Messages in this thread | | | From | Andrew Lutomirski <> | Date | Wed, 27 Jul 2011 11:04:44 -0400 | Subject | Re: [PATCH 0/5] Collected vdso/vsyscall fixes for 3.1 |
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On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 10:57 AM, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com> wrote: > On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 11:20:34PM -0400, Andy Lutomirski wrote: >> This fixes various problems that cropped up with the vdso patches. >> >> - Patch 1 fixes an information leak to userspace. >> - Patches 2 and 3 fix the kernel build on gold. >> - Patches 4 and 5 fix Xen (I hope). >> >> Konrad, could you could test these on Xen and run 'test_vsyscall test' [1]? > > They boot 64-bit guest succesfully. > > But I doesn't compile under 32-bit: > > home/konrad/ssd/linux/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c:953: error: unknown field ‘extra_user_64bit_cs’ specified in initializer > /home/konrad/ssd/linux/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c:953: error: ‘FLAT_USER_CS64’ undeclared here (not in a function) > > Looks like it needs some #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64 magic.. and after > applying that magic dust it compiles and it also boots as 32-bit > (no surprise there).
Whoops! I thought xen/enlighten.c was 64-bit only.
> >> I don't have a usable Xen setup. > > It is pretty easy to setup. Google for PVops Wiki and you will find wealth > of information. FYI: I am gone next week so won't be able to test these > patches. > >> >> Also, I'd appreciate a review of patches 4 and 5 from some Xen/paravirt >> people. >> >> [1] https://gitorious.org/linux-test-utils/linux-clock-tests > > Grrrrr.. > > g++ -o test_vsyscall -std=gnu++0x -lrt -ldl -O2 -Wall -mavx -g test_vsyscall.cc > test_vsyscall.cc: In function ‘int bench(int, char**)’: > test_vsyscall.cc:205: error: expected primary-expression before ‘[’ token
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> > Is there a specific version of GCC I should be using? I seem to be > using: g++ (GCC) 4.4.4 20100503 (Red Hat 4.4.4-2)
Apparently it needs g++ 4.5 for lambdas.
> > Anyhow, removed the benchmark code and ran it on 64-bit: > > sh-4.1# /test_vsyscall test > Testing gettimeofday... > [ 109.552261] test_vsyscall[2462] trap invalid opcode ip:400c8d sp:7fff84fab470 error:0 in test_vsyscall[400000+2000] > Illegal instruction > sh-4.1# /test_vsyscall intcc > About to execute int 0xcc from RIP = 400959 > [ 114.137150] test_vsyscall[2463] illegal int 0xcc (exploit attempt?) ip:400959 cs:e033 sp:7fff8b328310 ax:2c si:0 di:7fff8b3280f0 > Caught SIGSEGV: Segmentation fault (Signal sent by the kernel [(nil)])RIP = 400959 > > [This is on git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/konrad/xen.git #testing, which > has todays linus/master and your patchset] >
I'll set up Xen. Something's clearly still buggy.
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