x86/asm/entry/32: Make register zero-extension more prominent
authorDenys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@redhat.com>
Fri, 27 Mar 2015 10:36:21 +0000 (11:36 +0100)
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Fri, 27 Mar 2015 11:27:57 +0000 (12:27 +0100)
There are a couple of syscall argument zero-extension instructions in
the 32-bit compat entry code, and it was mentioned that people keep
trying to optimize them out, introducing bugs.

Make them more visible, and add a "do not remove" comment.

Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@redhat.com>
Cc: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@plumgrid.com>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Cc: Will Drewry <wad@chromium.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1427452582-21624-3-git-send-email-dvlasenk@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
arch/x86/ia32/ia32entry.S

index 7502ff0b938e0296320b839d09c4857d48248225..dec8c1de9c9eeaf0936fad7a66cafe126da2c127 100644 (file)
@@ -122,8 +122,11 @@ ENTRY(ia32_sysenter_target)
        movq    PER_CPU_VAR(cpu_tss + TSS_sp0), %rsp
        ENABLE_INTERRUPTS(CLBR_NONE)
 
+       /* Zero-extending 32-bit regs, do not remove */
+       movl    %ebp, %ebp
+       movl    %eax, %eax
+
        /* Construct iret frame (ss,rsp,rflags,cs,rip) */
-       movl    %ebp,%ebp               /* zero extension */
        pushq_cfi $__USER32_DS
        /*CFI_REL_OFFSET ss,0*/
        pushq_cfi %rbp
@@ -134,7 +137,6 @@ ENTRY(ia32_sysenter_target)
        CFI_REGISTER rip,r10
        pushq_cfi $__USER32_CS
        /*CFI_REL_OFFSET cs,0*/
-       movl    %eax, %eax
        /* Store thread_info->sysenter_return in rip stack slot */
        pushq_cfi %r10
        CFI_REL_OFFSET rip,0
@@ -329,9 +331,11 @@ ENTRY(ia32_cstar_target)
        movq    PER_CPU_VAR(kernel_stack),%rsp
        ENABLE_INTERRUPTS(CLBR_NONE)
 
+       /* Zero-extending 32-bit regs, do not remove */
+       movl    %eax,%eax
+
        ALLOC_PT_GPREGS_ON_STACK 6*8 /* 6*8: space for orig_ax and iret frame */
        SAVE_C_REGS_EXCEPT_RCX_R891011
-       movl    %eax,%eax       /* zero extension */
        movq    %rax,ORIG_RAX(%rsp)
        movq    %rcx,RIP(%rsp)
        CFI_REL_OFFSET rip,RIP
@@ -471,7 +475,9 @@ ENTRY(ia32_syscall)
        SWAPGS
        ENABLE_INTERRUPTS(CLBR_NONE)
 
-       movl %eax,%eax
+       /* Zero-extending 32-bit regs, do not remove */
+       movl    %eax,%eax
+
        pushq_cfi %rax          /* store orig_ax */
        cld
        /* note the registers are not zero extended to the sf.