Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | From | Xin Li <> | Subject | [PATCH v2 4/6] x86/gsseg: move local_irq_save/restore() into asm_load_gs_index() | Date | Mon, 10 Oct 2022 12:01:57 -0700 |
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From: "H. Peter Anvin (Intel)" <hpa@zytor.com>
The need to disable/enable interrupts around asm_load_gs_index() is a consequence of the implementation. Prepare for using the LKGS instruction, which is locally atomic and therefore doesn't need interrupts disabled.
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin (Intel) <hpa@zytor.com> Signed-off-by: Xin Li <xin3.li@intel.com> --- arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S | 26 +++++++++++++++++++++----- arch/x86/include/asm/special_insns.h | 4 ---- 2 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S b/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S index e0c48998d2fb..cc6ba6672418 100644 --- a/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S +++ b/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S @@ -778,19 +778,35 @@ SYM_CODE_END(common_interrupt_return) _ASM_NOKPROBE(common_interrupt_return) /* - * Reload gs selector with exception handling + * Reload gs selector with exception handling. This is used only on + * native, so using swapgs, pushf, popf, cli, sti, ... directly is fine. + * * di: new selector + * rax: scratch register * * Is in entry.text as it shouldn't be instrumented. + * + * Note: popf is slow, so use pushf to read IF and then execute cli/sti + * if necessary. */ SYM_FUNC_START(asm_load_gs_index) FRAME_BEGIN + pushf + pop %rax + andl $X86_EFLAGS_IF, %eax /* Interrupts enabled? */ + jz 1f + cli +1: swapgs .Lgs_change: ANNOTATE_NOENDBR // error_entry movl %edi, %gs 2: ALTERNATIVE "", "mfence", X86_BUG_SWAPGS_FENCE swapgs + testl %eax, %eax + jz 3f + sti +3: FRAME_END RET @@ -799,12 +815,12 @@ SYM_FUNC_START(asm_load_gs_index) swapgs /* switch back to user gs */ .macro ZAP_GS /* This can't be a string because the preprocessor needs to see it. */ - movl $__USER_DS, %eax - movl %eax, %gs + movl $__USER_DS, %edi + movl %edi, %gs .endm ALTERNATIVE "", "ZAP_GS", X86_BUG_NULL_SEG - xorl %eax, %eax - movl %eax, %gs + xorl %edi, %edi + movl %edi, %gs jmp 2b _ASM_EXTABLE(.Lgs_change, .Lbad_gs) diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/special_insns.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/special_insns.h index a71d0e8d4684..6de00dec6564 100644 --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/special_insns.h +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/special_insns.h @@ -124,11 +124,7 @@ extern asmlinkage void asm_load_gs_index(u16 selector); static inline void native_load_gs_index(unsigned int selector) { - unsigned long flags; - - local_irq_save(flags); asm_load_gs_index(selector); - local_irq_restore(flags); } static inline unsigned long __read_cr4(void) -- 2.34.1
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