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v4 cover x86: Rewrite exit-to-userspace code

This is the first big batch of x86 asm-to-C conversion patches.

The exit-to-usermode code is copied in several places and is written in a nasty combination of asm and C. It's not at all clear what it's supposed to do, and the way it's structured makes it very hard to work with. For example, it's not even clear why syscall exit hooks are called only once per syscall right now. (It seems to be a side effect of the way that rdi and rdx are handled in the asm loop, and it seems reliable, but it's still pointlessly complicated.) The existing code also makes context tracking overly complicated and hard to understand. Finally, it's nearly impossible for anyone to change what happens on exit to usermode, since the existing code is so fragile.

I tried to clean it up incrementally, but I decided it was too hard. Instead, this series just replaces the code. It seems to work.

Context tracking in particular works very differently now. The low-level entry code checks that we're in CONTEXT_USER and switches to CONTEXT_KERNEL. The exit code does the reverse. There is no need to track what CONTEXT_XYZ state we came from, because we already know. Similarly, SCHEDULE_USER is gone, since we can reschedule if needed by simply calling schedule() from C code.

The main things that are missing are that I haven't done the 32-bit parts (anyone want to help?) and therefore I haven't deleted the old C code. I also think this may break UML for trivial reasons.

IRQ context tracking is still messy. One the cleanup progresses to the point that we can enter CONTEXT_KERNEL in syscalls before enabling interrupts, we can fully clean up IRQ context tracking.

Once these land, I'll send some more :)

Note: we might want to backport patches 1 and 2.

Changes from v3:
- Add the syscall_arg_fault_32 test.
- Fix a pre-existing bad syscall arg buglet.
- Fix an asm glitch due to a bad rebase.
- Fix a CONFIG_PROVE_LOCKDEP warning.
Borislav: the end result of this series differs from the v3.91 that I only in the removal of a single trailing tab. The badarg patch is in a different place now, though, since we might want to backport it.

Changes from v2: Misplaced the actual list -- sorry.

Changes from v1:
- Fix bisection failure by squashing the 64-bit native and compat syscall conversions together. The intermediate state didn't built, and fixing it isn't worthwhile (the results will be harder to understand).
- Replace context_tracking_assert_state with CT_WARN_ON and ct_state.
- The last two patches are now. I incorrectly thought that we weren't ready for them yet on 32-bit kernels, but I was wrong.

Andy Lutomirski (16):
selftests/x86: Add a test for 32-bit fast syscall arg faults x86/entry/64/compat: Fix bad fast syscall arg failure path
context_tracking: Add ct_state and CT_WARN_ON
notifiers: Assert that RCU is watching in notify_die
x86: Move C entry and exit code to arch/x86/entry/common.c x86/traps: Assert that we're in CONTEXT_KERNEL in exception entries x86/entry: Add enter_from_user_mode and use it in syscalls x86/entry: Add new, comprehensible entry and exit hooks x86/entry/64: Really create an error-entry-from-usermode code path x86/entry/64: Migrate 64-bit and compat syscalls to new exit hooks x86/asm/entry/64: Save all regs on interrupt entry x86/asm/entry/64: Simplify irq stack pt_regs handling x86/asm/entry/64: Migrate error and interrupt exit work to C x86/entry: Remove exception_enter from most trap handlers x86/entry: Remove SCHEDULE_USER and asm/context-tracking.h x86/irq: Document how IRQ context tracking works and add an assertion

Ingo Molnar (1):
uml: Fix do_signal() prototype

 arch/um/include/shared/kern_util.h              |   3 +-
 arch/um/kernel/process.c                        |   6 +-
 arch/um/kernel/signal.c                         |   8 +-
 arch/um/kernel/tlb.c                            |   2 +-
 arch/um/kernel/trap.c                           |   2 +-
 arch/x86/entry/Makefile                         |   1 +
 arch/x86/entry/common.c                         | 374 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S                       | 180 +++---------
 arch/x86/entry/entry_64_compat.S                |  47 ++-
 arch/x86/include/asm/context_tracking.h         |  10 -
 arch/x86/include/asm/signal.h                   |   1 +
 arch/x86/include/asm/traps.h                    |   4 +-
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c                |   5 +-
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/p5.c                 |   5 +-
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/winchip.c            |   4 +-
 arch/x86/kernel/irq.c                           |  15 +
 arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c                        | 202 +------------
 arch/x86/kernel/signal.c                        |  28 +-
 arch/x86/kernel/traps.c                         |  87 ++----
 include/linux/context_tracking.h                |  15 +
 include/linux/context_tracking_state.h          |   1 +
 kernel/notifier.c                               |   2 +
 tools/testing/selftests/x86/Makefile            |   2 +-
 tools/testing/selftests/x86/syscall_arg_fault.c | 130 ++++++++
 24 files changed, 672 insertions(+), 462 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 arch/x86/entry/common.c
 delete mode 100644 arch/x86/include/asm/context_tracking.h
 create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/x86/syscall_arg_fault.c
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#1 lore raw

PATCH v4 1/17 selftests/x86: Add a test for 32-bit fast syscall arg faults

This test passes on 4.0 and fails on some newer kernels. Fortunately, the failure is likely not a big deal. This test will make sure that we don't break it further (e.g. OOPSing) as we clean up the entry code and that we eventually fix the regression.

There's arguably no need to preserve the old ABI here -- anything that makes it into a fast (vDSO) syscall with a bad stack is about to crash no matter what we do.

---
 tools/testing/selftests/x86/Makefile            |   2 +-
 tools/testing/selftests/x86/syscall_arg_fault.c | 130 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 131 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/x86/syscall_arg_fault.c
tools/testing/selftests/x86/Makefile +1 -1
index caa60d56d7d1..e8df47e6326c 100644
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ include ../lib.mk
 .PHONY: all all_32 all_64 warn_32bit_failure clean
 
 TARGETS_C_BOTHBITS := sigreturn single_step_syscall sysret_ss_attrs
-TARGETS_C_32BIT_ONLY := entry_from_vm86
+TARGETS_C_32BIT_ONLY := entry_from_vm86 syscall_arg_fault
 
 TARGETS_C_32BIT_ALL := $(TARGETS_C_BOTHBITS) $(TARGETS_C_32BIT_ONLY)
 BINARIES_32 := $(TARGETS_C_32BIT_ALL:%=%_32)
tools/testing/selftests/x86/syscall_arg_fault.c new file +130 -0

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PATCH v4 2/17 x86/entry/64/compat: Fix bad fast syscall arg failure path

In reply to Andy Lutomirski

If user code does SYSCALL32 or SYSENTER without a valid stack, then our attempt to determine the syscall args will result in a failed uaccess fault. Previously, we would try to recover by jumping to the syscall exit code, but we'd run the syscall exit work even though we never made it to the syscall entry work.

Clean it up by treating the failure path as a non-syscall entry and exit pair.

This fixes strace's output when running the syscall_arg_fault test. Without this fix, strace would get out of sync and would fail to associate syscall entries with syscall exits.

---
 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S        |  2 +-
 arch/x86/entry/entry_64_compat.S | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 2 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S +1 -1
index 3bb2c4302df1..141a5d49dddc 100644
@@ -613,7 +613,7 @@ ret_from_intr:
 	testb	$3, CS(%rsp)
 	jz	retint_kernel
 	/* Interrupt came from user space */
-retint_user:
+GLOBAL(retint_user)
 	GET_THREAD_INFO(%rcx)
 
 	/* %rcx: thread info. Interrupts are off. */
arch/x86/entry/entry_64_compat.S +33 -2
index bb187a6a877c..efe0b1e499fa 100644
@@ -425,8 +425,39 @@ cstar_tracesys:
 END(entry_SYSCALL_compat)
 
 ia32_badarg:
-	ASM_CLAC
-	movq	$-EFAULT, RAX(%rsp)
+	/*
+	 * So far, we've entered kernel mode, set AC, turned on IRQs, and
+	 * saved C regs except r8-r11.  We haven't done any of the other
+	 * standard entry work, though.  We want to bail, but we shouldn't
+	 * treat this as a syscall entry since we don't even know what the
+	 * args are.  Instead, treat this as a non-syscall entry, finish
+	 * the entry work, and immediately exit after setting AX = -EFAULT.
+	 *
+	 * We're really just being polite here.  Killing the task outright
+	 * would be a reasonable action, too.  Given that the only valid
+	 * way to have gotten here is through the vDSO, and we already know
+	 * that the stack pointer is bad, the task isn't going to survive
+	 * for long no matter what we do.
+	 */
+
+	ASM_CLAC			/* undo STAC */
+	movq	$-EFAULT, RAX(%rsp)	/* return -EFAULT if possible */
+
+	/* Fill in the rest of pt_regs */
+	xorl	%eax, %eax
+	movq	%rax, R11(%rsp)
+	movq	%rax, R10(%rsp)
+	movq	%rax, R9(%rsp)
+	movq	%rax, R8(%rsp)
+	SAVE_EXTRA_REGS
+
+	/* Turn IRQs back off. */
+	DISABLE_INTERRUPTS(CLBR_NONE)
+	TRACE_IRQS_OFF
+
+	/* And exit again. */
+	jmp retint_user
+
 ia32_ret_from_sys_call:
 	xorl	%eax, %eax		/* Do not leak kernel information */
 	movq	%rax, R11(%rsp)
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Re: [PATCH v4 02/17] x86/entry/64/compat: Fix bad fast syscall arg failure path

Quoted 13 lines · Andy Lutomirski
arch/x86/entry/entry_64_compat.S +3 -2
index bb187a6a877c..efe0b1e499fa 100644
@@ -425,8 +425,39 @@ cstar_tracesys:
 END(entry_SYSCALL_compat)
 
 ia32_badarg:
-	ASM_CLAC
-	movq	$-EFAULT, RAX(%rsp)
+	/*
+	 * So far, we've entered kernel mode, set AC, turned on IRQs, and
+	 * saved C regs except r8-r11.  We haven't done any of the other

arch/x86/entry/entry_64_compat.S cstar_tracesys: · line 440

Quoted 10 lines
arch/x86/entry/entry_64_compat.S +10 -0
+	 * standard entry work, though.  We want to bail, but we shouldn't
+	 * treat this as a syscall entry since we don't even know what the
+	 * args are.  Instead, treat this as a non-syscall entry, finish
+	 * the entry work, and immediately exit after setting AX = -EFAULT.
+	 *
+	 * We're really just being polite here.  Killing the task outright
+	 * would be a reasonable action, too.  Given that the only valid
+	 * way to have gotten here is through the vDSO, and we already know
+	 * that the stack pointer is bad, the task isn't going to survive
+	 * for long no matter what we do.

You mean something like

	force_sig_info(SIGSEGV, &si, current);

?

I'd say we do it and not noodle unnecessarily with zeroing out pt_regs if the task is going to die anyway. IOW, make it die faster. :)

Quoted 25 lines
arch/x86/entry/entry_64_compat.S +20 -0
+	 */
+
+	ASM_CLAC			/* undo STAC */
+	movq	$-EFAULT, RAX(%rsp)	/* return -EFAULT if possible */
+
+	/* Fill in the rest of pt_regs */
+	xorl	%eax, %eax
+	movq	%rax, R11(%rsp)
+	movq	%rax, R10(%rsp)
+	movq	%rax, R9(%rsp)
+	movq	%rax, R8(%rsp)
+	SAVE_EXTRA_REGS
+
+	/* Turn IRQs back off. */
+	DISABLE_INTERRUPTS(CLBR_NONE)
+	TRACE_IRQS_OFF
+
+	/* And exit again. */
+	jmp retint_user
+
 ia32_ret_from_sys_call:
 	xorl	%eax, %eax		/* Do not leak kernel information */
 	movq	%rax, R11(%rsp)
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Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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Re: [PATCH v4 02/17] x86/entry/64/compat: Fix bad fast syscall arg failure path

Quoted 27 lines · Borislav Petkov
Quoted 13 lines · Andy Lutomirski
arch/x86/entry/entry_64_compat.S +3 -2
index bb187a6a877c..efe0b1e499fa 100644
@@ -425,8 +425,39 @@ cstar_tracesys:
 END(entry_SYSCALL_compat)
 
 ia32_badarg:
-	ASM_CLAC
-	movq	$-EFAULT, RAX(%rsp)
+	/*
+	 * So far, we've entered kernel mode, set AC, turned on IRQs, and
+	 * saved C regs except r8-r11.  We haven't done any of the other

arch/x86/entry/entry_64_compat.S cstar_tracesys: · line 440

Quoted 10 lines
arch/x86/entry/entry_64_compat.S +10 -0
+	 * standard entry work, though.  We want to bail, but we shouldn't
+	 * treat this as a syscall entry since we don't even know what the
+	 * args are.  Instead, treat this as a non-syscall entry, finish
+	 * the entry work, and immediately exit after setting AX = -EFAULT.
+	 *
+	 * We're really just being polite here.  Killing the task outright
+	 * would be a reasonable action, too.  Given that the only valid
+	 * way to have gotten here is through the vDSO, and we already know
+	 * that the stack pointer is bad, the task isn't going to survive
+	 * for long no matter what we do.

You mean something like

Quoted 3 lines
	force_sig_info(SIGSEGV, &si, current);

?

We should also emit a warning message, even if user-space installed a 'special' sigfault handler to hide such failures. (I'm looking at you systemd!)

Thanks,

Ingo

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Re: [PATCH v4 02/17] x86/entry/64/compat: Fix bad fast syscall arg failure path

In reply to Borislav Petkov
Quoted 28 lines · Borislav Petkov
Quoted 13 lines · Andy Lutomirski
arch/x86/entry/entry_64_compat.S +3 -2
index bb187a6a877c..efe0b1e499fa 100644
@@ -425,8 +425,39 @@ cstar_tracesys:
 END(entry_SYSCALL_compat)
 
 ia32_badarg:
-     ASM_CLAC
-     movq    $-EFAULT, RAX(%rsp)
+     /*
+      * So far, we've entered kernel mode, set AC, turned on IRQs, and
+      * saved C regs except r8-r11.  We haven't done any of the other

arch/x86/entry/entry_64_compat.S cstar_tracesys: · line 440

Quoted 10 lines
arch/x86/entry/entry_64_compat.S +10 -0
+      * standard entry work, though.  We want to bail, but we shouldn't
+      * treat this as a syscall entry since we don't even know what the
+      * args are.  Instead, treat this as a non-syscall entry, finish
+      * the entry work, and immediately exit after setting AX = -EFAULT.
+      *
+      * We're really just being polite here.  Killing the task outright
+      * would be a reasonable action, too.  Given that the only valid
+      * way to have gotten here is through the vDSO, and we already know
+      * that the stack pointer is bad, the task isn't going to survive
+      * for long no matter what we do.

You mean something like

Quoted 6 lines
        force_sig_info(SIGSEGV, &si, current);

?

