Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2 1/2] xen/PVH: Set up GS segment for stack canary | From | Boris Ostrovsky <> | Date | Mon, 14 May 2018 14:27:39 -0400 |
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On 05/14/2018 08:50 AM, Jan Beulich wrote: >>>> On 09.05.18 at 22:33, <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com> wrote: >> @@ -64,6 +67,17 @@ ENTRY(pvh_start_xen) >> mov %eax,%es >> mov %eax,%ss >> >> + /* Set base address in stack canary descriptor. */ >> + movl _pa(gdt_start),%eax >> + movl $_pa(canary),%ecx >> + movw %cx, (PVH_GDT_ENTRY_CANARY * 8) + 0(%eax) >> + shrl $16, %ecx >> + movb %cl, (PVH_GDT_ENTRY_CANARY * 8) + 2(%eax) >> + movb %ch, (PVH_GDT_ENTRY_CANARY * 8) + 5(%eax) > Is this meaningful / correct for the 64-bit case? I'd rather expect you to > write the GS base address MSR there.
Yes, I should use the MSR for 64-bit mode and existing code for 32-bit mode.
-boris
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