From: Kevin Easton <kevin@guarana.org>
To: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>,
"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
"H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 16/21] x86/entry/64: Use a per-CPU trampoline stack for IDT entries
Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2017 01:41:00 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20171202064100.GA14200@la.guarana.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5b74d67c-8253-8585-c8c0-9e61e3f119b2@linux.intel.com>
> From: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
>
> The "SYSENTER" stack is used for a lot more than SYSENTER now.
> Give it a better string to display in stack dumps.
>
> We should probably cleanse the 64-bit code of the remaining
> "SYSENTER" nomenclature too at some point.
>
> Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
> ---
>
> b/arch//x86/kernel/dumpstack_64.c | 10 ++++++++--
> 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff -puN arch//x86/kernel/dumpstack_64.c~SYSENTER-rename arch//x86/kernel/dumpstack_64.c
> --- a/arch//x86/kernel/dumpstack_64.c~SYSENTER-rename 2017-12-01 12:43:16.768707737 -0800
> +++ b/arch//x86/kernel/dumpstack_64.c 2017-12-01 13:19:21.741702337 -0800
> @@ -37,8 +37,14 @@ const char *stack_type_name(enum stack_t
> if (type == STACK_TYPE_IRQ)
> return "IRQ";
>
> - if (type == STACK_TYPE_SYSENTER)
> - return "SYSENTER";
> + if (type == STACK_TYPE_SYSENTER) {
> + /*
> + * On 64-bit, we have a generic entry stack that we
> + * use for all the kernel try points, including
> + * SYSENTER.
ITYM "kernel entry points".
- Kevin
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-12-02 6:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 35+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-11-27 10:45 [PATCH 00/21] Preparatory patches for x86 KAISER support Ingo Molnar
2017-11-27 10:45 ` [PATCH 01/21] x86/unwinder/orc: Don't bail on stack overflow Ingo Molnar
2017-11-27 14:47 ` Borislav Petkov
2017-11-27 10:45 ` [PATCH 02/21] x86/unwinder: Handle stack overflows more gracefully Ingo Molnar
2017-11-27 17:36 ` Borislav Petkov
2017-11-28 4:55 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2017-11-27 10:45 ` [PATCH 03/21] x86/irq: Remove an old outdated comment about context tracking races Ingo Molnar
2017-11-27 10:45 ` [PATCH 04/21] x86/irq/64: Print the offending IP in the stack overflow warning Ingo Molnar
2017-11-27 10:45 ` [PATCH 05/21] x86/entry/64: Allocate and enable the SYSENTER stack Ingo Molnar
2017-11-27 10:45 ` [PATCH 06/21] x86/dumpstack: Add get_stack_info() support for " Ingo Molnar
2017-11-27 10:45 ` [PATCH 07/21] x86/entry/gdt: Put per-CPU GDT remaps in ascending order Ingo Molnar
2017-11-27 10:45 ` [PATCH 08/21] x86/mm/fixmap: Generalize the GDT fixmap mechanism, introduce 'struct cpu_entry_area' Ingo Molnar
2017-11-27 10:45 ` [PATCH 09/21] x86/kasan/64: Teach KASAN about the cpu_entry_area Ingo Molnar
2017-11-27 10:45 ` [PATCH 10/21] x86/entry: Fix assumptions that the HW TSS is at the beginning of cpu_tss Ingo Molnar
2017-11-27 10:45 ` [PATCH 11/21] x86/dumpstack: Handle stack overflow on all stacks Ingo Molnar
2017-11-27 19:26 ` Linus Torvalds
2017-11-28 4:29 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2017-11-28 5:29 ` Andy Lutomirski
2017-11-28 18:15 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2017-11-27 10:45 ` [PATCH 12/21] x86/entry: Move SYSENTER_stack to the beginning of struct tss_struct Ingo Molnar
2017-11-27 10:45 ` [PATCH 13/21] x86/entry: Remap the TSS into the CPU entry area Ingo Molnar
2017-11-27 10:45 ` [PATCH 14/21] x86/entry/64: Separate cpu_current_top_of_stack from TSS.sp0 Ingo Molnar
2017-11-27 10:45 ` [PATCH 15/21] x86/espfix/64: Stop assuming that pt_regs is on the entry stack Ingo Molnar
2017-11-27 10:45 ` [PATCH 16/21] x86/entry/64: Use a per-CPU trampoline stack for IDT entries Ingo Molnar
2017-12-01 17:06 ` Dave Hansen
2017-12-01 17:44 ` Andy Lutomirski
2017-12-01 21:21 ` Dave Hansen
2017-12-01 21:59 ` Andy Lutomirski
2017-12-02 6:41 ` Kevin Easton [this message]
2017-11-27 10:45 ` [PATCH 17/21] x86/entry/64: Return to userspace from the trampoline stack Ingo Molnar
2017-11-27 10:45 ` [PATCH 18/21] x86/entry/64: Create a per-CPU SYSCALL entry trampoline Ingo Molnar
2017-11-27 10:45 ` [PATCH 19/21] x86/entry/64: Move the IST stacks into 'struct cpu_entry_area' Ingo Molnar
2017-11-27 10:45 ` [PATCH 20/21] x86/entry/64: Remove the SYSENTER stack canary Ingo Molnar
2017-11-27 10:45 ` [PATCH 21/21] x86/entry: Clean up the SYSENTER_stack code Ingo Molnar
2017-12-01 17:59 ` Borislav Petkov
Reply instructions:
You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:
* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
and reply-to-all from there: mbox
Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style
* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
switches of git-send-email(1):
git send-email \
--in-reply-to=20171202064100.GA14200@la.guarana.org \
--to=kevin@guarana.org \
--cc=bp@alien8.de \
--cc=dave.hansen@linux.intel.com \
--cc=hpa@zytor.com \
--cc=linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org \
--cc=luto@kernel.org \
--cc=mingo@kernel.org \
--cc=peterz@infradead.org \
--cc=tglx@linutronix.de \
--cc=torvalds@linux-foundation.org \
/path/to/YOUR_REPLY
https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html
* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line
before the message body.
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox
all inboxes | Powered by JetHome®