I'd say we do it and not noodle unnecessarily with zeroing out pt_regs if the task is going to die anyway. IOW, make it die faster. :)

That's even more complicated. To send a signal, we need valid pt_regs when we save our context in do_signal. I was thinking do_exit.

In any case, we can certainly change the behavior here, but I did it this way at the beginning of the series because this patch mostly preserves existing behavior while fixing what is arguably a bug and because without something like this we'll have context tracking issues later in the series.

My eventual goal is to try to turn entry_SYSENTER_32 into a minimal piece of asm that pushes regs and calls a C function like do_SYSENTER_32. Once that happens, we can just write:

enter_from_user_mode();

local_irq_enable();

if (__get_user(...) != 0) {
fail();
}

pt_regs->whatever = the thing we just read;

... and do the syscall

Given the current state of the asm, I think I'd rather get farther along in the cleanups before trying to change behavior here.

--Andy

Quoted 33 lines
Quoted 25 lines
arch/x86/entry/entry_64_compat.S +20 -1
+      */
+
+     ASM_CLAC                        /* undo STAC */
+     movq    $-EFAULT, RAX(%rsp)     /* return -EFAULT if possible */
+
+     /* Fill in the rest of pt_regs */
+     xorl    %eax, %eax
+     movq    %rax, R11(%rsp)
+     movq    %rax, R10(%rsp)
+     movq    %rax, R9(%rsp)
+     movq    %rax, R8(%rsp)
+     SAVE_EXTRA_REGS
+
+     /* Turn IRQs back off. */
+     DISABLE_INTERRUPTS(CLBR_NONE)
+     TRACE_IRQS_OFF
+
+     /* And exit again. */
+     jmp retint_user
+
 ia32_ret_from_sys_call:
      xorl    %eax, %eax              /* Do not leak kernel information */
      movq    %rax, R11(%rsp)
--
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Regards/Gruss,
Boris.

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Re: [PATCH v4 02/17] x86/entry/64/compat: Fix bad fast syscall arg failure path

Quoted 2 lines · Andy Lutomirski

Given the current state of the asm, I think I'd rather get farther along in the cleanups before trying to change behavior here.

Agreed.

Thanks,

Ingo

author maintainer
#7 lore raw

PATCH v4 3/17 uml: Fix do_signal() prototype

In reply to Andy Lutomirski

From: Ingo Molnar <[email protected]>

Once x86 exports its do_signal(), the prototypes will clash.

Fix the clash and also improve the code a bit: remove the unnecessary kern_do_signal() indirection. This allows interrupt_end() to share the 'regs' parameter calculation.

Also remove the unused return code to match x86.

Minimally build and boot tested.

Cc Richard Weinberger <[email protected]>
Cc Andrew Morton <[email protected]>
Cc Andy Lutomirski <[email protected]>
Cc Borislav Petkov <[email protected]>
Cc Brian Gerst <[email protected]>
Cc Denys Vlasenko <[email protected]>
Cc H. Peter Anvin <[email protected]>
Cc Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
Cc Oleg Nesterov <[email protected]>
Cc Peter Zijlstra <[email protected]>
Cc Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]>
[Adjusted the commit message because I reordered the patch. --Andy]
---
 arch/um/include/shared/kern_util.h | 3 ++-
 arch/um/kernel/process.c           | 6 ++++--
 arch/um/kernel/signal.c            | 8 +-------
 arch/um/kernel/tlb.c               | 2 +-
 arch/um/kernel/trap.c              | 2 +-
 5 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
arch/um/include/shared/kern_util.h +2 -1
index 83a91f976330..35ab97e4bb9b 100644
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ extern int kmalloc_ok;
 extern unsigned long alloc_stack(int order, int atomic);
 extern void free_stack(unsigned long stack, int order);
 
-extern int do_signal(void);
+struct pt_regs;
+extern void do_signal(struct pt_regs *regs);
 extern void interrupt_end(void);
 extern void relay_signal(int sig, struct siginfo *si, struct uml_pt_regs *regs);
 
arch/um/kernel/process.c +4 -2
index 68b9119841cd..a6d922672b9f 100644
@@ -90,12 +90,14 @@ void *__switch_to(struct task_struct *from, struct task_struct *to)
 
 void interrupt_end(void)
 {
+	struct pt_regs *regs = &current->thread.regs;
+
 	if (need_resched())
 		schedule();
 	if (test_thread_flag(TIF_SIGPENDING))
-		do_signal();
+		do_signal(regs);
 	if (test_and_clear_thread_flag(TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME))
-		tracehook_notify_resume(&current->thread.regs);
+		tracehook_notify_resume(regs);
 }
 
 void exit_thread(void)
arch/um/kernel/signal.c +1 -7
index 4f60e4aad790..57acbd67d85d 100644
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ static void handle_signal(struct ksignal *ksig, struct pt_regs *regs)
 	signal_setup_done(err, ksig, singlestep);
 }
 
-static int kern_do_signal(struct pt_regs *regs)
+void do_signal(struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
 	struct ksignal ksig;
 	int handled_sig = 0;
@@ -110,10 +110,4 @@ static int kern_do_signal(struct pt_regs *regs)
 	 */
 	if (!handled_sig)
 		restore_saved_sigmask();
-	return handled_sig;
-}
-
-int do_signal(void)
-{
-	return kern_do_signal(&current->thread.regs);
 }
arch/um/kernel/tlb.c +1 -1
index f1b3eb14b855..2077248e8a72 100644
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ void fix_range_common(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long start_addr,
 		/* We are under mmap_sem, release it such that current can terminate */
 		up_write(&current->mm->mmap_sem);
 		force_sig(SIGKILL, current);
-		do_signal();
+		do_signal(&current->thread.regs);
 	}
 }
 
arch/um/kernel/trap.c +1 -1
index 47ff9b7f3e5d..1b0f5c59d522 100644
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ static void bad_segv(struct faultinfo fi, unsigned long ip)
 void fatal_sigsegv(void)
 {
 	force_sigsegv(SIGSEGV, current);
-	do_signal();
+	do_signal(&current->thread.regs);
 	/*
 	 * This is to tell gcc that we're not returning - do_signal
 	 * can, in general, return, but in this case, it's not, since
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#8 lore raw

Re: [PATCH v4 03/17] uml: Fix do_signal() prototype

Am 29.06.2015 um 21:33 schrieb Andy Lutomirski:

Quoted 12 lines

From: Ingo Molnar <[email protected]>

Once x86 exports its do_signal(), the prototypes will clash.

Fix the clash and also improve the code a bit: remove the unnecessary kern_do_signal() indirection. This allows interrupt_end() to share the 'regs' parameter calculation.

Also remove the unused return code to match x86.

Minimally build and boot tested.

Quoted 14 lines
Cc Richard Weinberger <[email protected]>
Cc Andrew Morton <[email protected]>
Cc Andy Lutomirski <[email protected]>
Cc Borislav Petkov <[email protected]>
Cc Brian Gerst <[email protected]>
Cc Denys Vlasenko <[email protected]>
Cc H. Peter Anvin <[email protected]>
Cc Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
Cc Oleg Nesterov <[email protected]>
Cc Peter Zijlstra <[email protected]>
Cc Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]>
[Adjusted the commit message because I reordered the patch. --Andy]

Thanks,
//richard

author maintainer
#9 lore raw

PATCH v4 4/17 context_tracking: Add ct_state and CT_WARN_ON

In reply to Andy Lutomirski

This will let us sprinkle sanity checks around the kernel without making too much of a mess.

---
 include/linux/context_tracking.h       | 15 +++++++++++++++
 include/linux/context_tracking_state.h |  1 +
 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+)
include/linux/context_tracking.h +15 -0
index b96bd299966f..008fc67d0d96 100644
@@ -49,13 +49,28 @@ static inline void exception_exit(enum ctx_state prev_ctx)
 	}
 }
 
+
+/**
+ * ct_state() - return the current context tracking state if known
+ *
+ * Returns the current cpu's context tracking state if context tracking
+ * is enabled.  If context tracking is disabled, returns
+ * CONTEXT_DISABLED.  This should be used primarily for debugging.
+ */
+static inline enum ctx_state ct_state(void)
+{
+	return context_tracking_is_enabled() ?
+		this_cpu_read(context_tracking.state) : CONTEXT_DISABLED;
+}
 #else
 static inline void user_enter(void) { }
 static inline void user_exit(void) { }
 static inline enum ctx_state exception_enter(void) { return 0; }
 static inline void exception_exit(enum ctx_state prev_ctx) { }
+static inline enum ctx_state ct_state(void) { return CONTEXT_DISABLED; }
 #endif /* !CONFIG_CONTEXT_TRACKING */
 
+#define CT_WARN_ON(cond) WARN_ON(context_tracking_is_enabled() && (cond))
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_CONTEXT_TRACKING_FORCE
 extern void context_tracking_init(void);
include/linux/context_tracking_state.h +1 -0
index 678ecdf90cf6..ee956c528fab 100644
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ struct context_tracking {
 	bool active;
 	int recursion;
 	enum ctx_state {
+		CONTEXT_DISABLED = -1,	/* returned by ct_state() if unknown */
 		CONTEXT_KERNEL = 0,
 		CONTEXT_USER,
 		CONTEXT_GUEST,
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#10 lore raw

Re: [PATCH v4 04/17] context_tracking: Add ct_state and CT_WARN_ON

Quoted 14 lines · Andy Lutomirski

This will let us sprinkle sanity checks around the kernel without making too much of a mess.

---
 include/linux/context_tracking.h       | 15 +++++++++++++++
 include/linux/context_tracking_state.h |  1 +
 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+)
include/linux/context_tracking.h +0 -0
index b96bd299966f..008fc67d0d96 100644

include/linux/context_tracking.h static inline void exception_exit(enum ctx_state prev_ctx) · line 56

Quoted 8 lines
include/linux/context_tracking.h +5 -0
@@ -49,13 +49,28 @@ static inline void exception_exit(enum ctx_state prev_ctx)
 	}
 }
 
+
+/**
+ * ct_state() - return the current context tracking state if known
+ *
+ * Returns the current cpu's context tracking state if context tracking

CPU's

Quoted 7 lines
include/linux/context_tracking.h +7 -0
+ * is enabled.  If context tracking is disabled, returns
+ * CONTEXT_DISABLED.  This should be used primarily for debugging.
+ */
+static inline enum ctx_state ct_state(void)
+{
+	return context_tracking_is_enabled() ?
+		this_cpu_read(context_tracking.state) : CONTEXT_DISABLED;

include/linux/context_tracking.h static inline void exception_exit(enum ctx_state prev_ctx) · line 73

Quoted 10 lines
include/linux/context_tracking.h +3 -0
+}
 #else
 static inline void user_enter(void) { }
 static inline void user_exit(void) { }
 static inline enum ctx_state exception_enter(void) { return 0; }
 static inline void exception_exit(enum ctx_state prev_ctx) { }
+static inline enum ctx_state ct_state(void) { return CONTEXT_DISABLED; }
 #endif /* !CONFIG_CONTEXT_TRACKING */
 
+#define CT_WARN_ON(cond) WARN_ON(context_tracking_is_enabled() && (cond))

Btw, that "CT_" prefix makes this look like it is the software controlling this thing:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/UPMCEast_CTscan.jpg/1280px-UPMCEast_CTscan.jpg

:-)

Other kernel code uses "cxt" or "ctxt" abbreviations. Maybe

CTXT_WARN_ON(cond)

...

Quoted 7 lines
include/linux/context_tracking.h +0 -0
 #ifdef CONFIG_CONTEXT_TRACKING_FORCE
 extern void context_tracking_init(void);
include/linux/context_tracking_state.h +0 -0
index 678ecdf90cf6..ee956c528fab 100644

include/linux/context_tracking_state.h struct context_tracking { · line 20

Quoted 7 lines
include/linux/context_tracking_state.h +1 -0
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ struct context_tracking {
 	bool active;
 	int recursion;
 	enum ctx_state {
+		CONTEXT_DISABLED = -1,	/* returned by ct_state() if unknown */
 		CONTEXT_KERNEL = 0,
 		CONTEXT_USER,
 		CONTEXT_GUEST,

And those then CTXT_*

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Re: [PATCH v4 04/17] context_tracking: Add ct_state and CT_WARN_ON

Quoted 47 lines · Borislav Petkov
Quoted 14 lines · Andy Lutomirski

This will let us sprinkle sanity checks around the kernel without making too much of a mess.

---
 include/linux/context_tracking.h       | 15 +++++++++++++++
 include/linux/context_tracking_state.h |  1 +
 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+)
include/linux/context_tracking.h +0 -0
index b96bd299966f..008fc67d0d96 100644

include/linux/context_tracking.h static inline void exception_exit(enum ctx_state prev_ctx) · line 56

Quoted 8 lines
include/linux/context_tracking.h +5 -0
@@ -49,13 +49,28 @@ static inline void exception_exit(enum ctx_state prev_ctx)
 	}
 }
 
+
+/**
+ * ct_state() - return the current context tracking state if known
+ *
+ * Returns the current cpu's context tracking state if context tracking

CPU's

Quoted 7 lines
include/linux/context_tracking.h +7 -0
+ * is enabled.  If context tracking is disabled, returns
+ * CONTEXT_DISABLED.  This should be used primarily for debugging.
+ */
+static inline enum ctx_state ct_state(void)
+{
+	return context_tracking_is_enabled() ?
+		this_cpu_read(context_tracking.state) : CONTEXT_DISABLED;

include/linux/context_tracking.h static inline void exception_exit(enum ctx_state prev_ctx) · line 73

Quoted 10 lines
include/linux/context_tracking.h +3 -0
+}
 #else
 static inline void user_enter(void) { }
 static inline void user_exit(void) { }
 static inline enum ctx_state exception_enter(void) { return 0; }
 static inline void exception_exit(enum ctx_state prev_ctx) { }
+static inline enum ctx_state ct_state(void) { return CONTEXT_DISABLED; }
 #endif /* !CONFIG_CONTEXT_TRACKING */
 
+#define CT_WARN_ON(cond) WARN_ON(context_tracking_is_enabled() && (cond))

Btw, that "CT_" prefix makes this look like it is the software controlling this thing:

Quoted 7 lines

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/UPMCEast_CTscan.jpg/1280px-UPMCEast_CTscan.jpg

:-)

Other kernel code uses "cxt" or "ctxt" abbreviations. Maybe

CTXT_WARN_ON(cond)

So this really looks too much like 'TXT' - which is very far from what it tries to express.

So we should either use a CTX_TRACK_ prefix that is unambiguous, or live with CT_ and its ambiguity. (There's another ambiguity it has: 'ct' stands for 'connection tracking' in the networking code.)

