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Re: [PATCH] arm64: KVM: VHE: reset PSTATE.UAO when switch to host

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On 07/09/17 12:49, gengdongjiu wrote:
> 
> 
> On 2017/9/7 18:13, Marc Zyngier wrote:
>> On 07/09/17 11:05, gengdongjiu wrote:
>>> Hi James,
>>>
>>> On 2017/9/7 17:20, James Morse wrote:
>>>> Hi Dongjiu Geng,
>>>>
>>>> On 07/09/17 06:54, Dongjiu Geng wrote:
>>>>> In VHE mode, host kernel runs in the EL2 and can enable
>>>>> 'User Access Override' when fs==KERNEL_DS so that it can
>>>>> access kernel memory. However, PSTATE.UAO is set to 0 on
>>>>> an exception taken from EL1 to EL2. Thus when VHE is used
>>>>> and exception taken from a guest UAO will be disabled and
>>>>> host will use the incorrect PSTATE.UAO. So check and reset
>>>>> the PSTATE.UAO when switching to host.
>>>>
>>>> This would only be a problem if KVM were calling into world-switch with
>>>> fs==KERNEL_DS. I can't see where this happens.
>>>  Not only KVM, may also kernel sets the fs == KERNEL_DS before calling into world-switch
>>
>> How? Please describe the exact sequence of event that lead to this
>> situation with the current code base.
> 
> Hi Marc,
> 
>    Different tasks have different fs, such as USER_DS or KERNEL_DS. In the context switch, it will restore the
> task's fs. Thus, that depends on task itself, as shown below code. UAO is different with PAN, PAN will be always enabled if
> hardware CPU supports PAN feature, but UAO is dynamical change.

You haven't answered my question: There is exactly one point where we
enter the world-switch. Show me that, at this point, PSTATE.UAO *before*
the call is different from PSTATE.UAO after the call. Give me the exact
sequence of event that leads to this situation. Show me a stack trace.

Until you do this, I will ignore any further comment coming from you on
this subject.

Thanks,

	M.
-- 
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[PATCH] arm64: KVM: VHE: reset PSTATE.UAO when switch to host Dongjiu Geng <gengdongjiu@huawei.com> - 2017-09-07 07:40 +0200
  Re: [PATCH] arm64: KVM: VHE: reset PSTATE.UAO when switch to host James Morse <james.morse@arm.com> - 2017-09-07 11:30 +0200
    Re: [PATCH] arm64: KVM: VHE: reset PSTATE.UAO when switch to host gengdongjiu <gengdongjiu@huawei.com> - 2017-09-07 12:10 +0200
      Re: [PATCH] arm64: KVM: VHE: reset PSTATE.UAO when switch to host Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@arm.com> - 2017-09-07 12:20 +0200
        Re: [PATCH] arm64: KVM: VHE: reset PSTATE.UAO when switch to host gengdongjiu <gengdongjiu@huawei.com> - 2017-09-07 14:00 +0200
          Re: [PATCH] arm64: KVM: VHE: reset PSTATE.UAO when switch to host Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@arm.com> - 2017-09-07 14:10 +0200

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