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SubjectRe: [PATCH 30/43] x86/mm/kaiser: Map espfix structures
On Fri, Nov 24, 2017 at 5:47 AM, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 24, 2017 at 10:14:35AM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
>> From: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
>>
>> There is some rather arcane code to help when an IRET returns
>> to 16-bit segments. It is referred to as the "espfix" code.
>> This consists of a few per-cpu variables:
>>
>> espfix_stack: tells us where the stack is allocated
>> (the bottom)
>> espfix_waddr: tells us to where %rsp may be pointed
>> (the top)
>>
>> These are in addition to the stack itself. All three things must
>> be mapped for the espfix code to function.
>>
>> Note: the espfix code runs with a kernel GSBASE, but user
>> (shadow) page tables. A switch to the kernel page tables could
>> be performed instead of mapping these structures, but mapping
>> them is simpler and less likely to break the assembly. To switch
>> over to the kernel copy, additional temporary storage would be
>> required which is in short supply in this context.
>
> With Andy's patches that should actually be doable, no?

I don't think it has much to do with my patches. We can freely spill
to the stack in the espfix64 code, though.

--Andy

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