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| author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2019-05-06 15:56:41 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2019-05-06 15:56:41 -0700 |
| commit | 8f147727030bf9e81331ab9b8f42d4611bb6a3d9 (patch) | |
| tree | d3f1e2410174bb8c479590a8f1c7e204e3a48eaf /Documentation | |
| parent | 53f8b081c184328b82c8a7b5e70b8243b3cea8bd (diff) | |
| parent | 2c4645439e8f2f6e7c37f158feae6f6a82baa910 (diff) | |
Merge branch 'x86-irq-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
Pull x86 irq updates from Ingo Molnar:
"Here are the main changes in this tree:
- Introduce x86-64 IRQ/exception/debug stack guard pages to detect
stack overflows immediately and deterministically.
- Clean up over a decade worth of cruft accumulated.
The outcome of this should be more clear-cut faults/crashes when any
of the low level x86 CPU stacks overflow, instead of silent memory
corruption and sporadic failures much later on"
* 'x86-irq-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (33 commits)
x86/irq: Fix outdated comments
x86/irq/64: Remove stack overflow debug code
x86/irq/64: Remap the IRQ stack with guard pages
x86/irq/64: Split the IRQ stack into its own pages
x86/irq/64: Init hardirq_stack_ptr during CPU hotplug
x86/irq/32: Handle irq stack allocation failure proper
x86/irq/32: Invoke irq_ctx_init() from init_IRQ()
x86/irq/64: Rename irq_stack_ptr to hardirq_stack_ptr
x86/irq/32: Rename hard/softirq_stack to hard/softirq_stack_ptr
x86/irq/32: Make irq stack a character array
x86/irq/32: Define IRQ_STACK_SIZE
x86/dumpstack/64: Speedup in_exception_stack()
x86/exceptions: Split debug IST stack
x86/exceptions: Enable IST guard pages
x86/exceptions: Disconnect IST index and stack order
x86/cpu: Remove orig_ist array
x86/cpu: Prepare TSS.IST setup for guard pages
x86/dumpstack/64: Use cpu_entry_area instead of orig_ist
x86/irq/64: Use cpu entry area instead of orig_ist
x86/traps: Use cpu_entry_area instead of orig_ist
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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/x86/kernel-stacks | 13 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/x86/kernel-stacks b/Documentation/x86/kernel-stacks index 9a0aa4d3a866..d1bfb0b95ee0 100644 --- a/Documentation/x86/kernel-stacks +++ b/Documentation/x86/kernel-stacks @@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ If that assumption is ever broken then the stacks will become corrupt. The currently assigned IST stacks are :- -* DOUBLEFAULT_STACK. EXCEPTION_STKSZ (PAGE_SIZE). +* ESTACK_DF. EXCEPTION_STKSZ (PAGE_SIZE). Used for interrupt 8 - Double Fault Exception (#DF). @@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ The currently assigned IST stacks are :- Using a separate stack allows the kernel to recover from it well enough in many cases to still output an oops. -* NMI_STACK. EXCEPTION_STKSZ (PAGE_SIZE). +* ESTACK_NMI. EXCEPTION_STKSZ (PAGE_SIZE). Used for non-maskable interrupts (NMI). @@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ The currently assigned IST stacks are :- middle of switching stacks. Using IST for NMI events avoids making assumptions about the previous state of the kernel stack. -* DEBUG_STACK. DEBUG_STKSZ +* ESTACK_DB. EXCEPTION_STKSZ (PAGE_SIZE). Used for hardware debug interrupts (interrupt 1) and for software debug interrupts (INT3). @@ -86,7 +86,12 @@ The currently assigned IST stacks are :- avoids making assumptions about the previous state of the kernel stack. -* MCE_STACK. EXCEPTION_STKSZ (PAGE_SIZE). + To handle nested #DB correctly there exist two instances of DB stacks. On + #DB entry the IST stackpointer for #DB is switched to the second instance + so a nested #DB starts from a clean stack. The nested #DB switches + the IST stackpointer to a guard hole to catch triple nesting. + +* ESTACK_MCE. EXCEPTION_STKSZ (PAGE_SIZE). Used for interrupt 18 - Machine Check Exception (#MC). |