Thanks,

Ingo

author maintainer
#12 lore raw

PATCH v4 5/17 notifiers: Assert that RCU is watching in notify_die

In reply to Andy Lutomirski

Low-level arch entries often call notify_die, and it's easy for arch code to fail to exit an RCU quiescent state first. Assert that we're not quiescent in notify_die.

---
 kernel/notifier.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
kernel/notifier.c +2 -0
index ae9fc7cc360e..980e4330fb59 100644
@@ -544,6 +544,8 @@ int notrace notify_die(enum die_val val, const char *str,
 		.signr	= sig,
 
 	};
+	rcu_lockdep_assert(rcu_is_watching(),
+			   "notify_die called but RCU thinks we're quiescent");
 	return atomic_notifier_call_chain(&die_chain, val, &args);
 }
 NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(notify_die);
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#13 lore raw

PATCH v4 6/17 x86: Move C entry and exit code to arch/x86/entry/common.c

In reply to Andy Lutomirski

The entry and exit C helpers were confusingly scattered between ptrace.c and signal.c, even though they aren't specific to ptrace or signal handling. Move them together in a new file.

This change just moves code around. It doesn't change anything.

---
 arch/x86/entry/Makefile       |   1 +
 arch/x86/entry/common.c       | 253 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 arch/x86/include/asm/signal.h |   1 +
 arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c      | 202 +--------------------------------
 arch/x86/kernel/signal.c      |  28 +----
 5 files changed, 257 insertions(+), 228 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 arch/x86/entry/common.c
arch/x86/entry/Makefile +1 -0
index 7a144971db79..bd55dedd7614 100644
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 # Makefile for the x86 low level entry code
 #
 obj-y				:= entry_$(BITS).o thunk_$(BITS).o syscall_$(BITS).o
+obj-y				+= common.o
 
 obj-y				+= vdso/
 obj-y				+= vsyscall/
arch/x86/entry/common.c new file +253 -0

253 lines not on this page · raw message

arch/x86/include/asm/signal.h +1 -0
index 31eab867e6d3..b42408bcf6b5 100644
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ typedef sigset_t compat_sigset_t;
 #endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */
 #include <uapi/asm/signal.h>
 #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
+extern void do_signal(struct pt_regs *regs);
 extern void do_notify_resume(struct pt_regs *, void *, __u32);
 
 #define __ARCH_HAS_SA_RESTORER
arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c +1 -201

214 lines not on this page · raw message

arch/x86/kernel/signal.c +1 -27
index 206996c1669d..197c44e8ff8b 100644
@@ -701,7 +701,7 @@ handle_signal(struct ksignal *ksig, struct pt_regs *regs)
  * want to handle. Thus you cannot kill init even with a SIGKILL even by
  * mistake.
  */
-static void do_signal(struct pt_regs *regs)
+void do_signal(struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
 	struct ksignal ksig;
 
@@ -736,32 +736,6 @@ static void do_signal(struct pt_regs *regs)
 	restore_saved_sigmask();
 }
 
-/*
- * notification of userspace execution resumption
- * - triggered by the TIF_WORK_MASK flags
- */
-__visible void
-do_notify_resume(struct pt_regs *regs, void *unused, __u32 thread_info_flags)
-{
-	user_exit();
-
-	if (thread_info_flags & _TIF_UPROBE)
-		uprobe_notify_resume(regs);
-
-	/* deal with pending signal delivery */
-	if (thread_info_flags & _TIF_SIGPENDING)
-		do_signal(regs);
-
-	if (thread_info_flags & _TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME) {
-		clear_thread_flag(TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME);
-		tracehook_notify_resume(regs);
-	}
-	if (thread_info_flags & _TIF_USER_RETURN_NOTIFY)
-		fire_user_return_notifiers();
-
-	user_enter();
-}
-
 void signal_fault(struct pt_regs *regs, void __user *frame, char *where)
 {
 	struct task_struct *me = current;
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#14 lore raw

Re: [PATCH v4 06/17] x86: Move C entry and exit code to arch/x86/entry/common.c

Quoted 34 lines · Andy Lutomirski

The entry and exit C helpers were confusingly scattered between ptrace.c and signal.c, even though they aren't specific to ptrace or signal handling. Move them together in a new file.

This change just moves code around. It doesn't change anything.

---
 arch/x86/entry/Makefile       |   1 +
 arch/x86/entry/common.c       | 253 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 arch/x86/include/asm/signal.h |   1 +
 arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c      | 202 +--------------------------------
 arch/x86/kernel/signal.c      |  28 +----
 5 files changed, 257 insertions(+), 228 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 arch/x86/entry/common.c
arch/x86/entry/Makefile +1 -0
index 7a144971db79..bd55dedd7614 100644
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 # Makefile for the x86 low level entry code
 #
 obj-y				:= entry_$(BITS).o thunk_$(BITS).o syscall_$(BITS).o
+obj-y				+= common.o
 
 obj-y				+= vdso/
 obj-y				+= vsyscall/
arch/x86/entry/common.c new file +0 -0
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..348465473e55

arch/x86/entry/common.c line 2

Quoted 2 lines
arch/x86/entry/common.c new file +2 -0
@@ -0,0 +1,253 @@
+/*
+ * entry.c - C code for kernel entry and exit

common.c

Quoted 6 lines
arch/x86/entry/common.c new file +6 -0
+ * Copyright (c) 2015 Andrew Lutomirski
+ * GPL v2
+ *
+ * Based on asm and ptrace code by many authors.  The code here originated
+ * in ptrace.c and signal.c.
+ */
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#15 lore raw

PATCH v4 7/17 x86/traps: Assert that we're in CONTEXT_KERNEL in exception entries

In reply to Andy Lutomirski

Other than the super-atomic exception entries, all exception entries are supposed to switch our context tracking state to CONTEXT_KERNEL. Assert that they do. These assertions appear trivial at this point, as exception_enter is the function responsible for switching context, but I'm planning on reworking x86's exception context tracking, and these assertions will help make sure that all of this code keeps working.

---
 arch/x86/kernel/traps.c | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
arch/x86/kernel/traps.c +9 -0
index f5791927aa64..2a783c4fe0e9 100644
@@ -292,6 +292,8 @@ static void do_error_trap(struct pt_regs *regs, long error_code, char *str,
 	enum ctx_state prev_state = exception_enter();
 	siginfo_t info;
 
+	CT_WARN_ON(ct_state() != CONTEXT_KERNEL);
+
 	if (notify_die(DIE_TRAP, str, regs, error_code, trapnr, signr) !=
 			NOTIFY_STOP) {
 		conditional_sti(regs);
@@ -376,6 +378,7 @@ dotraplinkage void do_bounds(struct pt_regs *regs, long error_code)
 	siginfo_t *info;
 
 	prev_state = exception_enter();
+	CT_WARN_ON(ct_state() != CONTEXT_KERNEL);
 	if (notify_die(DIE_TRAP, "bounds", regs, error_code,
 			X86_TRAP_BR, SIGSEGV) == NOTIFY_STOP)
 		goto exit;
@@ -457,6 +460,7 @@ do_general_protection(struct pt_regs *regs, long error_code)
 	enum ctx_state prev_state;
 
 	prev_state = exception_enter();
+	CT_WARN_ON(ct_state() != CONTEXT_KERNEL);
 	conditional_sti(regs);
 
 	if (v8086_mode(regs)) {
@@ -514,6 +518,7 @@ dotraplinkage void notrace do_int3(struct pt_regs *regs, long error_code)
 		return;
 
 	prev_state = ist_enter(regs);
+	CT_WARN_ON(ct_state() != CONTEXT_KERNEL);
 #ifdef CONFIG_KGDB_LOW_LEVEL_TRAP
 	if (kgdb_ll_trap(DIE_INT3, "int3", regs, error_code, X86_TRAP_BP,
 				SIGTRAP) == NOTIFY_STOP)
@@ -750,6 +755,7 @@ dotraplinkage void do_coprocessor_error(struct pt_regs *regs, long error_code)
 	enum ctx_state prev_state;
 
 	prev_state = exception_enter();
+	CT_WARN_ON(ct_state() != CONTEXT_KERNEL);
 	math_error(regs, error_code, X86_TRAP_MF);
 	exception_exit(prev_state);
 }
@@ -760,6 +766,7 @@ do_simd_coprocessor_error(struct pt_regs *regs, long error_code)
 	enum ctx_state prev_state;
 
 	prev_state = exception_enter();
+	CT_WARN_ON(ct_state() != CONTEXT_KERNEL);
 	math_error(regs, error_code, X86_TRAP_XF);
 	exception_exit(prev_state);
 }
@@ -776,6 +783,7 @@ do_device_not_available(struct pt_regs *regs, long error_code)
 	enum ctx_state prev_state;
 
 	prev_state = exception_enter();
+	CT_WARN_ON(ct_state() != CONTEXT_KERNEL);
 	BUG_ON(use_eager_fpu());
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MATH_EMULATION
@@ -805,6 +813,7 @@ dotraplinkage void do_iret_error(struct pt_regs *regs, long error_code)
 	enum ctx_state prev_state;
 
 	prev_state = exception_enter();
+	CT_WARN_ON(ct_state() != CONTEXT_KERNEL);
 	local_irq_enable();
 
 	info.si_signo = SIGILL;
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#16 lore raw

Re: [PATCH v4 07/17] x86/traps: Assert that we're in CONTEXT_KERNEL in exception entries

Quoted 43 lines · Andy Lutomirski

Other than the super-atomic exception entries, all exception entries are supposed to switch our context tracking state to CONTEXT_KERNEL. Assert that they do. These assertions appear trivial at this point, as exception_enter is the function responsible for switching context, but I'm planning on reworking x86's exception context tracking, and these assertions will help make sure that all of this code keeps working.

---
 arch/x86/kernel/traps.c | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
arch/x86/kernel/traps.c +4 -0
index f5791927aa64..2a783c4fe0e9 100644
@@ -292,6 +292,8 @@ static void do_error_trap(struct pt_regs *regs, long error_code, char *str,
 	enum ctx_state prev_state = exception_enter();
 	siginfo_t info;
 
+	CT_WARN_ON(ct_state() != CONTEXT_KERNEL);
+
 	if (notify_die(DIE_TRAP, str, regs, error_code, trapnr, signr) !=
 			NOTIFY_STOP) {
 		conditional_sti(regs);
@@ -376,6 +378,7 @@ dotraplinkage void do_bounds(struct pt_regs *regs, long error_code)
 	siginfo_t *info;
 
 	prev_state = exception_enter();
+	CT_WARN_ON(ct_state() != CONTEXT_KERNEL);
 	if (notify_die(DIE_TRAP, "bounds", regs, error_code,
 			X86_TRAP_BR, SIGSEGV) == NOTIFY_STOP)
 		goto exit;
@@ -457,6 +460,7 @@ do_general_protection(struct pt_regs *regs, long error_code)
 	enum ctx_state prev_state;
 
 	prev_state = exception_enter();
+	CT_WARN_ON(ct_state() != CONTEXT_KERNEL);
 	conditional_sti(regs);
 
 	if (v8086_mode(regs)) {

arch/x86/kernel/traps.c dotraplinkage void notrace do_int3(struct pt_regs *regs, long error_code) · line 521

Quoted 4 lines
arch/x86/kernel/traps.c +1 -0
@@ -514,6 +518,7 @@ dotraplinkage void notrace do_int3(struct pt_regs *regs, long error_code)
 		return;
 
 	prev_state = ist_enter(regs);
+	CT_WARN_ON(ct_state() != CONTEXT_KERNEL);

Yeah, so any chance those assertions can be moved at the end of both ist_enter() and exception_enter()?

Yeah, I read above that you're planning to rework it but it is cleaner to have them at the end of the _enter() functions instead in all those trap handlers, no...?

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Re: [PATCH v4 07/17] x86/traps: Assert that we're in CONTEXT_KERNEL in exception entries

Quoted 52 lines · Borislav Petkov
Quoted 43 lines · Andy Lutomirski

Other than the super-atomic exception entries, all exception entries are supposed to switch our context tracking state to CONTEXT_KERNEL. Assert that they do. These assertions appear trivial at this point, as exception_enter is the function responsible for switching context, but I'm planning on reworking x86's exception context tracking, and these assertions will help make sure that all of this code keeps working.

---
 arch/x86/kernel/traps.c | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
arch/x86/kernel/traps.c +4 -0
index f5791927aa64..2a783c4fe0e9 100644
@@ -292,6 +292,8 @@ static void do_error_trap(struct pt_regs *regs, long error_code, char *str,
      enum ctx_state prev_state = exception_enter();
      siginfo_t info;
 
+     CT_WARN_ON(ct_state() != CONTEXT_KERNEL);
+
      if (notify_die(DIE_TRAP, str, regs, error_code, trapnr, signr) !=
                      NOTIFY_STOP) {
              conditional_sti(regs);
@@ -376,6 +378,7 @@ dotraplinkage void do_bounds(struct pt_regs *regs, long error_code)
      siginfo_t *info;
 
      prev_state = exception_enter();
+     CT_WARN_ON(ct_state() != CONTEXT_KERNEL);
      if (notify_die(DIE_TRAP, "bounds", regs, error_code,
                      X86_TRAP_BR, SIGSEGV) == NOTIFY_STOP)
              goto exit;
@@ -457,6 +460,7 @@ do_general_protection(struct pt_regs *regs, long error_code)
      enum ctx_state prev_state;
 
      prev_state = exception_enter();
+     CT_WARN_ON(ct_state() != CONTEXT_KERNEL);
      conditional_sti(regs);
 
      if (v8086_mode(regs)) {

arch/x86/kernel/traps.c dotraplinkage void notrace do_int3(struct pt_regs *regs, long error_code) · line 521

Quoted 4 lines
arch/x86/kernel/traps.c +1 -0
@@ -514,6 +518,7 @@ dotraplinkage void notrace do_int3(struct pt_regs *regs, long error_code)
              return;
 
      prev_state = ist_enter(regs);
+     CT_WARN_ON(ct_state() != CONTEXT_KERNEL);

Yeah, so any chance those assertions can be moved at the end of both ist_enter() and exception_enter()?

Quoted 4 lines

Yeah, I read above that you're planning to rework it but it is cleaner to have them at the end of the _enter() functions instead in all those trap handlers, no...?

I would agree, except that I remove the exception_enter calls later in the series, so that wouldn't work. Maybe we should move them into common code outside the specific exception handlers (idtentry?) when the dust settles.

--Andy

maintainer
#18 lore raw

Re: [PATCH v4 07/17] x86/traps: Assert that we're in CONTEXT_KERNEL in exception entries

Quoted 2 lines · Andy Lutomirski

I would agree, except that I remove the exception_enter calls later in the series, so that wouldn't work.

Ah.

Quoted 2 lines

Maybe we should move them into common code outside the specific exception handlers (idtentry?) when the dust settles.

Yeah, that macro is huge but it could survive yet another CALL <func>.

