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From: "Fernando Luis Vázquez Cao" <fernando@oss.ntt.co.jp>
To: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Cc: Don Zickus <dzickus@redhat.com>,
	akpm@linux-foundation.org, linux-tip-commits@vger.kernel.org,
	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@kernel.org>,
	kexec@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	mingo@redhat.com, hpa@zytor.com, tglx@linutronix.de,
	torvalds@linux-foundation.org, mingo@elte.hu, vgoyal@redhat.com
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] boot: fortify early_idt_handlers definition
Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2012 18:51:42 +0900	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4F59D2AE.1020509@oss.ntt.co.jp> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4F59CDE5.8010400@oss.ntt.co.jp>

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Subject: [PATCH 1/3] boot: fortify early_idt_handlers definition

From: Fernando Luis Vazquez Cao <fernando@oss.ntt.co.jp>

The current definition is too brittle which makes it easy to screw things up
when modifying the code. Add some comments while at it.

Signed-off-by: Fernando Luis Vazquez Cao <fernando@oss.ntt.co.jp>
---

diff -urNp linux-3.3-rc6-orig/arch/x86/include/asm/segment.h linux-3.3-rc6/arch/x86/include/asm/segment.h
--- linux-3.3-rc6-orig/arch/x86/include/asm/segment.h	2012-01-05 08:55:44.000000000 +0900
+++ linux-3.3-rc6/arch/x86/include/asm/segment.h	2012-03-09 17:50:40.965438325 +0900
@@ -210,8 +210,10 @@
 #define TLS_SIZE (GDT_ENTRY_TLS_ENTRIES * 8)
 
 #ifdef __KERNEL__
+#define EARLY_IDT_HANDLER_SIZE 16
 #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
-extern const char early_idt_handlers[NUM_EXCEPTION_VECTORS][10];
+extern const char
+	early_idt_handlers[NUM_EXCEPTION_VECTORS][EARLY_IDT_HANDLER_SIZE];
 #endif
 #endif
 
diff -urNp linux-3.3-rc6-orig/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S linux-3.3-rc6/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S
--- linux-3.3-rc6-orig/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S	2012-03-09 17:48:04.563492864 +0900
+++ linux-3.3-rc6/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S	2012-03-09 18:06:13.329009305 +0900
@@ -272,11 +272,20 @@ bad_address:
 	.section ".init.text","ax"
 #ifdef CONFIG_EARLY_PRINTK
 	.globl early_idt_handlers
+	.align EARLY_IDT_HANDLER_SIZE
 early_idt_handlers:
 	i = 0
 	.rept NUM_EXCEPTION_VECTORS
 	movl $i, %esi
 	jmp early_idt_handler
+	/*
+	 * early_idt_handlers is treated as a
+	 * [NUM_EXCEPTION_VECTORS][EARLY_IDT_HANDLER_SIZE] array from C code
+	 * so we have to make sure that each handler fits in its
+	 * EARLY_IDT_HANDLER_SIZE bytes long slot. Handlers shorter than that
+	 * will be taken care of by the align directive below.
+	 */
+	.align EARLY_IDT_HANDLER_SIZE
 	i = i + 1
 	.endr
 #endif

  reply	other threads:[~2012-03-09  9:51 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 63+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <tip-d9bc9be89629445758670220787683e37c93f6c1@git.kernel.org>
2012-02-12  1:04 ` [tip:x86/debug] x86/kdump: No need to disable ioapic/ lapic in crash path Yinghai Lu
2012-02-12  3:13   ` Eric W. Biederman
2012-02-12  4:17     ` Yinghai Lu
2012-02-13 12:52       ` Eric W. Biederman
2012-02-13 16:51         ` Yinghai Lu
2012-02-13 18:16           ` Yinghai Lu
2012-02-16 17:27             ` Don Zickus
2012-02-16 21:53               ` Yinghai Lu
2012-02-16 21:56                 ` Don Zickus
2012-02-17  3:38                   ` Eric W. Biederman
2012-02-17 12:41                     ` Eric W. Biederman
2012-02-17 15:49                       ` HATAYAMA Daisuke
2012-02-17 20:18                         ` Don Zickus
2012-02-20  5:17                           ` HATAYAMA Daisuke
2012-02-20 15:24                             ` Don Zickus
2012-02-17 19:54                       ` Don Zickus
2012-02-18  3:21                         ` Eric W. Biederman
2012-02-20 15:14                           ` Don Zickus
2012-02-21  8:01                             ` Eric W. Biederman
2012-02-21 13:59                               ` Don Zickus
2012-02-29 23:19                                 ` Eric W. Biederman
2012-03-07 10:53                                   ` Fernando Luis Vázquez Cao
2012-03-07 10:54                                     ` [PATCH 1/2] boot: ignore early NMIs Fernando Luis Vázquez Cao
2012-03-07 10:56                                       ` [PATCH 2/2] boot: add early NMI counter Fernando Luis Vázquez Cao
2012-03-08  4:50                                         ` Eric W. Biederman
2012-03-08  6:00                                           ` Fernando Luis Vázquez Cao
2012-03-08  4:41                                       ` [PATCH 1/2] boot: ignore early NMIs Eric W. Biederman
2012-03-08  5:53                                         ` Fernando Luis Vázquez Cao
2012-03-08 16:35                                           ` Eric W. Biederman
2012-03-09  9:31                                             ` Fernando Luis Vázquez Cao
2012-03-09  9:51                                               ` Fernando Luis Vázquez Cao [this message]
2012-03-09  9:55                                                 ` [PATCH 2/3] " Fernando Luis Vázquez Cao
2012-03-09 10:01                                                   ` [PATCH 3/3] boot: add early NMI counter Fernando Luis Vázquez Cao
2012-03-09 20:52                                             ` [PATCH 1/2] boot: ignore early NMIs H. Peter Anvin
2012-03-12  5:43                                               ` Fernando Luis Vázquez Cao
2012-03-12  5:49                                                 ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-03-12  6:14                                                   ` Fernando Luis Vázquez Cao
2012-03-12 13:36                                                     ` Vivek Goyal
2012-03-12 19:02                                                       ` Eric W. Biederman
2012-03-12 19:58                                                         ` Vivek Goyal
2012-03-12 20:02                                                         ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-03-12 18:40                                                     ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-03-12 20:01                                                       ` Eric W. Biederman
2012-03-12 20:04                                                         ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-03-12 20:16                                                           ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-03-13  2:11                                                             ` Fernando Luis Vázquez Cao
2012-03-13 13:33                                                               ` Don Zickus
2012-03-15  0:43                                                                 ` Simon Horman
2012-03-13  1:43                                                       ` Fernando Luis Vázquez Cao
2012-03-12 14:41                                                   ` Don Zickus
2012-03-07 15:50                                     ` [tip:x86/debug] x86/kdump: No need to disable ioapic/ lapic in crash path Vivek Goyal
2012-03-07 18:27                                       ` Yinghai Lu
2012-03-08  1:29                                         ` Fernando Luis Vázquez Cao
2012-03-09  0:59                                     ` HATAYAMA Daisuke
2012-03-09  2:48                                       ` Eric W. Biederman
2012-02-12 11:12   ` Ingo Molnar
2012-02-13 15:28   ` Don Zickus
2012-02-13 16:52     ` Yinghai Lu
2012-02-13 22:12       ` Don Zickus
2012-02-13 22:51         ` Don Zickus
2012-02-16  2:53       ` Don Zickus
2012-02-16 18:43         ` Yinghai Lu
2012-02-16 21:41           ` Don Zickus

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