Patch "x86/cpu_entry_area: Move it to a separate unit" has been added to the 4.14-stable tree

This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled

x86/cpu_entry_area: Move it to a separate unit

to the 4.14-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary

The filename of the patch is:
x86-cpu_entry_area-move-it-to-a-separate-unit.patch
and it can be found in the queue-4.14 subdirectory.

If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <[email protected]> know about it.

From: Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]>
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2017 18:28:54 +0100
Subject: x86/cpu_entry_area: Move it to a separate unit

From: Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]>

commit ed1bbc40a0d10e0c5c74fe7bdc6298295cf40255 upstream.

Separate the cpu_entry_area code out of cpu/common.c and the fixmap.

---
 arch/x86/include/asm/cpu_entry_area.h |   52 +++++++++++++++++
 arch/x86/include/asm/fixmap.h         |   41 -------------
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c          |   94 ------------------------------
 arch/x86/kernel/traps.c               |    1 
 arch/x86/mm/Makefile                  |    2 
 arch/x86/mm/cpu_entry_area.c          |  104 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 6 files changed, 159 insertions(+), 135 deletions(-)

@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+#ifndef _ASM_X86_CPU_ENTRY_AREA_H
+#define _ASM_X86_CPU_ENTRY_AREA_H
+
+#include <linux/percpu-defs.h>
+#include <asm/processor.h>
+
+/*
+ * cpu_entry_area is a percpu region that contains things needed by the CPU
+ * and early entry/exit code.  Real types aren't used for all fields here
+ * to avoid circular header dependencies.
+ *
+ * Every field is a virtual alias of some other allocated backing store.
+ * There is no direct allocation of a struct cpu_entry_area.
+ */
+struct cpu_entry_area {
+	char gdt[PAGE_SIZE];
+
+	/*
+	 * The GDT is just below entry_stack and thus serves (on x86_64) as
+	 * a a read-only guard page.
+	 */
+	struct entry_stack_page entry_stack_page;
+
+	/*
+	 * On x86_64, the TSS is mapped RO.  On x86_32, it's mapped RW because
+	 * we need task switches to work, and task switches write to the TSS.
+	 */
+	struct tss_struct tss;
+
+	char entry_trampoline[PAGE_SIZE];
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
+	/*
+	 * Exception stacks used for IST entries.
+	 *
+	 * In the future, this should have a separate slot for each stack
+	 * with guard pages between them.
+	 */
+	char exception_stacks[(N_EXCEPTION_STACKS - 1) * EXCEPTION_STKSZ + DEBUG_STKSZ];
+#endif
+};
+
+#define CPU_ENTRY_AREA_SIZE	(sizeof(struct cpu_entry_area))
+#define CPU_ENTRY_AREA_PAGES	(CPU_ENTRY_AREA_SIZE / PAGE_SIZE)
+
+DECLARE_PER_CPU(struct cpu_entry_area *, cpu_entry_area);
+
+extern void setup_cpu_entry_areas(void);
+
+#endif

@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
 #include <asm/traps.h>
 #include <asm/desc.h>
 #include <asm/fpu/internal.h>
+#include <asm/cpu_entry_area.h>
 #include <asm/mce.h>
 #include <asm/fixmap.h>
 #include <asm/mach_traps.h>

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ CFLAGS_REMOVE_mem_encrypt.o	= -pg
 endif
 
 obj-y	:=  init.o init_$(BITS).o fault.o ioremap.o extable.o pageattr.o mmap.o \
-	    pat.o pgtable.o physaddr.o setup_nx.o tlb.o
+	    pat.o pgtable.o physaddr.o setup_nx.o tlb.o cpu_entry_area.o
 
 # Make sure __phys_addr has no stackprotector
 nostackp := $(call cc-option, -fno-stack-protector)

Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from [email protected] are

queue-4.14/x86-entry-rename-sysenter_stack-to-cpu_entry_area_entry_stack.patch queue-4.14/x86-mm-put-mmu-to-hardware-asid-translation-in-one-place.patch queue-4.14/x86-vsyscall-64-explicitly-set-_page_user-in-the-pagetable-hierarchy.patch queue-4.14/x86-uv-use-the-right-tlb-flush-api.patch queue-4.14/x86-decoder-fix-and-update-the-opcodes-map.patch queue-4.14/x86-mm-dump_pagetables-check-page_present-for-real.patch queue-4.14/x86-ldt-prevent-ldt-inheritance-on-exec.patch queue-4.14/x86-microcode-dont-abuse-the-tlb-flush-interface.patch queue-4.14/x86-doc-remove-obvious-weirdnesses-from-the-x86-mm-layout-documentation.patch queue-4.14/init-invoke-init_espfix_bsp-from-mm_init.patch queue-4.14/x86-cpu_entry_area-move-it-to-a-separate-unit.patch queue-4.14/x86-vsyscall-64-warn-and-fail-vsyscall-emulation-in-native-mode.patch queue-4.14/x86-mm-create-asm-invpcid.h.patch queue-4.14/x86-cpu_entry_area-prevent-wraparound-in-setup_cpu_entry_area_ptes-on-32bit.patch queue-4.14/x86-mm-remove-superfluous-barriers.patch queue-4.14/x86-ldt-rework-locking.patch queue-4.14/pci-pm-force-devices-to-d0-in-pci_pm_thaw_noirq.patch queue-4.14/arch-mm-allow-arch_dup_mmap-to-fail.patch queue-4.14/x86-cpu_entry_area-move-it-out-of-the-fixmap.patch queue-4.14/tools-headers-sync-objtool-uapi-header.patch queue-4.14/x86-mm-remove-hard-coded-asid-limit-checks.patch queue-4.14/x86-kconfig-limit-nr_cpus-on-32-bit-to-a-sane-amount.patch queue-4.14/objtool-fix-64-bit-build-on-32-bit-host.patch queue-4.14/x86-mm-add-comments-to-clarify-which-tlb-flush-functions-are-supposed-to-flush-what.patch queue-4.14/x86-mm-move-the-cr3-construction-functions-to-tlbflush.h.patch queue-4.14/x86-mm-dump_pagetables-make-the-address-hints-correct-and-readable.patch queue-4.14/x86-insn-eval-add-utility-functions-to-get-segment-selector.patch queue-4.14/objtool-move-synced-files-to-their-original-relative-locations.patch queue-4.14/x86-mm-use-__flush_tlb_one-for-kernel-memory.patch queue-4.14/objtool-move-kernel-headers-code-sync-check-to-a-script.patch queue-4.14/x86-mm-64-improve-the-memory-map-documentation.patch queue-4.14/objtool-fix-cross-build.patch