:-)

Thanks.

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#19 lore raw

PATCH v4 8/17 x86/entry: Add enter_from_user_mode and use it in syscalls

In reply to Andy Lutomirski

Changing the x86 context tracking hooks is dangerous because there are no good checks that we track our context correctly. Add a helper to check that we're actually in CONTEXT_USER when we enter from user mode and wire it up for syscall entries.

Subsequent patches will wire this up for all non-NMI entries as well. NMIs are their own special beast and cannot currently switch overall context tracking state. Instead, they have their own special RCU hooks.

This is a tiny speedup if !CONFIG_CONTEXT_TRACKING (removes a branch) and a tiny slowdown if CONFIG_CONTEXT_TRACING (adds a layer of indirection). Eventually, we should fix up the core context tracking code to supply a function that does what we want (and can be much simpler than user_exit), which will enable us to get rid of the extra call.

---
 arch/x86/entry/common.c | 13 ++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
arch/x86/entry/common.c +12 -1
index 348465473e55..8a7e35af7164 100644
@@ -28,6 +28,15 @@
 #define CREATE_TRACE_POINTS
 #include <trace/events/syscalls.h>
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_CONTEXT_TRACKING
+/* Called on entry from user mode with IRQs off. */
+__visible void enter_from_user_mode(void)
+{
+	CT_WARN_ON(ct_state() != CONTEXT_USER);
+	user_exit();
+}
+#endif
+
 static void do_audit_syscall_entry(struct pt_regs *regs, u32 arch)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
@@ -65,14 +74,16 @@ unsigned long syscall_trace_enter_phase1(struct pt_regs *regs, u32 arch)
 	work = ACCESS_ONCE(current_thread_info()->flags) &
 		_TIF_WORK_SYSCALL_ENTRY;
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_CONTEXT_TRACKING
 	/*
 	 * If TIF_NOHZ is set, we are required to call user_exit() before
 	 * doing anything that could touch RCU.
 	 */
 	if (work & _TIF_NOHZ) {
-		user_exit();
+		enter_from_user_mode();
 		work &= ~_TIF_NOHZ;
 	}
+#endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SECCOMP
 	/*
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#20 lore raw

Re: [PATCH v4 08/17] x86/entry: Add enter_from_user_mode and use it in syscalls

Quoted 5 lines · Andy Lutomirski

Changing the x86 context tracking hooks is dangerous because there are no good checks that we track our context correctly. Add a helper to check that we're actually in CONTEXT_USER when we enter from user mode and wire it up for syscall entries.

Quoted 7 lines

Subsequent patches will wire this up for all non-NMI entries as well. NMIs are their own special beast and cannot currently switch overall context tracking state. Instead, they have their own special RCU hooks.

This is a tiny speedup if !CONFIG_CONTEXT_TRACKING (removes a branch) and a tiny slowdown if CONFIG_CONTEXT_TRACING (adds a layer

CONTEXT_TRACING?!

Oh noooo, not another tracer :-P

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PATCH v4 9/17 x86/entry: Add new, comprehensible entry and exit hooks

In reply to Andy Lutomirski

The current entry and exit code is incomprehensible, appears to work primary by luck, and is very difficult to incrementally improve. Add new code in preparation for simply deleting the old code.

prepare_exit_to_usermode is a new function that will handle all slow path exits to user mode. It is called with IRQs disabled and it leaves us in a state in which it is safe to immediately return to user mode. IRQs must not be re-enabled at any point after prepare_exit_to_usermode returns and user mode is actually entered. (We can, of course, fail to enter user mode and treat that failure as a fresh entry to kernel mode.) All callers of do_notify_resume will be migrated to call prepare_exit_to_usermode instead; prepare_exit_to_usermode needs to do everything that do_notify_resume does, but it also takes care of scheduling and context tracking. Unlike do_notify_resume, it does not need to be called in a loop.

syscall_return_slowpath is exactly what it sounds like. It will be called on any syscall exit slow path. It will replaces syscall_trace_leave and it calls prepare_exit_to_usermode on the way out.

---
 arch/x86/entry/common.c | 112 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 111 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
arch/x86/entry/common.c +111 -1
index 8a7e35af7164..55530d6dd1bd 100644
@@ -207,6 +207,7 @@ long syscall_trace_enter(struct pt_regs *regs)
 		return syscall_trace_enter_phase2(regs, arch, phase1_result);
 }
 
+/* Deprecated. */
 void syscall_trace_leave(struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
 	bool step;
@@ -237,8 +238,117 @@ void syscall_trace_leave(struct pt_regs *regs)
 	user_enter();
 }
 
+static struct thread_info *pt_regs_to_thread_info(struct pt_regs *regs)
+{
+	unsigned long top_of_stack =
+		(unsigned long)(regs + 1) + TOP_OF_KERNEL_STACK_PADDING;
+	return (struct thread_info *)(top_of_stack - THREAD_SIZE);
+}
+
+/* Called with IRQs disabled. */
+__visible void prepare_exit_to_usermode(struct pt_regs *regs)
+{
+	if (WARN_ON(!irqs_disabled()))
+		local_irq_disable();
+
+	/*
+	 * In order to return to user mode, we need to have IRQs off with
+	 * none of _TIF_SIGPENDING, _TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME, _TIF_USER_RETURN_NOTIFY,
+	 * _TIF_UPROBE, or _TIF_NEED_RESCHED set.  Several of these flags
+	 * can be set at any time on preemptable kernels if we have IRQs on,
+	 * so we need to loop.  Disabling preemption wouldn't help: doing the
+	 * work to clear some of the flags can sleep.
+	 */
+	while (true) {
+		u32 cached_flags =
+			READ_ONCE(pt_regs_to_thread_info(regs)->flags);
+
+		if (!(cached_flags & (_TIF_SIGPENDING | _TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME |
+				      _TIF_UPROBE | _TIF_NEED_RESCHED)))
+			break;
+
+		/* We have work to do. */
+		local_irq_enable();
+
+		if (cached_flags & _TIF_NEED_RESCHED)
+			schedule();
+
+		if (cached_flags & _TIF_UPROBE)
+			uprobe_notify_resume(regs);
+
+		/* deal with pending signal delivery */
+		if (cached_flags & _TIF_SIGPENDING)
+			do_signal(regs);
+
+		if (cached_flags & _TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME) {
+			clear_thread_flag(TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME);
+			tracehook_notify_resume(regs);
+		}
+
+		if (cached_flags & _TIF_USER_RETURN_NOTIFY)
+			fire_user_return_notifiers();
+
+		/* Disable IRQs and retry */
+		local_irq_disable();
+	}
+
+	user_enter();
+}
+
+/*
+ * Called with IRQs on and fully valid regs.  Returns with IRQs off in a
+ * state such that we can immediately switch to user mode.
+ */
+__visible void syscall_return_slowpath(struct pt_regs *regs)
+{
+	struct thread_info *ti = pt_regs_to_thread_info(regs);
+	u32 cached_flags = READ_ONCE(ti->flags);
+	bool step;
+
+	CT_WARN_ON(ct_state() != CONTEXT_KERNEL);
+
+	if (WARN(irqs_disabled(), "syscall %ld left IRQs disabled",
+		 regs->orig_ax))
+		local_irq_enable();
+
+	/*
+	 * First do one-time work.  If these work items are enabled, we
+	 * want to run them exactly once per syscall exit with IRQs on.
+	 */
+	if (cached_flags & (_TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE | _TIF_SYSCALL_AUDIT |
+			    _TIF_SINGLESTEP | _TIF_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINT)) {
+		audit_syscall_exit(regs);
+
+		if (cached_flags & _TIF_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINT)
+			trace_sys_exit(regs, regs->ax);
+
+		/*
+		 * If TIF_SYSCALL_EMU is set, we only get here because of
+		 * TIF_SINGLESTEP (i.e. this is PTRACE_SYSEMU_SINGLESTEP).
+		 * We already reported this syscall instruction in
+		 * syscall_trace_enter().
+		 */
+		step = unlikely(
+			(cached_flags & (_TIF_SINGLESTEP | _TIF_SYSCALL_EMU))
+			== _TIF_SINGLESTEP);
+		if (step || cached_flags & _TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE)
+			tracehook_report_syscall_exit(regs, step);
+	}
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
+	/*
+	 * Compat syscalls set TS_COMPAT.  Make sure we clear it before
+	 * returning to user mode.
+	 */
+	ti->status &= ~TS_COMPAT;
+#endif
+
+	local_irq_disable();
+	prepare_exit_to_usermode(regs);
+}
+
 /*
- * notification of userspace execution resumption
+ * Deprecated notification of userspace execution resumption
  * - triggered by the TIF_WORK_MASK flags
  */
 __visible void
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#22 lore raw

Re: [PATCH v4 09/17] x86/entry: Add new, comprehensible entry and exit hooks

Quoted 32 lines · Andy Lutomirski

The current entry and exit code is incomprehensible, appears to work primary by luck, and is very difficult to incrementally improve. Add new code in preparation for simply deleting the old code.

prepare_exit_to_usermode is a new function that will handle all slow path exits to user mode. It is called with IRQs disabled and it leaves us in a state in which it is safe to immediately return to user mode. IRQs must not be re-enabled at any point after prepare_exit_to_usermode returns and user mode is actually entered. (We can, of course, fail to enter user mode and treat that failure as a fresh entry to kernel mode.) All callers of do_notify_resume will be migrated to call prepare_exit_to_usermode instead; prepare_exit_to_usermode needs to do everything that do_notify_resume does, but it also takes care of scheduling and context tracking. Unlike do_notify_resume, it does not need to be called in a loop.

syscall_return_slowpath is exactly what it sounds like. It will be called on any syscall exit slow path. It will replaces syscall_trace_leave and it calls prepare_exit_to_usermode on the way out.

---
 arch/x86/entry/common.c | 112 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 111 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
arch/x86/entry/common.c +0 -0
index 8a7e35af7164..55530d6dd1bd 100644

arch/x86/entry/common.c long syscall_trace_enter(struct pt_regs *regs) · line 211

Quoted 5 lines
arch/x86/entry/common.c +1 -0
@@ -207,6 +207,7 @@ long syscall_trace_enter(struct pt_regs *regs)
 		return syscall_trace_enter_phase2(regs, arch, phase1_result);
 }
 
+/* Deprecated. */
 void syscall_trace_leave(struct pt_regs *regs)

Ah yes, this will get replaced later with syscall_return_slowpath below.

Quoted 49 lines
arch/x86/entry/common.c +43 -0
 {
 	bool step;
@@ -237,8 +238,117 @@ void syscall_trace_leave(struct pt_regs *regs)
 	user_enter();
 }
 
+static struct thread_info *pt_regs_to_thread_info(struct pt_regs *regs)
+{
+	unsigned long top_of_stack =
+		(unsigned long)(regs + 1) + TOP_OF_KERNEL_STACK_PADDING;
+	return (struct thread_info *)(top_of_stack - THREAD_SIZE);
+}
+
+/* Called with IRQs disabled. */
+__visible void prepare_exit_to_usermode(struct pt_regs *regs)
+{
+	if (WARN_ON(!irqs_disabled()))
+		local_irq_disable();
+
+	/*
+	 * In order to return to user mode, we need to have IRQs off with
+	 * none of _TIF_SIGPENDING, _TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME, _TIF_USER_RETURN_NOTIFY,
+	 * _TIF_UPROBE, or _TIF_NEED_RESCHED set.  Several of these flags
+	 * can be set at any time on preemptable kernels if we have IRQs on,
+	 * so we need to loop.  Disabling preemption wouldn't help: doing the
+	 * work to clear some of the flags can sleep.
+	 */
+	while (true) {
+		u32 cached_flags =
+			READ_ONCE(pt_regs_to_thread_info(regs)->flags);
+
+		if (!(cached_flags & (_TIF_SIGPENDING | _TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME |
+				      _TIF_UPROBE | _TIF_NEED_RESCHED)))
+			break;
+
+		/* We have work to do. */
+		local_irq_enable();
+
+		if (cached_flags & _TIF_NEED_RESCHED)
+			schedule();
+
+		if (cached_flags & _TIF_UPROBE)
+			uprobe_notify_resume(regs);
+
+		/* deal with pending signal delivery */
+		if (cached_flags & _TIF_SIGPENDING)
+			do_signal(regs);
+
+		if (cached_flags & _TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME) {

arch/x86/entry/common.c void syscall_trace_leave(struct pt_regs *regs) · line 293

Quoted 10 lines
arch/x86/entry/common.c +10 -0
+			clear_thread_flag(TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME);
+			tracehook_notify_resume(regs);
+		}
+
+		if (cached_flags & _TIF_USER_RETURN_NOTIFY)
+			fire_user_return_notifiers();
+
+		/* Disable IRQs and retry */
+		local_irq_disable();
+	}

Stupid question: what assures us that we'll break out of this loop at some point? I.e., isn't the scenario possible of something always setting bits in ->flags while we're handling stuff in the IRQs on section?

OTOH, this is what int_ret_from_sys_call() does now anyway so we should be fine.

Yeah, it looks that way.

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Re: [PATCH v4 09/17] x86/entry: Add new, comprehensible entry and exit hooks

Quoted 36 lines · Borislav Petkov
Quoted 35 lines · Andy Lutomirski

The current entry and exit code is incomprehensible, appears to work primary by luck, and is very difficult to incrementally improve. Add new code in preparation for simply deleting the old code.

prepare_exit_to_usermode is a new function that will handle all slow path exits to user mode. It is called with IRQs disabled and it leaves us in a state in which it is safe to immediately return to user mode. IRQs must not be re-enabled at any point after prepare_exit_to_usermode returns and user mode is actually entered. (We can, of course, fail to enter user mode and treat that failure as a fresh entry to kernel mode.) All callers of do_notify_resume will be migrated to call prepare_exit_to_usermode instead; prepare_exit_to_usermode needs to do everything that do_notify_resume does, but it also takes care of scheduling and context tracking. Unlike do_notify_resume, it does not need to be called in a loop.

syscall_return_slowpath is exactly what it sounds like. It will be called on any syscall exit slow path. It will replaces syscall_trace_leave and it calls prepare_exit_to_usermode on the way out.

---
 arch/x86/entry/common.c | 112 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 111 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
arch/x86/entry/common.c +0 -0
index 8a7e35af7164..55530d6dd1bd 100644
@@ -207,6 +207,7 @@ long syscall_trace_enter(struct pt_regs *regs)
              return syscall_trace_enter_phase2(regs, arch, phase1_result);
 }
 
Quoted 4 lines

arch/x86/entry/common.c long syscall_trace_enter(struct pt_regs *regs) · line 211

Quoted 2 lines
arch/x86/entry/common.c +1 -0
+/* Deprecated. */
 void syscall_trace_leave(struct pt_regs *regs)

Ah yes, this will get replaced later with syscall_return_slowpath below.

