack frame while sync_regs() switches to the
thread stack. I have no clue what you mean.

> sync_regs() copies the pt_regs only and the return address of
> error_entry() was preserved and handled in ASM code.

Nope, no idea.
 
> This patch makes fixup_bad_iret() work like sync_regs() and the

Avoid having "This patch" or "This commit" in the commit message. It is
tautologically useless.

Also, do

$ git grep 'This patch' Documentation/process

for more details.

> handling of the return address of error_entry() is moved in ASM code.
> 
> It removes the need to use the struct bad_iret_stack, simplifies
> fixup_bad_iret() and makes the ASM error_entry() call fixup_bad_iret()
> as the same as calling sync_regs() which adds readability because
> the calling patterns are exactly the same.

So fixup_bad_iret() gets the stack ptr passed in by doing:

        mov     %rsp, %rdi
        call    fixup_bad_iret
        mov     %rax, %rsp


and error_regs()

        movq    %rsp, %rdi                      /* arg0 = pt_regs pointer */
        call    sync_regs
        movq    %rax, %rsp                      /* switch stack */

the same way.

Confused.

> It is prepared for later patch to do the stack switch after the
> error_entry() which simplifies the code further.

Looking at your next patch, is all this dance done just so that you can
do

	leaq    8(%rsp), %rdi

in order to pass in pt_regs to both functions?

And get rid of the saving/restoring %r12?

Is that what the whole noise is about?

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