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Re: [PATCH 3/3] xen/arm: stack check instrumentation


  • To: Julien Grall <julien@xxxxxxx>, <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • From: Stewart Hildebrand <stewart.hildebrand@xxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2024 15:40:38 -0400
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  • Cc: Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@xxxxxxxxxx>, Bertrand Marquis <bertrand.marquis@xxxxxxx>, Michal Orzel <michal.orzel@xxxxxxx>, "Volodymyr Babchuk" <Volodymyr_Babchuk@xxxxxxxx>
  • Delivery-date: Mon, 29 Jul 2024 19:41:07 +0000
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On 7/29/24 14:50, Julien Grall wrote:
> Hi again,
> 
> On 29/07/2024 15:24, Stewart Hildebrand wrote:
>> diff --git a/xen/arch/arm/traps.c b/xen/arch/arm/traps.c
>> index aac6c599f878..b4890eec7ec4 100644
>> --- a/xen/arch/arm/traps.c
>> +++ b/xen/arch/arm/traps.c
>> @@ -2325,6 +2325,51 @@ void asmlinkage leave_hypervisor_to_guest(void)
>>           arm_smccc_1_1_smc(ARM_SMCCC_ARCH_WORKAROUND_2_FID, 0, NULL);
>>   }
>>   +#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG
>> +DEFINE_PER_CPU(unsigned int, stack_check_nesting);
>> +DEFINE_PER_CPU(unsigned char *, stack_base);
> 
> While looking at the code, I just realized that this should be equivalent to 
> current->arch.base.

current->arch.stack

That's true only after the idle vcpu stacks have been allocated.

> So do we actually need stack_base?

This is a way to enable stack instrumentation much earlier during boot
when we are still using the static boot stack.



 


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