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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2] xen/pv: Fix a boot up hang revealed by int3 self test


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  • From: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>
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On 11/07/2019 03:15, Zhenzhong Duan wrote:
> Commit 7457c0da024b ("x86/alternatives: Add int3_emulate_call()
> selftest") is used to ensure there is a gap setup in exception stack
> which could be used for inserting call return address.
>
> This gap is missed in XEN PV int3 exception entry path, then below panic
> triggered:
>
> [    0.772876] general protection fault: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI
> [    0.772886] CPU: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 5.2.0+ #11
> [    0.772893] RIP: e030:int3_magic+0x0/0x7
> [    0.772905] RSP: 3507:ffffffff82203e98 EFLAGS: 00000246
> [    0.773334] Call Trace:
> [    0.773334]  alternative_instructions+0x3d/0x12e
> [    0.773334]  check_bugs+0x7c9/0x887
> [    0.773334]  ? __get_locked_pte+0x178/0x1f0
> [    0.773334]  start_kernel+0x4ff/0x535
> [    0.773334]  ? set_init_arg+0x55/0x55
> [    0.773334]  xen_start_kernel+0x571/0x57a
>
> As xenint3 and int3 entry code are same except xenint3 doesn't generate
> a gap, we can fix it by using int3 and drop useless xenint3.

For 64bit PV guests, Xen's ABI enters the kernel with using SYSRET, with
%rcx/%r11 on the stack.

To convert back to "normal" looking exceptions, the xen thunks do `pop
%rcx; pop %r11; jmp do_*`...

> diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S b/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S
> index 0ea4831..35a66fc 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S
> +++ b/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S
> @@ -1176,7 +1176,6 @@ idtentry stack_segment          do_stack_segment        
> has_error_code=1
>  #ifdef CONFIG_XEN_PV
>  idtentry xennmi                      do_nmi                  has_error_code=0
>  idtentry xendebug            do_debug                has_error_code=0
> -idtentry xenint3             do_int3                 has_error_code=0
>  #endif

What is confusing is why there are 3 extra magic versions here.  At a
guess, I'd say something to do with IST settings (given the vectors),
but I don't see why #DB/#BP would need to be different in the first
place.  (NMI sure, but that is more to do with the crazy hoops needing
to be jumped through to keep native functioning safely.)

~Andrew

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