Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | From | Andy Lutomirski <> | Subject | [PATCH 2/3] x86,vdso: Make the PER_CPU segment start out accessed | Date | Fri, 25 Jul 2014 18:13:00 -0700 |
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The first userspace attempt to read or write the PER_CPU segment will write the accessed bit to the GDT. This is visible to userspace using the LAR instruction.
Set the segment's accessed bit at boot to keep all userspace GDT access idempotent.
Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net> --- arch/x86/kernel/vsyscall_64.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/vsyscall_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/vsyscall_64.c index 158cdff..0e2c229 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/vsyscall_64.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/vsyscall_64.c @@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ static void vsyscall_set_cpu(int cpu) memset(&d, 0, sizeof(d)); d.limit0 = cpu | ((node & 0xf) << 12); d.limit = node >> 4; - d.type = 4; /* RO data, expand down */ + d.type = 5; /* RO data, expand down, accessed */ d.dpl = 3; /* Visible to user code */ d.s = 1; /* Non a system segment */ d.p = 1; /* Present */ -- 1.9.3
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