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author | Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org> | 2017-12-04 15:07:20 +0100 |
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committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> | 2017-12-17 13:59:56 +0100 |
commit | 72f5e08dbba2d01aa90b592cf76c378ea233b00b (patch) | |
tree | 6289081b74696a9562d06b50e823d6ef1430f66b /arch/x86/include/asm/fixmap.h | |
parent | x86/entry: Move SYSENTER_stack to the beginning of struct tss_struct (diff) | |
download | linux-72f5e08dbba2d01aa90b592cf76c378ea233b00b.tar.xz linux-72f5e08dbba2d01aa90b592cf76c378ea233b00b.zip |
x86/entry: Remap the TSS into the CPU entry area
This has a secondary purpose: it puts the entry stack into a region
with a well-controlled layout. A subsequent patch will take
advantage of this to streamline the SYSCALL entry code to be able to
find it more easily.
Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Reviewed-by: Borislav Petkov <bpetkov@suse.de>
Cc: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Cc: Brian Gerst <brgerst@gmail.com>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
Cc: David Laight <David.Laight@aculab.com>
Cc: Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@redhat.com>
Cc: Eduardo Valentin <eduval@amazon.com>
Cc: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
Cc: Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>
Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
Cc: aliguori@amazon.com
Cc: daniel.gruss@iaik.tugraz.at
Cc: hughd@google.com
Cc: keescook@google.com
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20171204150605.962042855@linutronix.de
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/include/asm/fixmap.h')
-rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/include/asm/fixmap.h | 7 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/fixmap.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/fixmap.h index b61f0242f9d0..84558b611ad3 100644 --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/fixmap.h +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/fixmap.h @@ -54,6 +54,13 @@ extern unsigned long __FIXADDR_TOP; */ struct cpu_entry_area { char gdt[PAGE_SIZE]; + + /* + * The GDT is just below cpu_tss and thus serves (on x86_64) as a + * a read-only guard page for the SYSENTER stack at the bottom + * of the TSS region. + */ + struct tss_struct tss; }; #define CPU_ENTRY_AREA_PAGES (sizeof(struct cpu_entry_area) / PAGE_SIZE) |