[PATCH] i386: load_tls() fix
Subtle fix: load_TLS has been moved after saving %fs and %gs segments to avoid creating non-reversible segments. This could conceivably cause a bug if the kernel ever needed to save and restore fs/gs from the NMI handler. It currently does not, but this is the safest approach to avoiding fs/gs corruption. SMIs are safe, since SMI saves the descriptor hidden state. Signed-off-by: Zachary Amsden <zach@vmware.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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@ -678,22 +678,27 @@ struct task_struct fastcall * __switch_to(struct task_struct *prev_p, struct tas
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__unlazy_fpu(prev_p);
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__unlazy_fpu(prev_p);
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/*
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/*
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* Reload esp0, LDT and the page table pointer:
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* Reload esp0.
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*/
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*/
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load_esp0(tss, next);
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load_esp0(tss, next);
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/*
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* Save away %fs and %gs. No need to save %es and %ds, as
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* those are always kernel segments while inside the kernel.
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* Doing this before setting the new TLS descriptors avoids
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* the situation where we temporarily have non-reloadable
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* segments in %fs and %gs. This could be an issue if the
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* NMI handler ever used %fs or %gs (it does not today), or
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* if the kernel is running inside of a hypervisor layer.
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*/
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savesegment(fs, prev->fs);
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savesegment(gs, prev->gs);
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/*
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/*
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* Load the per-thread Thread-Local Storage descriptor.
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* Load the per-thread Thread-Local Storage descriptor.
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*/
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load_TLS(next, cpu);
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load_TLS(next, cpu);
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/*
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* Save away %fs and %gs. No need to save %es and %ds, as
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* those are always kernel segments while inside the kernel.
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*/
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asm volatile("mov %%fs,%0":"=m" (prev->fs));
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asm volatile("mov %%gs,%0":"=m" (prev->gs));
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/*
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/*
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* Restore %fs and %gs if needed.
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* Restore %fs and %gs if needed.
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*
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*
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