[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v3] xen/pv: Fix a boot up hang revealed by int3 self test



On 14.07.19 11:15, Zhenzhong Duan wrote:
Commit 7457c0da024b ("x86/alternatives: Add int3_emulate_call()
selftest") is used to ensure there is a gap setup in int3 exception stack
which could be used for inserting call return address.

This gap is missed in XEN PV int3 exception entry path, then below panic
triggered:

[    0.772876] general protection fault: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI
[    0.772886] CPU: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 5.2.0+ #11
[    0.772893] RIP: e030:int3_magic+0x0/0x7
[    0.772905] RSP: 3507:ffffffff82203e98 EFLAGS: 00000246
[    0.773334] Call Trace:
[    0.773334]  alternative_instructions+0x3d/0x12e
[    0.773334]  check_bugs+0x7c9/0x887
[    0.773334]  ? __get_locked_pte+0x178/0x1f0
[    0.773334]  start_kernel+0x4ff/0x535
[    0.773334]  ? set_init_arg+0x55/0x55
[    0.773334]  xen_start_kernel+0x571/0x57a

For 64bit PV guests, Xen's ABI enters the kernel with using SYSRET, with
%rcx/%r11 on the stack. To convert back to "normal" looking exceptions,
the xen thunks do 'xen_*: pop %rcx; pop %r11; jmp *'.

E.g. Extracting 'xen_pv_trap xenint3' we have:
xen_xenint3:
  pop %rcx;
  pop %r11;
  jmp xenint3

As xenint3 and int3 entry code are same except xenint3 doesn't generate
a gap, we can fix it by using int3 and drop useless xenint3.

Signed-off-by: Zhenzhong Duan <zhenzhong.duan@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@xxxxxxxx>


Juergen

_______________________________________________
Xen-devel mailing list
Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
https://lists.xenproject.org/mailman/listinfo/xen-devel

 


Rackspace

Lists.xenproject.org is hosted with RackSpace, monitoring our
servers 24x7x365 and backed by RackSpace's Fanatical Support®.