I already have code in my tree to delete this, but it needs careful testing for the 32-bit case. The asm changes ended up being more intrusive than the 64-bit change, and I had to fiddle with vm86 as well.

Quoted 5 lines

Stupid question: what assures us that we'll break out of this loop at some point? I.e., isn't the scenario possible of something always setting bits in ->flags while we're handling stuff in the IRQs on section?

Nothing, actually. We could spin forever if we keep scheduling in and having TIF_NEED_RESCHED get set before we check again, or we could even, in principle, keep delivering more and more signals forever. This seems quite unlikely, though, and if we really end up delivering infinite signals, something is very wrong already.

--Andy

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#24 lore raw

Re: [PATCH v4 09/17] x86/entry: Add new, comprehensible entry and exit hooks

Quoted 5 lines · Andy Lutomirski

Nothing, actually. We could spin forever if we keep scheduling in and having TIF_NEED_RESCHED get set before we check again, or we could even, in principle, keep delivering more and more signals forever. This seems quite unlikely, though, and if we really end up delivering infinite signals, something is very wrong already.

And if it hasn't happened already with the current code, then I guess we're always catching a break. And it's not like we're not preemptible for the whole looping duration so not a problem even for -RT.

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#25 lore raw

PATCH v4 10/17 x86/entry/64: Really create an error-entry-from-usermode code path

In reply to Andy Lutomirski

In 539f51136500 ("x86/asm/entry/64: Disentangle error_entry/exit gsbase/ebx/usermode code"), I arranged the code slightly wrong -- IRET faults would skip the code path that was intended to execute on all error entries from user mode. Fix it up.

This does not fix a bug, but we'll need it, and it slightly shrinks the code.

---
 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S | 12 ++++++++----
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S +8 -4
index 141a5d49dddc..cd9cbc62159c 100644
@@ -1145,9 +1145,14 @@ ENTRY(error_entry)
 	testb	$3, CS+8(%rsp)
 	jz	error_kernelspace
 
-	/* We entered from user mode */
+error_entry_from_usermode_swapgs:
+	/*
+	 * We entered from user mode or we're pretending to have entered
+	 * from user mode due to an IRET fault.
+	 */
 	SWAPGS
 
+error_entry_from_usermode_after_swapgs:
 error_entry_done:
 	TRACE_IRQS_OFF
 	ret
@@ -1174,8 +1179,7 @@ error_kernelspace:
 	 * gsbase and proceed.  We'll fix up the exception and land in
 	 * gs_change's error handler with kernel gsbase.
 	 */
-	SWAPGS
-	jmp	error_entry_done
+	jmp	error_entry_from_usermode_swapgs
 
 bstep_iret:
 	/* Fix truncated RIP */
@@ -1198,7 +1202,7 @@ error_bad_iret:
 	call	fixup_bad_iret
 	mov	%rax, %rsp
 	decl	%ebx
-	jmp	error_entry_done
+	jmp	error_entry_from_usermode_after_swapgs
 END(error_entry)
 
 
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#26 lore raw

Re: [PATCH v4 10/17] x86/entry/64: Really create an error-entry-from-usermode code path

Quoted 21 lines · Andy Lutomirski

In 539f51136500 ("x86/asm/entry/64: Disentangle error_entry/exit gsbase/ebx/usermode code"), I arranged the code slightly wrong -- IRET faults would skip the code path that was intended to execute on all error entries from user mode. Fix it up.

This does not fix a bug, but we'll need it, and it slightly shrinks the code.

---
 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S | 12 ++++++++----
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S +0 -0
index 141a5d49dddc..cd9cbc62159c 100644
@@ -1145,9 +1145,14 @@ ENTRY(error_entry)
 	testb	$3, CS+8(%rsp)
 	jz	error_kernelspace
 

arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S ENTRY(error_entry) · line 1156

Quoted 10 lines
arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S +6 -1
-	/* We entered from user mode */
+error_entry_from_usermode_swapgs:
+	/*
+	 * We entered from user mode or we're pretending to have entered
+	 * from user mode due to an IRET fault.
+	 */
 	SWAPGS
 
+error_entry_from_usermode_after_swapgs:
 error_entry_done:

Why the second label?

Also, please make all those labels local by prefixing them with .L because they appear unnecesasrily in objdump output as global symbols.

$ objdump -d vmlinux | grep -E "^[0-9a-f]+ <(error_entry_\w*|error_kernelspace|bstep_iret|error_bad_iret)"
ffffffff8167a4a8 <error_entry_from_usermode_swapgs>:
ffffffff8167a4ab <error_entry_done>:
ffffffff8167a4b1 <error_kernelspace>:
ffffffff8167a4e0 <bstep_iret>:
ffffffff8167a4e8 <error_bad_iret>:

Oh, and shorter please :)

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Re: [PATCH v4 10/17] x86/entry/64: Really create an error-entry-from-usermode code path

Quoted 30 lines · Borislav Petkov
Quoted 29 lines · Andy Lutomirski

In 539f51136500 ("x86/asm/entry/64: Disentangle error_entry/exit gsbase/ebx/usermode code"), I arranged the code slightly wrong -- IRET faults would skip the code path that was intended to execute on all error entries from user mode. Fix it up.

This does not fix a bug, but we'll need it, and it slightly shrinks the code.

---
 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S | 12 ++++++++----
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S +5 -1
index 141a5d49dddc..cd9cbc62159c 100644
@@ -1145,9 +1145,14 @@ ENTRY(error_entry)
      testb   $3, CS+8(%rsp)
      jz      error_kernelspace
 
-     /* We entered from user mode */
+error_entry_from_usermode_swapgs:
+     /*
+      * We entered from user mode or we're pretending to have entered
+      * from user mode due to an IRET fault.
+      */
      SWAPGS
 
Quoted 4 lines

arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S ENTRY(error_entry) · line 1156

Quoted 2 lines
arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S +1 -0
+error_entry_from_usermode_after_swapgs:
 error_entry_done:

Why the second label?

"Migrate error and interrupt exit work to C" puts code between those labels. I could squash the patches together to make it less mysterious.

Quoted 3 lines

Also, please make all those labels local by prefixing them with .L because they appear unnecesasrily in objdump output as global symbols.

Will do.

Quoted 10 lines
$ objdump -d vmlinux | grep -E "^[0-9a-f]+ <(error_entry_\w*|error_kernelspace|bstep_iret|error_bad_iret)"
ffffffff8167a4a8 <error_entry_from_usermode_swapgs>:
ffffffff8167a4ab <error_entry_done>:
ffffffff8167a4b1 <error_kernelspace>:
ffffffff8167a4e0 <bstep_iret>:
ffffffff8167a4e8 <error_bad_iret>:

Oh, and shorter please :)

I'll try to think of a good shorter name. No promises :)

--Andy

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#28 lore raw

Re: [PATCH v4 10/17] x86/entry/64: Really create an error-entry-from-usermode code path

Quoted 3 lines · Andy Lutomirski

"Migrate error and interrupt exit work to C" puts code between those labels. I could squash the patches together to make it less mysterious.

Nah, it is my mistake of not reviewing the whole thing first and then sending replies. Sorry about that.

Quoted 4 lines
Quoted 2 lines

Also, please make all those labels local by prefixing them with .L because they appear unnecesasrily in objdump output as global symbols.

Will do.

Yeah, the only maybe partly advantage of having the global labels would be to ease debuggability but one can get to the proper offset even without those labels so...

Quoted 1 line

I'll try to think of a good shorter name. No promises :)

:-)

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PATCH v4 11/17 x86/entry/64: Migrate 64-bit and compat syscalls to new exit hooks

In reply to Andy Lutomirski

These need to be migrated together, as the compat case used to jump into the middle of the 64-bit exit code.

---
 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S        | 69 +++++-----------------------------------
 arch/x86/entry/entry_64_compat.S |  7 ++--
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 65 deletions(-)
arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S +8 -61
index cd9cbc62159c..9bc76766aa71 100644
@@ -229,6 +229,11 @@ entry_SYSCALL_64_fastpath:
 	 */
 	USERGS_SYSRET64
 
+GLOBAL(int_ret_from_sys_call_irqs_off)
+	TRACE_IRQS_ON
+	ENABLE_INTERRUPTS(CLBR_NONE)
+	jmp int_ret_from_sys_call
+
 	/* Do syscall entry tracing */
 tracesys:
 	movq	%rsp, %rdi
@@ -272,69 +277,11 @@ tracesys_phase2:
  * Has correct iret frame.
  */
 GLOBAL(int_ret_from_sys_call)
-	DISABLE_INTERRUPTS(CLBR_NONE)
-int_ret_from_sys_call_irqs_off: /* jumps come here from the irqs-off SYSRET path */
-	TRACE_IRQS_OFF
-	movl	$_TIF_ALLWORK_MASK, %edi
-	/* edi:	mask to check */
-GLOBAL(int_with_check)
-	LOCKDEP_SYS_EXIT_IRQ
-	GET_THREAD_INFO(%rcx)
-	movl	TI_flags(%rcx), %edx
-	andl	%edi, %edx
-	jnz	int_careful
-	andl	$~TS_COMPAT, TI_status(%rcx)
-	jmp	syscall_return
-
-	/*
-	 * Either reschedule or signal or syscall exit tracking needed.
-	 * First do a reschedule test.
-	 * edx:	work, edi: workmask
-	 */
-int_careful:
-	bt	$TIF_NEED_RESCHED, %edx
-	jnc	int_very_careful
-	TRACE_IRQS_ON
-	ENABLE_INTERRUPTS(CLBR_NONE)
-	pushq	%rdi
-	SCHEDULE_USER
-	popq	%rdi
-	DISABLE_INTERRUPTS(CLBR_NONE)
-	TRACE_IRQS_OFF
-	jmp	int_with_check
-
-	/* handle signals and tracing -- both require a full pt_regs */
-int_very_careful:
-	TRACE_IRQS_ON
-	ENABLE_INTERRUPTS(CLBR_NONE)
 	SAVE_EXTRA_REGS
-	/* Check for syscall exit trace */
-	testl	$_TIF_WORK_SYSCALL_EXIT, %edx
-	jz	int_signal
-	pushq	%rdi
-	leaq	8(%rsp), %rdi			/* &ptregs -> arg1 */
-	call	syscall_trace_leave
-	popq	%rdi
-	andl	$~(_TIF_WORK_SYSCALL_EXIT|_TIF_SYSCALL_EMU), %edi
-	jmp	int_restore_rest
-
-int_signal:
-	testl	$_TIF_DO_NOTIFY_MASK, %edx
-	jz	1f
-	movq	%rsp, %rdi			/* &ptregs -> arg1 */
-	xorl	%esi, %esi			/* oldset -> arg2 */
-	call	do_notify_resume
-1:	movl	$_TIF_WORK_MASK, %edi
-int_restore_rest:
+	movq	%rsp, %rdi
+	call	syscall_return_slowpath	/* returns with IRQs disabled */
 	RESTORE_EXTRA_REGS
-	DISABLE_INTERRUPTS(CLBR_NONE)
-	TRACE_IRQS_OFF
-	jmp	int_with_check
-
-syscall_return:
-	/* The IRETQ could re-enable interrupts: */
-	DISABLE_INTERRUPTS(CLBR_ANY)
-	TRACE_IRQS_IRETQ
+	TRACE_IRQS_IRETQ		/* we're about to change IF */
 
 	/*
 	 * Try to use SYSRET instead of IRET if we're returning to
arch/x86/entry/entry_64_compat.S +3 -4
index efe0b1e499fa..ac0658142ae1 100644
@@ -209,10 +209,10 @@ sysexit_from_sys_call:
 	.endm
 
 	.macro auditsys_exit exit
-	testl	$(_TIF_ALLWORK_MASK & ~_TIF_SYSCALL_AUDIT), ASM_THREAD_INFO(TI_flags, %rsp, SIZEOF_PTREGS)
-	jnz	ia32_ret_from_sys_call
 	TRACE_IRQS_ON
 	ENABLE_INTERRUPTS(CLBR_NONE)
+	testl $(_TIF_ALLWORK_MASK & ~_TIF_SYSCALL_AUDIT), ASM_THREAD_INFO(TI_flags, %rsp, SIZEOF_PTREGS)
+	jnz ia32_ret_from_sys_call
 	movl	%eax, %esi		/* second arg, syscall return value */
 	cmpl	$-MAX_ERRNO, %eax	/* is it an error ? */
 	jbe	1f
@@ -227,11 +227,10 @@ sysexit_from_sys_call:
 	testl	%edi, ASM_THREAD_INFO(TI_flags, %rsp, SIZEOF_PTREGS)
 	jz	\exit
 	xorl	%eax, %eax		/* Do not leak kernel information */
-	movq	%rax, R11(%rsp)
 	movq	%rax, R10(%rsp)
 	movq	%rax, R9(%rsp)
 	movq	%rax, R8(%rsp)
-	jmp	int_with_check
+	jmp	int_ret_from_sys_call_irqs_off
 	.endm
 
 sysenter_auditsys:
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#30 lore raw

Re: [PATCH v4 11/17] x86/entry/64: Migrate 64-bit and compat syscalls to new exit hooks

Quoted 88 lines · Andy Lutomirski

These need to be migrated together, as the compat case used to jump into the middle of the 64-bit exit code.

