From: Joerg Roedel <jroe...@suse.de>
We want x86_tss.sp0 point to the entry stack later to use
it as a trampoline stack for other kernel entry points
besides SYSENTER.
So store the task stack pointer in x86_tss.sp1, which is
otherwise unused by the hardware, as Linux doesn't make use
of Ring 1.
Signed-off-by: Joerg Roedel <jroe...@suse.de>
---
arch/x86/kernel/asm-offsets_32.c | 2 +-
arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c | 2 ++
2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/asm-offsets_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/asm-offsets_32.c
index f452bfd..b97e48c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/asm-offsets_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/asm-offsets_32.c
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ void foo(void)
BLANK();
/* Offset from the sysenter stack to tss.sp0 */
- DEFINE(TSS_entry_stack, offsetof(struct cpu_entry_area,
tss.x86_tss.sp0) -
+ DEFINE(TSS_entry_stack, offsetof(struct cpu_entry_area,
tss.x86_tss.sp1) -
offsetofend(struct cpu_entry_area, entry_stack_page.stack));
#ifdef CONFIG_CC_STACKPROTECTOR
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c
index 5224c60..097d36a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c
@@ -292,6 +292,8 @@ __switch_to(struct task_struct *prev_p, struct task_struct
*next_p)
this_cpu_write(cpu_current_top_of_stack,
(unsigned long)task_stack_page(next_p) +
THREAD_SIZE);
+ /* SYSENTER reads the task-stack from tss.sp1 */
+ this_cpu_write(cpu_tss_rw.x86_tss.sp1, next_p->thread.sp0);
/*
* Restore %gs if needed (which is common)
--
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