Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 20 Oct 2022 16:25:51 +0300 | From | Evgeniy Baskov <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 03/16] x86/boot: Set cr0 to known state in trampoline |
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On 2022-10-19 10:44, Andrew Cooper wrote: > On 06/09/2022 11:41, Evgeniy Baskov wrote: >> diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_64.S >> b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_64.S >> index d33f060900d2..5273367283b7 100644 >> --- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_64.S >> +++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_64.S >> @@ -619,9 +619,8 @@ SYM_CODE_START(trampoline_32bit_src) >> /* Set up new stack */ >> leal TRAMPOLINE_32BIT_STACK_END(%ecx), %esp >> >> - /* Disable paging */ >> - movl %cr0, %eax >> - btrl $X86_CR0_PG_BIT, %eax >> + /* Disable paging and setup CR0 */ >> + movl $(CR0_STATE & ~X86_CR0_PG), %eax > > Why here? WP is ignored when PG is disabled. > > ~Andrew
PG is enabled lower in this function, so WP can also be set there, it should not make any difference. The only important thing is that WP supposed to be set in trampoline code.
If you think, that it would be more logical to set PG and WP simultaneously, I can change it to be that way.
Thanks, Evgeniy Baskov
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