---
 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S        | 69 +++++-----------------------------------
 arch/x86/entry/entry_64_compat.S |  7 ++--
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 65 deletions(-)
arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S +7 -55
index cd9cbc62159c..9bc76766aa71 100644
@@ -229,6 +229,11 @@ entry_SYSCALL_64_fastpath:
 	 */
 	USERGS_SYSRET64
 
+GLOBAL(int_ret_from_sys_call_irqs_off)
+	TRACE_IRQS_ON
+	ENABLE_INTERRUPTS(CLBR_NONE)
+	jmp int_ret_from_sys_call
+
 	/* Do syscall entry tracing */
 tracesys:
 	movq	%rsp, %rdi
@@ -272,69 +277,11 @@ tracesys_phase2:
  * Has correct iret frame.
  */
 GLOBAL(int_ret_from_sys_call)
-	DISABLE_INTERRUPTS(CLBR_NONE)
-int_ret_from_sys_call_irqs_off: /* jumps come here from the irqs-off SYSRET path */
-	TRACE_IRQS_OFF
-	movl	$_TIF_ALLWORK_MASK, %edi
-	/* edi:	mask to check */
-GLOBAL(int_with_check)
-	LOCKDEP_SYS_EXIT_IRQ
-	GET_THREAD_INFO(%rcx)
-	movl	TI_flags(%rcx), %edx
-	andl	%edi, %edx
-	jnz	int_careful
-	andl	$~TS_COMPAT, TI_status(%rcx)
-	jmp	syscall_return
-
-	/*
-	 * Either reschedule or signal or syscall exit tracking needed.
-	 * First do a reschedule test.
-	 * edx:	work, edi: workmask
-	 */
-int_careful:
-	bt	$TIF_NEED_RESCHED, %edx
-	jnc	int_very_careful
-	TRACE_IRQS_ON
-	ENABLE_INTERRUPTS(CLBR_NONE)
-	pushq	%rdi
-	SCHEDULE_USER
-	popq	%rdi
-	DISABLE_INTERRUPTS(CLBR_NONE)
-	TRACE_IRQS_OFF
-	jmp	int_with_check
-
-	/* handle signals and tracing -- both require a full pt_regs */
-int_very_careful:
-	TRACE_IRQS_ON
-	ENABLE_INTERRUPTS(CLBR_NONE)
 	SAVE_EXTRA_REGS
-	/* Check for syscall exit trace */
-	testl	$_TIF_WORK_SYSCALL_EXIT, %edx
-	jz	int_signal
-	pushq	%rdi
-	leaq	8(%rsp), %rdi			/* &ptregs -> arg1 */
-	call	syscall_trace_leave
-	popq	%rdi
-	andl	$~(_TIF_WORK_SYSCALL_EXIT|_TIF_SYSCALL_EMU), %edi
-	jmp	int_restore_rest
-
-int_signal:
-	testl	$_TIF_DO_NOTIFY_MASK, %edx
-	jz	1f
-	movq	%rsp, %rdi			/* &ptregs -> arg1 */
-	xorl	%esi, %esi			/* oldset -> arg2 */
-	call	do_notify_resume
-1:	movl	$_TIF_WORK_MASK, %edi
-int_restore_rest:
+	movq	%rsp, %rdi
+	call	syscall_return_slowpath	/* returns with IRQs disabled */
 	RESTORE_EXTRA_REGS
-	DISABLE_INTERRUPTS(CLBR_NONE)
-	TRACE_IRQS_OFF

arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S tracesys_phase2: · line 287

Quoted 10 lines
arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S +1 -6
-	jmp	int_with_check
-
-syscall_return:
-	/* The IRETQ could re-enable interrupts: */
-	DISABLE_INTERRUPTS(CLBR_ANY)
-	TRACE_IRQS_IRETQ
+	TRACE_IRQS_IRETQ		/* we're about to change IF */
 
 	/*
 	 * Try to use SYSRET instead of IRET if we're returning to

Hallelujah!

/me luvz hunks which remove a bunch of asm :)

Quoted 5 lines
arch/x86/entry/entry_64_compat.S +0 -0
index efe0b1e499fa..ac0658142ae1 100644

arch/x86/entry/entry_64_compat.S sysexit_from_sys_call: · line 215

Quoted 9 lines
arch/x86/entry/entry_64_compat.S +2 -2
@@ -209,10 +209,10 @@ sysexit_from_sys_call:
 	.endm
 
 	.macro auditsys_exit exit
-	testl	$(_TIF_ALLWORK_MASK & ~_TIF_SYSCALL_AUDIT), ASM_THREAD_INFO(TI_flags, %rsp, SIZEOF_PTREGS)
-	jnz	ia32_ret_from_sys_call
 	TRACE_IRQS_ON
 	ENABLE_INTERRUPTS(CLBR_NONE)
+	testl $(_TIF_ALLWORK_MASK & ~_TIF_SYSCALL_AUDIT), ASM_THREAD_INFO(TI_flags, %rsp, SIZEOF_PTREGS)
+	jnz ia32_ret_from_sys_call

I guess you want to use tabs here like the rest of the macro does.

arch/x86/entry/entry_64_compat.S sysexit_from_sys_call: · line 230

Quoted 8 lines
arch/x86/entry/entry_64_compat.S +0 -1
 	movl	%eax, %esi		/* second arg, syscall return value */
 	cmpl	$-MAX_ERRNO, %eax	/* is it an error ? */
 	jbe	1f
@@ -227,11 +227,10 @@ sysexit_from_sys_call:
 	testl	%edi, ASM_THREAD_INFO(TI_flags, %rsp, SIZEOF_PTREGS)
 	jz	\exit
 	xorl	%eax, %eax		/* Do not leak kernel information */
-	movq	%rax, R11(%rsp)

I guess that change needs at least some explanation in the commit message. AFAIU, this is RIP we shouldn't be zeroing for we need it in int_ret_from_sys_call...

Quoted 12 lines
arch/x86/entry/entry_64_compat.S +1 -1
 	movq	%rax, R10(%rsp)
 	movq	%rax, R9(%rsp)
 	movq	%rax, R8(%rsp)
-	jmp	int_with_check
+	jmp	int_ret_from_sys_call_irqs_off
 	.endm
 
 sysenter_auditsys:
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#31 lore raw

Re: [PATCH v4 11/17] x86/entry/64: Migrate 64-bit and compat syscalls to new exit hooks

Quoted 12 lines · Borislav Petkov
Quoted 11 lines · Andy Lutomirski

These need to be migrated together, as the compat case used to jump into the middle of the 64-bit exit code.

arch/x86/entry/entry_64_compat.S +0 -0
index efe0b1e499fa..ac0658142ae1 100644
@@ -209,10 +209,10 @@ sysexit_from_sys_call:
      .endm
 
Quoted 10 lines

arch/x86/entry/entry_64_compat.S sysexit_from_sys_call: · line 215

Quoted 7 lines
arch/x86/entry/entry_64_compat.S +2 -2
      .macro auditsys_exit exit
-     testl   $(_TIF_ALLWORK_MASK & ~_TIF_SYSCALL_AUDIT), ASM_THREAD_INFO(TI_flags, %rsp, SIZEOF_PTREGS)
-     jnz     ia32_ret_from_sys_call
      TRACE_IRQS_ON
      ENABLE_INTERRUPTS(CLBR_NONE)
+     testl $(_TIF_ALLWORK_MASK & ~_TIF_SYSCALL_AUDIT), ASM_THREAD_INFO(TI_flags, %rsp, SIZEOF_PTREGS)
+     jnz ia32_ret_from_sys_call

I guess you want to use tabs here like the rest of the macro does.

Oops. I wrote this before everything got tabified and I guess I didn't fix it up right.

Quoted 4 lines
Quoted 4 lines
arch/x86/entry/entry_64_compat.S +0 -0
      movl    %eax, %esi              /* second arg, syscall return value */
      cmpl    $-MAX_ERRNO, %eax       /* is it an error ? */
      jbe     1f
@@ -227,11 +227,10 @@ sysexit_from_sys_call:
Quoted 8 lines

arch/x86/entry/entry_64_compat.S sysexit_from_sys_call: · line 230

Quoted 4 lines
arch/x86/entry/entry_64_compat.S +0 -1
      testl   %edi, ASM_THREAD_INFO(TI_flags, %rsp, SIZEOF_PTREGS)
      jz      \exit
      xorl    %eax, %eax              /* Do not leak kernel information */
-     movq    %rax, R11(%rsp)

I guess that change needs at least some explanation in the commit message. AFAIU, this is RIP we shouldn't be zeroing for we need it in int_ret_from_sys_call...

This change is a mistake. There was another rebase issue in here that I fixed, but apparently I still haven't gotten it right. Sigh.

--Andy

#32 lore raw

Re: [PATCH v4 11/17] x86/entry/64: Migrate 64-bit and compat syscalls to new exit hooks

In reply to Andy Lutomirski

arch/x86/entry/entry_64_compat.S sysexit_from_sys_call: · line 215

Quoted 5 lines · Andy Lutomirski
arch/x86/entry/entry_64_compat.S +3 -0
+       jmp int_ret_from_sys_call
 
 
+       testl $(_TIF_ALLWORK_MASK & ~_TIF_SYSCALL_AUDIT), ASM_THREAD_INFO(TI_flags, %rsp, SIZEOF_PTREGS)
+       jnz ia32_ret_from_sys_call

The files got reformatted to use a consistent style with tab between insn mnemonic and its arguments. Please do not break it again...

author maintainer
#33 lore raw

PATCH v4 12/17 x86/asm/entry/64: Save all regs on interrupt entry

In reply to Andy Lutomirski

To prepare for the big rewrite of the error and interrupt exit paths, we will need pt_regs completely filled in. It's already completely filled in when error_exit runs, so rearrange interrupt handling to match it. This will slow down interrupt handling very slightly (eight instructions), but the simplification it enables will be more than worth it.

---
 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S | 29 +++++++++--------------------
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S +9 -20
index 9bc76766aa71..51d34fafe4c0 100644
@@ -502,21 +502,13 @@ END(irq_entries_start)
 /* 0(%rsp): ~(interrupt number) */
 	.macro interrupt func
 	cld
-	/*
-	 * Since nothing in interrupt handling code touches r12...r15 members
-	 * of "struct pt_regs", and since interrupts can nest, we can save
-	 * four stack slots and simultaneously provide
-	 * an unwind-friendly stack layout by saving "truncated" pt_regs
-	 * exactly up to rbp slot, without these members.
-	 */
-	ALLOC_PT_GPREGS_ON_STACK -RBP
-	SAVE_C_REGS -RBP
-	/* this goes to 0(%rsp) for unwinder, not for saving the value: */
-	SAVE_EXTRA_REGS_RBP -RBP
+	ALLOC_PT_GPREGS_ON_STACK
+	SAVE_C_REGS
+	SAVE_EXTRA_REGS
 
-	leaq	-RBP(%rsp), %rdi		/* arg1 for \func (pointer to pt_regs) */
+	movq	%rsp,%rdi	/* arg1 for \func (pointer to pt_regs) */
 
-	testb	$3, CS-RBP(%rsp)
+	testb	$3, CS(%rsp)
 	jz	1f
 	SWAPGS
 1:
@@ -553,9 +545,7 @@ ret_from_intr:
 	decl	PER_CPU_VAR(irq_count)
 
 	/* Restore saved previous stack */
-	popq	%rsi
-	/* return code expects complete pt_regs - adjust rsp accordingly: */
-	leaq	-RBP(%rsi), %rsp
+	popq	%rsp
 
 	testb	$3, CS(%rsp)
 	jz	retint_kernel
@@ -580,7 +570,7 @@ retint_swapgs:					/* return to user-space */
 	TRACE_IRQS_IRETQ
 
 	SWAPGS
-	jmp	restore_c_regs_and_iret
+	jmp	restore_regs_and_iret
 
 /* Returning to kernel space */
 retint_kernel:
@@ -604,6 +594,8 @@ retint_kernel:
  * At this label, code paths which return to kernel and to user,
  * which come from interrupts/exception and from syscalls, merge.
  */
+restore_regs_and_iret:
+	RESTORE_EXTRA_REGS
 restore_c_regs_and_iret:
 	RESTORE_C_REGS
 	REMOVE_PT_GPREGS_FROM_STACK 8
@@ -674,12 +666,10 @@ retint_signal:
 	jz	retint_swapgs
 	TRACE_IRQS_ON
 	ENABLE_INTERRUPTS(CLBR_NONE)
-	SAVE_EXTRA_REGS
 	movq	$-1, ORIG_RAX(%rsp)
 	xorl	%esi, %esi			/* oldset */
 	movq	%rsp, %rdi			/* &pt_regs */
 	call	do_notify_resume
-	RESTORE_EXTRA_REGS
 	DISABLE_INTERRUPTS(CLBR_NONE)
 	TRACE_IRQS_OFF
 	GET_THREAD_INFO(%rcx)
@@ -1160,7 +1150,6 @@ END(error_entry)
  */
 ENTRY(error_exit)
 	movl	%ebx, %eax
-	RESTORE_EXTRA_REGS
 	DISABLE_INTERRUPTS(CLBR_NONE)
 	TRACE_IRQS_OFF
 	testl	%eax, %eax
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#34 lore raw

Re: [PATCH v4 12/17] x86/asm/entry/64: Save all regs on interrupt entry

Quoted 21 lines · Andy Lutomirski

To prepare for the big rewrite of the error and interrupt exit paths, we will need pt_regs completely filled in. It's already completely filled in when error_exit runs, so rearrange interrupt handling to match it. This will slow down interrupt handling very slightly (eight instructions), but the simplification it enables will be more than worth it.

---
 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S | 29 +++++++++--------------------
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S +0 -1
index 9bc76766aa71..51d34fafe4c0 100644
@@ -502,21 +502,13 @@ END(irq_entries_start)
 /* 0(%rsp): ~(interrupt number) */
 	.macro interrupt func
 	cld
-	/*

arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S END(irq_entries_start) · line 515

Quoted 10 lines
arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S +0 -10
-	 * Since nothing in interrupt handling code touches r12...r15 members
-	 * of "struct pt_regs", and since interrupts can nest, we can save
-	 * four stack slots and simultaneously provide
-	 * an unwind-friendly stack layout by saving "truncated" pt_regs
-	 * exactly up to rbp slot, without these members.
-	 */
-	ALLOC_PT_GPREGS_ON_STACK -RBP
-	SAVE_C_REGS -RBP
-	/* this goes to 0(%rsp) for unwinder, not for saving the value: */
-	SAVE_EXTRA_REGS_RBP -RBP

That macro's unused now AFAICT.

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#35 lore raw

Re: [PATCH v4 12/17] x86/asm/entry/64: Save all regs on interrupt entry

Quoted 26 lines · Borislav Petkov
Quoted 25 lines · Andy Lutomirski

To prepare for the big rewrite of the error and interrupt exit paths, we will need pt_regs completely filled in. It's already completely filled in when error_exit runs, so rearrange interrupt handling to match it. This will slow down interrupt handling very slightly (eight instructions), but the simplification it enables will be more than worth it.

---
 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S | 29 +++++++++--------------------
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S +0 -5
index 9bc76766aa71..51d34fafe4c0 100644
@@ -502,21 +502,13 @@ END(irq_entries_start)
 /* 0(%rsp): ~(interrupt number) */
      .macro interrupt func
      cld
-     /*
-      * Since nothing in interrupt handling code touches r12...r15 members
-      * of "struct pt_regs", and since interrupts can nest, we can save
-      * four stack slots and simultaneously provide
-      * an unwind-friendly stack layout by saving "truncated" pt_regs
Quoted 9 lines

arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S END(irq_entries_start) · line 515

Quoted 6 lines
arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S +0 -6
-      * exactly up to rbp slot, without these members.
-      */
-     ALLOC_PT_GPREGS_ON_STACK -RBP
-     SAVE_C_REGS -RBP
-     /* this goes to 0(%rsp) for unwinder, not for saving the value: */
-     SAVE_EXTRA_REGS_RBP -RBP

That macro's unused now AFAICT.

I'll delete it in v5.

--Andy

Quoted 6 lines

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AMA Capital Management, LLC
author maintainer
#36 lore raw

PATCH v4 13/17 x86/asm/entry/64: Simplify irq stack pt_regs handling

In reply to Andy Lutomirski

There's no need for both rsi and rdi to point to the original stack.

