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Subject[PATCH 00/15] x86: Enable FSGSBASE instructions
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FSGSBASE is 64-bit instruction set to allow read/write
FS/GS base from any privilege. As introduced from
Ivybridge, enabling effort has been revolving quite long
[2,3,4] for various reasons. After extended discussions [1],
this patchset is proposed to introduce new ABIs of
customizing FS/GS base (separate from its selector).

FSGSBASE-enabled VM can be located on hosts with
either HW virtualization or SW emulation. KVM advertises
FSGSBASE when physical CPU has and emulation is
supported in QEMU/TCG [5]. In a pool of mixed systems, VMM
may disable FSGSBASE for seamless VM migrations [6].

A couple of major benefits are expected. Kernel will have
performance improvement in context switch by skipping MSR
write for GS base. User-level programs (such as JAVA-based)
benefit from avoiding system calls to edit FS/GS base.

Changes when FSGSBASE enabled:
* In context switch, a thread's FS/GS base is secured
regardless of its selector [1].
* (Subsequently) when ptracer updates FS/GS base, it is
(always) carried onto the tracee. This is an outcome of
discussions with our GDB contact. Also, checked with other
toolchains [7, 8].
* On paranoid entry, GS base is compared with the kernel’s
to decide the necessity of SWAPGS.

[1] Recent discussion on LKML:
https://marc.info/?t=150147053700001&r=1&w=2
[2] Andy Lutomirski’s rebase work :
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/luto/linux.git/log/?h=x86/fsgsbase
[3] Patch set shown in year 2016:
https://marc.info/?t=145857711900001&r=1&w=2
[4] First patch set: https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/4/10/573
[5] QEMU with FSGSBASE emulation:
https://github.com/qemu/qemu/blob/026aaf47c02b79036feb830206cfebb2a726510d/target/i386/translate.c#L8186
[6] 5-level EPT:
http://lkml.kernel.org/r/9ddf602b-6c8b-8c1e-ab46-07ed12366593@redhat.com
[7] RR/FSGSBASE:
https://mail.mozilla.org/pipermail/rr-dev/2018-March/000616.html
[8] CRIU/FSGSBASE:
https://lists.openvz.org/pipermail/criu/2018-March/040654.html

Andi Kleen (1):
x86/fsgsbase/64: Add intrinsics/macros for FSGSBASE instructions

Andy Lutomirski (4):
x86/fsgsbase/64: Make ptrace read FS/GS base accurately
x86/fsgsbase/64: Add 'unsafe_fsgsbase' to enable CR4.FSGSBASE
x86/fsgsbase/64: Preserve FS/GS state in __switch_to if FSGSBASE is on
x86/fsgsbase/64: Enable FSGSBASE by default and add a chicken bit

Chang S. Bae (10):
x86/fsgsbase/64: Introduce FS/GS base helper functions
x86/fsgsbase/64: Use FS/GS base helpers in core dump
x86/fsgsbase/64: Factor out load FS/GS segments from __switch_to
x86/ptrace: A new macro to get an offset of user_regs_struct
x86/fsgsbase/64: Add putregs() to handle multiple elements' setting
x86/fsgsbase/64: putregs() in a reverse order
x86/fsgsbase/64: Enable FSGSBASE instructions in helper functions
x86/fsgsbase/64: When copying a thread, use FSGSBASE if enabled
x86/fsgsbase/64: With FSGSBASE, compare GS bases on paranoid_entry
x86/fsgsbase/64: Support legacy behavior when FS/GS updated by ptracer

Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 2 +
arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S | 54 ++++-
arch/x86/include/asm/elf.h | 6 +-
arch/x86/include/asm/fsgsbase.h | 200 +++++++++++++++++
arch/x86/include/asm/inst.h | 15 ++
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c | 20 ++
arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c | 274 ++++++++++++++++++++----
arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c | 253 ++++++++++++++++------
8 files changed, 696 insertions(+), 128 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 arch/x86/include/asm/fsgsbase.h

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2.7.4

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