Re: [Xen-devel] [RFC 3/4] HVM x86 deprivileged mode: Code for switching into/out of deprivileged mode

[Tim Deegan <tim@xxxxxxx>]

At 14:22 +0100 on 12 Aug (1439389325), Ben Catterall wrote:
> On 11/08/15 18:05, Tim Deegan wrote:
> > BTW, I think there need to be three stacks anyway, since the depriv
> > code shouldn't be allowed to write to the priv code's stack frames.
> > Or maybe I've misunderstood how much access the depriv code will have.
> So, just to clarify:
> 
> We have a separate deprivileged stack allocated which the deprivileged 
> code uses. This is mapped in user mode.
> 
> We have the privileged stack which Xen runs on. To prevent this being 
> clobbered when we are in our mode and take an interrupt, we copy this 
> out to a buffer. This buffer is the saved privileged stack state.
> 
> So, we sort of have three stacks already, just the privileged stack is 
> copied out to a buffer, rather than switching pointers to another 
> interrupt stack.
> 
> Hopefully that clarifies?

Yes, thanks -- the buffer is what I was thinking of as a third stack.

Cheers,

Tim.

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