---
 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S | 8 +++-----
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S +3 -5
index 51d34fafe4c0..ce2c9049abef 100644
@@ -506,8 +506,6 @@ END(irq_entries_start)
 	SAVE_C_REGS
 	SAVE_EXTRA_REGS
 
-	movq	%rsp,%rdi	/* arg1 for \func (pointer to pt_regs) */
-
 	testb	$3, CS(%rsp)
 	jz	1f
 	SWAPGS
@@ -519,14 +517,14 @@ END(irq_entries_start)
 	 * a little cheaper to use a separate counter in the PDA (short of
 	 * moving irq_enter into assembly, which would be too much work)
 	 */
-	movq	%rsp, %rsi
+	movq	%rsp, %rdi
 	incl	PER_CPU_VAR(irq_count)
 	cmovzq	PER_CPU_VAR(irq_stack_ptr), %rsp
-	pushq	%rsi
+	pushq	%rdi
 	/* We entered an interrupt context - irqs are off: */
 	TRACE_IRQS_OFF
 
-	call	\func
+	call	\func	/* rdi points to pt_regs */
 	.endm
 
 	/*
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author maintainer
#37 lore raw

PATCH v4 14/17 x86/asm/entry/64: Migrate error and interrupt exit work to C

In reply to Andy Lutomirski
---
 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S        | 63 +++++++++++-----------------------------
 arch/x86/entry/entry_64_compat.S |  5 ++++
 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 46 deletions(-)
arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S +17 -46
index ce2c9049abef..08a37ec049f0 100644
@@ -508,7 +508,16 @@ END(irq_entries_start)
 
 	testb	$3, CS(%rsp)
 	jz	1f
+
+	/*
+	 * IRQ from user mode.  Switch to kernel gsbase and inform context
+	 * tracking that we're in kernel mode.
+	 */
 	SWAPGS
+#ifdef CONFIG_CONTEXT_TRACKING
+	call enter_from_user_mode
+#endif
+
 1:
 	/*
 	 * Save previous stack pointer, optionally switch to interrupt stack.
@@ -547,26 +556,13 @@ ret_from_intr:
 
 	testb	$3, CS(%rsp)
 	jz	retint_kernel
-	/* Interrupt came from user space */
-GLOBAL(retint_user)
-	GET_THREAD_INFO(%rcx)
 
-	/* %rcx: thread info. Interrupts are off. */
-retint_with_reschedule:
-	movl	$_TIF_WORK_MASK, %edi
-retint_check:
+	/* Interrupt came from user space */
 	LOCKDEP_SYS_EXIT_IRQ
-	movl	TI_flags(%rcx), %edx
-	andl	%edi, %edx
-	jnz	retint_careful
-
-retint_swapgs:					/* return to user-space */
-	/*
-	 * The iretq could re-enable interrupts:
-	 */
-	DISABLE_INTERRUPTS(CLBR_ANY)
+GLOBAL(retint_user)
+	mov	%rsp,%rdi
+	call	prepare_exit_to_usermode
 	TRACE_IRQS_IRETQ
-
 	SWAPGS
 	jmp	restore_regs_and_iret
 
@@ -644,35 +640,6 @@ native_irq_return_ldt:
 	popq	%rax
 	jmp	native_irq_return_iret
 #endif
-
-	/* edi: workmask, edx: work */
-retint_careful:
-	bt	$TIF_NEED_RESCHED, %edx
-	jnc	retint_signal
-	TRACE_IRQS_ON
-	ENABLE_INTERRUPTS(CLBR_NONE)
-	pushq	%rdi
-	SCHEDULE_USER
-	popq	%rdi
-	GET_THREAD_INFO(%rcx)
-	DISABLE_INTERRUPTS(CLBR_NONE)
-	TRACE_IRQS_OFF
-	jmp	retint_check
-
-retint_signal:
-	testl	$_TIF_DO_NOTIFY_MASK, %edx
-	jz	retint_swapgs
-	TRACE_IRQS_ON
-	ENABLE_INTERRUPTS(CLBR_NONE)
-	movq	$-1, ORIG_RAX(%rsp)
-	xorl	%esi, %esi			/* oldset */
-	movq	%rsp, %rdi			/* &pt_regs */
-	call	do_notify_resume
-	DISABLE_INTERRUPTS(CLBR_NONE)
-	TRACE_IRQS_OFF
-	GET_THREAD_INFO(%rcx)
-	jmp	retint_with_reschedule
-
 END(common_interrupt)
 
 /*
@@ -1088,6 +1055,10 @@ error_entry_from_usermode_swapgs:
 	SWAPGS
 
 error_entry_from_usermode_after_swapgs:
+#ifdef CONFIG_CONTEXT_TRACKING
+	call enter_from_user_mode
+#endif
+
 error_entry_done:
 	TRACE_IRQS_OFF
 	ret
arch/x86/entry/entry_64_compat.S +5 -0
index ac0658142ae1..566d33f17d0b 100644
@@ -454,6 +454,11 @@ ia32_badarg:
 	DISABLE_INTERRUPTS(CLBR_NONE)
 	TRACE_IRQS_OFF
 
+	/* Now finish entering normal kernel mode. */
+#ifdef CONFIG_CONTEXT_TRACKING
+	call enter_from_user_mode
+#endif
+
 	/* And exit again. */
 	jmp retint_user
 
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#38 lore raw

Re: [PATCH v4 14/17] x86/asm/entry/64: Migrate error and interrupt exit work to C

Quoted 13 lines · Andy Lutomirski
---
 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S        | 63 +++++++++++-----------------------------
 arch/x86/entry/entry_64_compat.S |  5 ++++
 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 46 deletions(-)
arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S +0 -0
index ce2c9049abef..08a37ec049f0 100644
@@ -508,7 +508,16 @@ END(irq_entries_start)
 
 	testb	$3, CS(%rsp)

arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S END(irq_entries_start) · line 519

Quoted 10 lines
arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S +8 -0
 	jz	1f
+
+	/*
+	 * IRQ from user mode.  Switch to kernel gsbase and inform context
+	 * tracking that we're in kernel mode.
+	 */
 	SWAPGS
+#ifdef CONFIG_CONTEXT_TRACKING
+	call enter_from_user_mode
+#endif

I think you can make this much cleaner by getting rid of the ifdeffery and pushing it into the enter_from_user_mode() function:

__visible void enter_from_user_mode(void)
{
#ifdef CONFIG_CONTEXT_TRACKING

	...

#endif
}

The disadvantage of all that cleanliness is that we get one dumb

call enter_from_user_mode

there to this abomination:

ffffffff810014f0 <enter_from_user_mode>:

ffffffff810014f0:       e8 db 97 67 00          callq  ffffffff8167acd0 <__fentry__>
ffffffff810014f5:       55                      push   %rbp
ffffffff810014f6:       48 89 e5                mov    %rsp,%rbp
ffffffff810014f9:       5d                      pop    %rbp
ffffffff810014fa:       c3                      retq   
ffffffff810014fb:       0f 1f 44 00 00          nopl   0x0(%rax,%rax,1)

which sux.

We sure could use LTO here.

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    Boris.

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#39 lore raw

Re: [PATCH v4 14/17] x86/asm/entry/64: Migrate error and interrupt exit work to C

Quoted 51 lines · Borislav Petkov
Quoted 13 lines · Andy Lutomirski
---
 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S        | 63 +++++++++++-----------------------------
 arch/x86/entry/entry_64_compat.S |  5 ++++
 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 46 deletions(-)
arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S +0 -0
index ce2c9049abef..08a37ec049f0 100644
@@ -508,7 +508,16 @@ END(irq_entries_start)
 
      testb   $3, CS(%rsp)

arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S END(irq_entries_start) · line 519

Quoted 10 lines
arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S +8 -0
      jz      1f
+
+     /*
+      * IRQ from user mode.  Switch to kernel gsbase and inform context
+      * tracking that we're in kernel mode.
+      */
      SWAPGS
+#ifdef CONFIG_CONTEXT_TRACKING
+     call enter_from_user_mode
+#endif

I think you can make this much cleaner by getting rid of the ifdeffery and pushing it into the enter_from_user_mode() function:

__visible void enter_from_user_mode(void)
{
#ifdef CONFIG_CONTEXT_TRACKING

        ...

#endif
}

The disadvantage of all that cleanliness is that we get one dumb

call enter_from_user_mode

there to this abomination:

ffffffff810014f0 <enter_from_user_mode>:

ffffffff810014f0:       e8 db 97 67 00          callq  ffffffff8167acd0 <__fentry__>
ffffffff810014f5:       55                      push   %rbp
ffffffff810014f6:       48 89 e5                mov    %rsp,%rbp
ffffffff810014f9:       5d                      pop    %rbp
ffffffff810014fa:       c3                      retq
ffffffff810014fb:       0f 1f 44 00 00          nopl   0x0(%rax,%rax,1)
Quoted 4 lines

which sux.

We sure could use LTO here.

You mean link-time asm optimizations? Turning off frame pointers in leaf functions as long as rbp is still preserved might not be so terrible either.

I'm torn on this one. In principle, you're right, or we could have a macro CALL_ENTER_FROM_USER_MODE that does nothing if context tracking is off. OTOH, that's also kind of messy.

If we move even more of this stuff into C, then this problem goes away. "call enter_from_user_mode" turns into "enter_from_user_mode()" or similar.

--Andy

maintainer
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Re: [PATCH v4 14/17] x86/asm/entry/64: Migrate error and interrupt exit work to C

Quoted 3 lines · Andy Lutomirski

You mean link-time asm optimizations? Turning off frame pointers in leaf functions as long as rbp is still preserved might not be so terrible either.

Is there a gcc switch for that?

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I'm torn on this one. In principle, you're right, or we could have a macro CALL_ENTER_FROM_USER_MODE that does nothing if context tracking is off. OTOH, that's also kind of messy.

Yeah, I'm torn too.

If you have something better, cool. Otherwise it is a judgement call for tip people.

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If we move even more of this stuff into C, then this problem goes away. "call enter_from_user_mode" turns into "enter_from_user_mode()" or similar.

... and that should be optimized away, I'd guess, if the body's empty. Something like empty body removal or whatever...

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Re: [PATCH v4 14/17] x86/asm/entry/64: Migrate error and interrupt exit work to C

In reply to Andy Lutomirski
Quoted 2 lines · Andy Lutomirski

If we move even more of this stuff into C, then this problem goes away. "call enter_from_user_mode" turns into "enter_from_user_mode()" or similar.

Yes. I think we should first see how that process works out, and then see what else can be done. For the initial step I'm willing to trade up to 10 cycles in exchange for sane and maintainable x86 entry code that we can then speed up ...

I presume we are still within that budget?

Thanks,

Ingo

#42 lore raw

Re: [PATCH v4 14/17] x86/asm/entry/64: Migrate error and interrupt exit work to C

Quoted 12 lines · Ingo Molnar
Quoted 2 lines · Andy Lutomirski

If we move even more of this stuff into C, then this problem goes away. "call enter_from_user_mode" turns into "enter_from_user_mode()" or similar.

Yes. I think we should first see how that process works out, and then see what else can be done. For the initial step I'm willing to trade up to 10 cycles in exchange for sane and maintainable x86 entry code that we can then speed up ...

I presume we are still within that budget?

I haven't benchmarked very carefully. IIRC syscall timing was unaffected by this series. Exceptions ought to be unaffected unless something very weird is going on with the trace cache or branch predictor. IRQs will slow down by a couple cycles (I'm guessing 5, since it's more or less the same change I benchmarked when I was playing with the next pile of patches).

My current plan is to try to send the 32-bit asm changes some time next week (after I find a vm86-using DOS game to test) and then the actual performance-affecting patch after that.

--Andy

#43 lore raw

Re: [PATCH v4 14/17] x86/asm/entry/64: Migrate error and interrupt exit work to C

Quoted 7 lines · Andy Lutomirski

I haven't benchmarked very carefully. IIRC syscall timing was unaffected by this series. Exceptions ought to be unaffected unless something very weird is going on with the trace cache or branch predictor. IRQs will slow down by a couple cycles (I'm guessing 5, since it's more or less the same change I benchmarked when I was playing with the next pile of patches).

One clarification: I bet that context tracking performance changes with these patches, but it sucked before and it'll suck afterwards regardless. I think that these patches are a good step in making it not suck, though -- they will allow us to only change ct state once on entry and once on exit, and we used to get it wrong. They also allow us to do context tracking with IRQs off, which Rik van Riel wanted to help his speedup project.

So, in the long run, I expect a huge context tracking improvement, and these patches will help. By themselves, they won't do much.

--Andy

#44 lore raw

Re: [PATCH v4 14/17] x86/asm/entry/64: Migrate error and interrupt exit work to C

In reply to Andy Lutomirski
Quoted 57 lines · Andy Lutomirski
Quoted 51 lines · Borislav Petkov
Quoted 13 lines · Andy Lutomirski
---
 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S        | 63 +++++++++++-----------------------------
 arch/x86/entry/entry_64_compat.S |  5 ++++
 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 46 deletions(-)
arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S +0 -0
index ce2c9049abef..08a37ec049f0 100644
@@ -508,7 +508,16 @@ END(irq_entries_start)
 
      testb   $3, CS(%rsp)

arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S END(irq_entries_start) · line 519

Quoted 10 lines
arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S +8 -0
      jz      1f
+
+     /*
+      * IRQ from user mode.  Switch to kernel gsbase and inform context
+      * tracking that we're in kernel mode.
+      */
      SWAPGS
+#ifdef CONFIG_CONTEXT_TRACKING
+     call enter_from_user_mode
+#endif

I think you can make this much cleaner by getting rid of the ifdeffery and pushing it into the enter_from_user_mode() function:

__visible void enter_from_user_mode(void)
{
#ifdef CONFIG_CONTEXT_TRACKING

        ...

#endif
}

The disadvantage of all that cleanliness is that we get one dumb

call enter_from_user_mode

there to this abomination:

ffffffff810014f0 <enter_from_user_mode>:

ffffffff810014f0:       e8 db 97 67 00          callq  ffffffff8167acd0 <__fentry__>
ffffffff810014f5:       55                      push   %rbp
ffffffff810014f6:       48 89 e5                mov    %rsp,%rbp
ffffffff810014f9:       5d                      pop    %rbp
ffffffff810014fa:       c3                      retq
ffffffff810014fb:       0f 1f 44 00 00          nopl   0x0(%rax,%rax,1)
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which sux.

We sure could use LTO here.

Quoted 7 lines

You mean link-time asm optimizations? Turning off frame pointers in leaf functions as long as rbp is still preserved might not be so terrible either.

