Re: [kvm-unit-tests PATCH] x86: Initialize segment selectors

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On 23/06/20 10:41, Nadav Amit wrote:
> Currently, the BSP's segment selectors are not initialized in 32-bit
> (cstart.S). As a result the tests implicitly rely on the segment
> selector values that are set by the BIOS. If this assumption is not
> kept, the task-switch test fails.
> 
> Fix it by initializing them.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Nadav Amit <namit@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  x86/cstart.S | 17 +++++++++++------
>  1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/x86/cstart.S b/x86/cstart.S
> index fa62e09..5ad70b5 100644
> --- a/x86/cstart.S
> +++ b/x86/cstart.S
> @@ -94,6 +94,15 @@ MSR_GS_BASE = 0xc0000101
>  	wrmsr
>  .endm
>  
> +.macro setup_segments
> +	mov $0x10, %ax
> +	mov %ax, %ds
> +	mov %ax, %es
> +	mov %ax, %fs
> +	mov %ax, %gs
> +	mov %ax, %ss
> +.endm
> +
>  .globl start
>  start:
>          mov $stacktop, %esp
> @@ -109,6 +118,7 @@ start:
>  
>  prepare_32:
>          lgdtl gdt32_descr
> +	setup_segments
>  
>  	mov %cr4, %eax
>  	bts $4, %eax  // pse
> @@ -133,12 +143,7 @@ save_id:
>  	retl
>  
>  ap_start32:
> -	mov $0x10, %ax
> -	mov %ax, %ds
> -	mov %ax, %es
> -	mov %ax, %fs
> -	mov %ax, %gs
> -	mov %ax, %ss
> +	setup_segments
>  	mov $-4096, %esp
>  	lock/xaddl %esp, smp_stacktop
>  	setup_percpu_area
> 

Applied, thanks.

Paolo




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