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Merge branch 'x86-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

Pull x86 fixes from Thomas Gleixner:
 "Two bugfixes from Andy addressing at least some of the subtle NMI
  related wreckage which has been reported by Sasha Levin"

* 'x86-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  x86/nmi/64: Fix a paravirt stack-clobbering bug in the NMI code
  x86/paravirt: Replace the paravirt nop with a bona fide empty function
Linus Torvalds 10 years ago
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2 changed files with 27 additions and 5 deletions
  1. 15 1
      arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S
  2. 12 4
      arch/x86/kernel/paravirt.c

+ 15 - 1
arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S

@@ -1128,7 +1128,18 @@ END(error_exit)
 
 /* Runs on exception stack */
 ENTRY(nmi)
+	/*
+	 * Fix up the exception frame if we're on Xen.
+	 * PARAVIRT_ADJUST_EXCEPTION_FRAME is guaranteed to push at most
+	 * one value to the stack on native, so it may clobber the rdx
+	 * scratch slot, but it won't clobber any of the important
+	 * slots past it.
+	 *
+	 * Xen is a different story, because the Xen frame itself overlaps
+	 * the "NMI executing" variable.
+	 */
 	PARAVIRT_ADJUST_EXCEPTION_FRAME
+
 	/*
 	 * We allow breakpoints in NMIs. If a breakpoint occurs, then
 	 * the iretq it performs will take us out of NMI context.
@@ -1179,9 +1190,12 @@ ENTRY(nmi)
 	 * we don't want to enable interrupts, because then we'll end
 	 * up in an awkward situation in which IRQs are on but NMIs
 	 * are off.
+	 *
+	 * We also must not push anything to the stack before switching
+	 * stacks lest we corrupt the "NMI executing" variable.
 	 */
 
-	SWAPGS
+	SWAPGS_UNSAFE_STACK
 	cld
 	movq	%rsp, %rdx
 	movq	PER_CPU_VAR(cpu_current_top_of_stack), %rsp

+ 12 - 4
arch/x86/kernel/paravirt.c

@@ -41,10 +41,18 @@
 #include <asm/timer.h>
 #include <asm/special_insns.h>
 
-/* nop stub */
-void _paravirt_nop(void)
-{
-}
+/*
+ * nop stub, which must not clobber anything *including the stack* to
+ * avoid confusing the entry prologues.
+ */
+extern void _paravirt_nop(void);
+asm (".pushsection .entry.text, \"ax\"\n"
+     ".global _paravirt_nop\n"
+     "_paravirt_nop:\n\t"
+     "ret\n\t"
+     ".size _paravirt_nop, . - _paravirt_nop\n\t"
+     ".type _paravirt_nop, @function\n\t"
+     ".popsection");
 
 /* identity function, which can be inlined */
 u32 _paravirt_ident_32(u32 x)