[Xen-devel] [PATCH 1/3] x86: fix GS-base-dirty determination

["Jan Beulich" <JBeulich@xxxxxxxx>]

load_segments() writes the two MSRs in their "canonical" positions
(GS_BASE for the user base, SHADOW_GS_BASE for the kernel one) and uses
SWAPGS to switch them around if the incoming vCPU is in kernel mode. In
order to not leave a stale kernel address in GS_BASE when the incoming
guest is in user mode, the check on the outgoing vCPU needs to be
dependent upon the mode it is currently in, rather than blindly looking
at the user base.

Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>

--- a/xen/arch/x86/domain.c
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/domain.c
@@ -1479,7 +1479,8 @@ static void save_segments(struct vcpu *v
         if ( regs->gs & ~3 )
             v->arch.pv_vcpu.gs_base_user = 0;
     }
-    if ( v->arch.pv_vcpu.gs_base_user )
+    if ( v->arch.flags & TF_kernel_mode ? v->arch.pv_vcpu.gs_base_kernel
+                                        : v->arch.pv_vcpu.gs_base_user )
         dirty_segment_mask |= DIRTY_GS_BASE_USER;
 
     this_cpu(dirty_segment_mask) = dirty_segment_mask;




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