Re: [RFC PATCH] x86: Make sure verify_cpu has a good stack

From	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@kernel.org>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [RFC PATCH] x86: Make sure verify_cpu has a good stack
Date	2016-03-03 04:00 +0100
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On Wed, Mar 2, 2016 at 5:00 PM, Yinghai Lu <yinghai@kernel.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 2, 2016 at 4:13 PM, Yinghai Lu <yinghai@kernel.org> wrote:
>> On Wed, Mar 2, 2016 at 2:32 PM, H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> I'm trying to think of any reason why we couldn't simply have a symbol at the top of the initial stack?  Then a simple leaq would suffice; this is for the BSP after all.
>>
>> Why do we need to call verify_cpu in arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S aka the
>> vmlinux again ?
>>
>> Is that already called in arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_64.S?
>
> that calling is from startup_32, so may add another calling in startup_64,
> so can avoid calling from arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S
>

at the same time, the "call verify_cpu" in
arch/x86/kernel/head_64.s::secondary_startup_64()
is not needed.
As APs already go through
arch/x86/realmode/rm/trampoline_64.S::trampoline_start(), and it
already
call verify_cpu in 16bit mode.

Thanks

Yinghai

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[RFC PATCH] x86: Make sure verify_cpu has a good stack Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> - 2016-03-02 12:30 +0100
  Re: [RFC PATCH] x86: Make sure verify_cpu has a good stack Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> - 2016-03-02 17:20 +0100
    Re: [RFC PATCH] x86: Make sure verify_cpu has a good stack Mika Penttilä <mika.penttila@nextfour.com> - 2016-03-02 17:40 +0100
      Re: [RFC PATCH] x86: Make sure verify_cpu has a good stack Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> - 2016-03-02 18:00 +0100
        Re: [RFC PATCH] x86: Make sure verify_cpu has a good stack Mika Penttilä <mika.penttila@nextfour.com> - 2016-03-02 18:50 +0100
  Re: [RFC PATCH] x86: Make sure verify_cpu has a good stack Mika Penttilä <mika.penttila@nextfour.com> - 2016-03-02 17:20 +0100
  Re: [RFC PATCH] x86: Make sure verify_cpu has a good stack Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> - 2016-03-02 17:30 +0100
    Re: [RFC PATCH] x86: Make sure verify_cpu has a good stack "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com> - 2016-03-02 19:00 +0100
      Re: [RFC PATCH] x86: Make sure verify_cpu has a good stack Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> - 2016-03-02 19:20 +0100
        Re: [RFC PATCH] x86: Make sure verify_cpu has a good stack "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com> - 2016-03-02 19:30 +0100
        Re: [RFC PATCH] x86: Make sure verify_cpu has a good stack "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com> - 2016-03-02 19:40 +0100
          Re: [RFC PATCH] x86: Make sure verify_cpu has a good stack Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> - 2016-03-02 21:00 +0100
            Re: [RFC PATCH] x86: Make sure verify_cpu has a good stack Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> - 2016-03-02 21:50 +0100
            Re: [RFC PATCH] x86: Make sure verify_cpu has a good stack "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com> - 2016-03-02 22:40 +0100
              Re: [RFC PATCH] x86: Make sure verify_cpu has a good stack Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> - 2016-03-02 22:50 +0100
                Re: [RFC PATCH] x86: Make sure verify_cpu has a good stack "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com> - 2016-03-02 23:00 +0100
                Re: [RFC PATCH] x86: Make sure verify_cpu has a good stack "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com> - 2016-03-02 23:20 +0100
                Re: [RFC PATCH] x86: Make sure verify_cpu has a good stack Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> - 2016-03-02 23:30 +0100
                Re: [RFC PATCH] x86: Make sure verify_cpu has a good stack "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com> - 2016-03-02 23:40 +0100
                Re: [RFC PATCH] x86: Make sure verify_cpu has a good stack Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> - 2016-03-02 23:50 +0100
                Re: [RFC PATCH] x86: Make sure verify_cpu has a good stack Yinghai Lu <yinghai@kernel.org> - 2016-03-03 01:20 +0100
                Re: [RFC PATCH] x86: Make sure verify_cpu has a good stack Yinghai Lu <yinghai@kernel.org> - 2016-03-03 02:10 +0100
                Re: [RFC PATCH] x86: Make sure verify_cpu has a good stack Yinghai Lu <yinghai@kernel.org> - 2016-03-03 04:00 +0100
                Re: [RFC PATCH] x86: Make sure verify_cpu has a good stack Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> - 2016-03-03 13:30 +0100
                Re: [RFC PATCH] x86: Make sure verify_cpu has a good stack "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com> - 2016-03-03 16:30 +0100
                Re: [RFC PATCH] x86: Make sure verify_cpu has a good stack Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> - 2016-03-03 17:40 +0100
                Re: [RFC PATCH] x86: Make sure verify_cpu has a good stack "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com> - 2016-03-03 21:30 +0100
                Re: [RFC PATCH] x86: Make sure verify_cpu has a good stack Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> - 2016-03-03 22:00 +0100
                Re: [RFC PATCH] x86: Make sure verify_cpu has a good stack "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com> - 2016-03-03 22:30 +0100
                Re: [RFC PATCH] x86: Make sure verify_cpu has a good stack Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> - 2016-03-03 22:40 +0100
                Re: [RFC PATCH] x86: Make sure verify_cpu has a good stack Yinghai Lu <yinghai@kernel.org> - 2016-03-04 02:20 +0100
                Re: [RFC PATCH] x86: Make sure verify_cpu has a good stack Yinghai Lu <yinghai@kernel.org> - 2016-03-04 03:30 +0100
                Re: [RFC PATCH] x86: Make sure verify_cpu has a good stack Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> - 2016-03-02 23:20 +0100
  Re: [RFC PATCH] x86: Make sure verify_cpu has a good stack Brian Gerst <brgerst@gmail.com> - 2016-03-02 17:30 +0100

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