I'm torn on this one. In principle, you're right, or we could have a macro CALL_ENTER_FROM_USER_MODE that does nothing if context tracking is off. OTOH, that's also kind of messy.

busybox has IF() macros:

IF_CONTEXT_TRACKING(call enter_from_user_mode)

Unlike #if, this needs one line, not three.

#45 lore raw

Re: [PATCH v4 14/17] x86/asm/entry/64: Migrate error and interrupt exit work to C

Quoted 66 lines · Denys Vlasenko
Quoted 57 lines · Andy Lutomirski
Quoted 51 lines · Borislav Petkov
Quoted 13 lines · Andy Lutomirski
---
 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S        | 63 +++++++++++-----------------------------
 arch/x86/entry/entry_64_compat.S |  5 ++++
 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 46 deletions(-)
arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S +0 -0
index ce2c9049abef..08a37ec049f0 100644
@@ -508,7 +508,16 @@ END(irq_entries_start)
 
      testb   $3, CS(%rsp)

arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S END(irq_entries_start) · line 519

Quoted 10 lines
arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S +8 -0
      jz      1f
+
+     /*
+      * IRQ from user mode.  Switch to kernel gsbase and inform context
+      * tracking that we're in kernel mode.
+      */
      SWAPGS
+#ifdef CONFIG_CONTEXT_TRACKING
+     call enter_from_user_mode
+#endif

I think you can make this much cleaner by getting rid of the ifdeffery and pushing it into the enter_from_user_mode() function:

__visible void enter_from_user_mode(void)
{
#ifdef CONFIG_CONTEXT_TRACKING

        ...

#endif
}

The disadvantage of all that cleanliness is that we get one dumb

call enter_from_user_mode

there to this abomination:

ffffffff810014f0 <enter_from_user_mode>:

ffffffff810014f0:       e8 db 97 67 00          callq  ffffffff8167acd0 <__fentry__>
ffffffff810014f5:       55                      push   %rbp
ffffffff810014f6:       48 89 e5                mov    %rsp,%rbp
ffffffff810014f9:       5d                      pop    %rbp
ffffffff810014fa:       c3                      retq
ffffffff810014fb:       0f 1f 44 00 00          nopl   0x0(%rax,%rax,1)
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which sux.

We sure could use LTO here.

Quoted 7 lines

You mean link-time asm optimizations? Turning off frame pointers in leaf functions as long as rbp is still preserved might not be so terrible either.

I'm torn on this one. In principle, you're right, or we could have a macro CALL_ENTER_FROM_USER_MODE that does nothing if context tracking is off. OTOH, that's also kind of messy.

Quoted 5 lines

busybox has IF() macros:

IF_CONTEXT_TRACKING(call enter_from_user_mode)

Unlike #if, this needs one line, not three.

I predict all of these call sites will get moved to C before 4.3. If not, then I'd be glad to clean this part up.

--Andy

#46 lore raw

Re: [PATCH v4 14/17] x86/asm/entry/64: Migrate error and interrupt exit work to C

Quoted 4 lines · Andy Lutomirski
Quoted 4 lines
Quoted 3 lines

I'm torn on this one. In principle, you're right, or we could have a macro CALL_ENTER_FROM_USER_MODE that does nothing if context tracking is off. OTOH, that's also kind of messy.

Quoted 8 lines
Quoted 5 lines

busybox has IF() macros:

IF_CONTEXT_TRACKING(call enter_from_user_mode)

Unlike #if, this needs one line, not three.

I predict all of these call sites will get moved to C before 4.3. If not, then I'd be glad to clean this part up.

Ok, let's see how it works out.

I think in the initial phase we should be conservative and should attempt to introduce as few unrelated changes as possible, and get the conversion done. The current x86 entry code is a reasonable base to start with.

Once most of the 'mechanic' conversion is done we can do all the other changes.

The conversion itself is risky enough as-is, we want to offload as much of any other risk to after the conversion is done.

Thanks,

Ingo

author maintainer
#47 lore raw

PATCH v4 15/17 x86/entry: Remove exception_enter from most trap handlers

In reply to Andy Lutomirski

On 64-bit kernels, we don't need it any more: we handle context tracking directly on entry from user mode and exit to user mode. On 32-bit kernels, we don't support context tracking at all, so these hooks had no effect.

This doesn't change do_page_fault. Before we do that, we need to make sure that there is no code that can page fault from kernel mode with CONTEXT_USER. The 32-bit fast system call stack argument code is the only offender I'm aware of right now.

---
 arch/x86/include/asm/traps.h         |  4 +-
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c     |  5 +--
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/p5.c      |  5 +--
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/winchip.c |  4 +-
 arch/x86/kernel/traps.c              | 78 +++++++++---------------------------
 5 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 69 deletions(-)
arch/x86/include/asm/traps.h +2 -2
index c5380bea2a36..c3496619740a 100644
@@ -112,8 +112,8 @@ asmlinkage void smp_threshold_interrupt(void);
 asmlinkage void smp_deferred_error_interrupt(void);
 #endif
 
-extern enum ctx_state ist_enter(struct pt_regs *regs);
-extern void ist_exit(struct pt_regs *regs, enum ctx_state prev_state);
+extern void ist_enter(struct pt_regs *regs);
+extern void ist_exit(struct pt_regs *regs);
 extern void ist_begin_non_atomic(struct pt_regs *regs);
 extern void ist_end_non_atomic(void);
 
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c +2 -3
index df919ff103c3..dc87973098dc 100644
@@ -1029,7 +1029,6 @@ void do_machine_check(struct pt_regs *regs, long error_code)
 {
 	struct mca_config *cfg = &mca_cfg;
 	struct mce m, *final;
-	enum ctx_state prev_state;
 	int i;
 	int worst = 0;
 	int severity;
@@ -1055,7 +1054,7 @@ void do_machine_check(struct pt_regs *regs, long error_code)
 	int flags = MF_ACTION_REQUIRED;
 	int lmce = 0;
 
-	prev_state = ist_enter(regs);
+	ist_enter(regs);
 
 	this_cpu_inc(mce_exception_count);
 
@@ -1227,7 +1226,7 @@ out:
 	local_irq_disable();
 	ist_end_non_atomic();
 done:
-	ist_exit(regs, prev_state);
+	ist_exit(regs);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(do_machine_check);
 
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/p5.c +2 -3
index 737b0ad4e61a..12402e10aeff 100644
@@ -19,10 +19,9 @@ int mce_p5_enabled __read_mostly;
 /* Machine check handler for Pentium class Intel CPUs: */
 static void pentium_machine_check(struct pt_regs *regs, long error_code)
 {
-	enum ctx_state prev_state;
 	u32 loaddr, hi, lotype;
 
-	prev_state = ist_enter(regs);
+	ist_enter(regs);
 
 	rdmsr(MSR_IA32_P5_MC_ADDR, loaddr, hi);
 	rdmsr(MSR_IA32_P5_MC_TYPE, lotype, hi);
@@ -39,7 +38,7 @@ static void pentium_machine_check(struct pt_regs *regs, long error_code)
 
 	add_taint(TAINT_MACHINE_CHECK, LOCKDEP_NOW_UNRELIABLE);
 
-	ist_exit(regs, prev_state);
+	ist_exit(regs);
 }
 
 /* Set up machine check reporting for processors with Intel style MCE: */
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/winchip.c +2 -2
index 44f138296fbe..01dd8702880b 100644
@@ -15,12 +15,12 @@
 /* Machine check handler for WinChip C6: */
 static void winchip_machine_check(struct pt_regs *regs, long error_code)
 {
-	enum ctx_state prev_state = ist_enter(regs);
+	ist_enter(regs);
 
 	printk(KERN_EMERG "CPU0: Machine Check Exception.\n");
 	add_taint(TAINT_MACHINE_CHECK, LOCKDEP_NOW_UNRELIABLE);
 
-	ist_exit(regs, prev_state);
+	ist_exit(regs);
 }
 
 /* Set up machine check reporting on the Winchip C6 series */
arch/x86/kernel/traps.c +19 -59

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author maintainer
#48 lore raw

PATCH v4 16/17 x86/entry: Remove SCHEDULE_USER and asm/context-tracking.h

In reply to Andy Lutomirski

SCHEDULE_USER is no longer used, and asm/context-tracking.h contained nothing else. Remove the header entirely

---
 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S               |  1 -
 arch/x86/include/asm/context_tracking.h | 10 ----------
 2 files changed, 11 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 arch/x86/include/asm/context_tracking.h
arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S +0 -1
index 08a37ec049f0..f8f71a567c71 100644
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@
 #include <asm/paravirt.h>
 #include <asm/percpu.h>
 #include <asm/asm.h>
-#include <asm/context_tracking.h>
 #include <asm/smap.h>
 #include <asm/pgtable_types.h>
 #include <linux/err.h>
arch/x86/include/asm/context_tracking.h deleted +0 -10
deleted file mode 100644
index 1fe49704b146..000000000000
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-#ifndef _ASM_X86_CONTEXT_TRACKING_H
-#define _ASM_X86_CONTEXT_TRACKING_H
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_CONTEXT_TRACKING
-# define SCHEDULE_USER call schedule_user
-#else
-# define SCHEDULE_USER call schedule
-#endif
-
-#endif
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author maintainer
#49 lore raw

PATCH v4 17/17 x86/irq: Document how IRQ context tracking works and add an assertion

In reply to Andy Lutomirski
---
 arch/x86/kernel/irq.c | 15 +++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)
arch/x86/kernel/irq.c +15 -0
index 88b366487b0e..6233de046c08 100644
@@ -216,8 +216,23 @@ __visible unsigned int __irq_entry do_IRQ(struct pt_regs *regs)
 	unsigned vector = ~regs->orig_ax;
 	unsigned irq;
 
+	/*
+	 * NB: Unlike exception entries, IRQ entries do not reliably
+	 * handle context tracking in the low-level entry code.  This is
+	 * because syscall entries execute briefly with IRQs on before
+	 * updating context tracking state, so we can take an IRQ from
+	 * kernel mode with CONTEXT_USER.  The low-level entry code only
+	 * updates the context if we came from user mode, so we won't
+	 * switch to CONTEXT_KERNEL.  We'll fix that once the syscall
+	 * code is cleaned up enough that we can cleanly defer enabling
+	 * IRQs.
+	 */
+
 	entering_irq();
 
+	/* entering_irq() tells RCU that we're not quiescent.  Check it. */
+	rcu_lockdep_assert(rcu_is_watching(), "IRQ failed to wake up RCU");
+
 	irq = __this_cpu_read(vector_irq[vector]);
 
 	if (!handle_irq(irq, regs)) {
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#50 lore raw
In reply to Andy Lutomirski

Andy,

Quoted 73 lines · Andy Lutomirski

This is the first big batch of x86 asm-to-C conversion patches.

The exit-to-usermode code is copied in several places and is written in a nasty combination of asm and C. It's not at all clear what it's supposed to do, and the way it's structured makes it very hard to work with. For example, it's not even clear why syscall exit hooks are called only once per syscall right now. (It seems to be a side effect of the way that rdi and rdx are handled in the asm loop, and it seems reliable, but it's still pointlessly complicated.) The existing code also makes context tracking overly complicated and hard to understand. Finally, it's nearly impossible for anyone to change what happens on exit to usermode, since the existing code is so fragile.

I tried to clean it up incrementally, but I decided it was too hard. Instead, this series just replaces the code. It seems to work.

Context tracking in particular works very differently now. The low-level entry code checks that we're in CONTEXT_USER and switches to CONTEXT_KERNEL. The exit code does the reverse. There is no need to track what CONTEXT_XYZ state we came from, because we already know. Similarly, SCHEDULE_USER is gone, since we can reschedule if needed by simply calling schedule() from C code.

The main things that are missing are that I haven't done the 32-bit parts (anyone want to help?) and therefore I haven't deleted the old C code. I also think this may break UML for trivial reasons.

IRQ context tracking is still messy. One the cleanup progresses to the point that we can enter CONTEXT_KERNEL in syscalls before enabling interrupts, we can fully clean up IRQ context tracking.

Once these land, I'll send some more :)

Note: we might want to backport patches 1 and 2.

Changes from v3:
- Add the syscall_arg_fault_32 test.
- Fix a pre-existing bad syscall arg buglet.
- Fix an asm glitch due to a bad rebase.
- Fix a CONFIG_PROVE_LOCKDEP warning.
Borislav: the end result of this series differs from the v3.91 that I only in the removal of a single trailing tab. The badarg patch is in a different place now, though, since we might want to backport it.

Changes from v2: Misplaced the actual list -- sorry.

Changes from v1:
- Fix bisection failure by squashing the 64-bit native and compat syscall conversions together. The intermediate state didn't built, and fixing it isn't worthwhile (the results will be harder to understand).
- Replace context_tracking_assert_state with CT_WARN_ON and ct_state.
- The last two patches are now. I incorrectly thought that we weren't ready for them yet on 32-bit kernels, but I was wrong.

Andy Lutomirski (16):
selftests/x86: Add a test for 32-bit fast syscall arg faults x86/entry/64/compat: Fix bad fast syscall arg failure path
context_tracking: Add ct_state and CT_WARN_ON
notifiers: Assert that RCU is watching in notify_die
x86: Move C entry and exit code to arch/x86/entry/common.c x86/traps: Assert that we're in CONTEXT_KERNEL in exception entries x86/entry: Add enter_from_user_mode and use it in syscalls x86/entry: Add new, comprehensible entry and exit hooks x86/entry/64: Really create an error-entry-from-usermode code path x86/entry/64: Migrate 64-bit and compat syscalls to new exit hooks x86/asm/entry/64: Save all regs on interrupt entry x86/asm/entry/64: Simplify irq stack pt_regs handling x86/asm/entry/64: Migrate error and interrupt exit work to C x86/entry: Remove exception_enter from most trap handlers x86/entry: Remove SCHEDULE_USER and asm/context-tracking.h x86/irq: Document how IRQ context tracking works and add an assertion

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Ingo Molnar (1):
uml: Fix do_signal() prototype

Do you have a git tree for that?

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#52 lore raw
In reply to Andy Lutomirski
Quoted 1 line · Andy Lutomirski

This is the first big batch of x86 asm-to-C conversion patches.

So yeah, I think I'm done. It looks good to me, except the minor things already raised. I've tested the tree already on my boxes here and it was ok.

Maybe it is time now for v5 to see wider audience in tip :-)

Thanks Andy.

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#53 lore raw
Quoted 7 lines · Borislav Petkov
Quoted 1 line · Andy Lutomirski

This is the first big batch of x86 asm-to-C conversion patches.

So yeah, I think I'm done. It looks good to me, except the minor things already raised. I've tested the tree already on my boxes here and it was ok.

Maybe it is time now for v5 to see wider audience in tip :-)

Ok, I'll wait for v5 and add it to -tip. Thanks for the review!

Thanks,

Ingo