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SubjectRe: [patch 3/8] Allow a kernel to not be in ring 0.
In-Reply-To: <44D41DEF.7040301@vmware.com>

On Fri, 04 Aug 2006 21:26:23 -0700, Zachary Amsden wrote:
>
> These changes look great. Ack-ed.

I re-did it as a patch on top of the original so it's easier to see
what I changed. Also added macros for table indicator.




Clean up of patch for letting kernel run other than ring 0:

a. Add some comments about the SEGMENT_IS_*_CODE() macros.
b. Add a USER_RPL macro. (Code was comparing a value to a mask
in some places and to the magic number 3 in other places.)
c. Add macros for table indicator field and use them.
d. Change the entry.S tests for LDT stack segment to use the macros.

Signed-off-by: Chuck Ebbert <76306.1226@compuserve.com>
Acked-by: Zachary Amsden <zach@vmware.com>

arch/i386/kernel/entry.S | 6 +++---
include/asm-i386/ptrace.h | 4 ++--
include/asm-i386/segment.h | 17 ++++++++++++-----
3 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

--- 2.6.18-rc3-32.orig/arch/i386/kernel/entry.S
+++ 2.6.18-rc3-32/arch/i386/kernel/entry.S
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ check_userspace:
movl EFLAGS(%esp), %eax # mix EFLAGS and CS
movb CS(%esp), %al
andl $(VM_MASK | SEGMENT_RPL_MASK), %eax
- cmpl $SEGMENT_RPL_MASK, %eax
+ cmpl $USER_RPL, %eax
jb resume_kernel # not returning to v8086 or userspace
ENTRY(resume_userspace)
cli # make sure we don't miss an interrupt
@@ -368,8 +368,8 @@ restore_all:
# See comments in process.c:copy_thread() for details.
movb OLDSS(%esp), %ah
movb CS(%esp), %al
- andl $(VM_MASK | (4 << 8) | 3), %eax
- cmpl $((4 << 8) | 3), %eax
+ andl $(VM_MASK | (SEGMENT_TI_MASK << 8) | SEGMENT_RPL_MASK), %eax
+ cmpl $((SEGMENT_LDT << 8) | USER_RPL), %eax
CFI_REMEMBER_STATE
je ldt_ss # returning to user-space with LDT SS
restore_nocheck:
--- 2.6.18-rc3-32.orig/include/asm-i386/ptrace.h
+++ 2.6.18-rc3-32/include/asm-i386/ptrace.h
@@ -74,11 +74,11 @@ extern void send_sigtrap(struct task_str
*/
static inline int user_mode(struct pt_regs *regs)
{
- return (regs->xcs & SEGMENT_RPL_MASK) == 3;
+ return (regs->xcs & SEGMENT_RPL_MASK) == USER_RPL;
}
static inline int user_mode_vm(struct pt_regs *regs)
{
- return (((regs->xcs & SEGMENT_RPL_MASK) | (regs->eflags & VM_MASK)) >= 3);
+ return ((regs->xcs & SEGMENT_RPL_MASK) | (regs->eflags & VM_MASK)) >= USER_RPL;
}
#define instruction_pointer(regs) ((regs)->eip)
#if defined(CONFIG_SMP) && defined(CONFIG_FRAME_POINTER)
--- 2.6.18-rc3-32.orig/include/asm-i386/segment.h
+++ 2.6.18-rc3-32/include/asm-i386/segment.h
@@ -83,10 +83,9 @@

#define GDT_SIZE (GDT_ENTRIES * 8)

-/*
- * Some tricky tests to match code segments after a fault
- */
+/* Matches __KERNEL_CS and __USER_CS (they must be 2 entries apart) */
#define SEGMENT_IS_FLAT_CODE(x) (((x) & 0xec) == GDT_ENTRY_KERNEL_CS * 8)
+/* Matches PNP_CS32 and PNP_CS16 (they must be consecutive) */
#define SEGMENT_IS_PNP_CODE(x) (((x) & 0xf4) == GDT_ENTRY_PNPBIOS_BASE * 8)

/* Simple and small GDT entries for booting only */
@@ -118,8 +117,16 @@
*/
#define IDT_ENTRIES 256

-/* Bottom three bits of xcs give the ring privilege level */
-#define SEGMENT_RPL_MASK 0x3
+/* Bottom two bits of selector give the ring privilege level */
+#define SEGMENT_RPL_MASK 0x3
+/* Bit 2 is table indicator (LDT/GDT) */
+#define SEGMENT_TI_MASK 0x4
+
+/* User mode is privilege level 3 */
+#define USER_RPL 0x3
+/* LDT segment has TI set, GDT has it cleared */
+#define SEGMENT_LDT 0x4
+#define SEGMENT_GDT 0x0

#define get_kernel_rpl() 0
#endif
--
Chuck
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