On 02/12/2018 11:17 AM, tip-bot for Dominik Brodowski wrote:
Commit-ID: 7b7b09f110f06f3c006e9b3f4590f7d9ba91345b Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/7b7b09f110f06f3c006e9b3f4590f7d9ba91345b Author: Dominik Brodowski <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> AuthorDate: Sun, 11 Feb 2018 11:49:45 +0100 Committer: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx> CommitDate: Mon, 12 Feb 2018 08:06:36 +0100 x86/entry/64: Introduce the PUSH_AND_CLEAN_REGS macro Those instances where ALLOC_PT_GPREGS_ON_STACK is called just before SAVE_AND_CLEAR_REGS can trivially be replaced by PUSH_AND_CLEAN_REGS. This macro uses PUSH instead of MOV and should therefore be faster, at least on newer CPUs. Suggested-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Brian Gerst <brgerst@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180211104949.12992-5-linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/x86/entry/calling.h | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S | 6 ++---- 2 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/calling.h b/arch/x86/entry/calling.h index a05cbb8..57b1b87 100644 --- a/arch/x86/entry/calling.h +++ b/arch/x86/entry/calling.h @@ -137,6 +137,42 @@ For 32-bit we have the following conventions - kernel is built with UNWIND_HINT_REGS offset=\offset .endm+ .macro PUSH_AND_CLEAR_REGS+ /* + * Push registers and sanitize registers of values that a + * speculation attack might otherwise want to exploit. The + * lower registers are likely clobbered well before they + * could be put to use in a speculative execution gadget. + * Interleave XOR with PUSH for better uop scheduling: + */ + pushq %rdi /* pt_regs->di */ + pushq %rsi /* pt_regs->si */ + pushq %rdx /* pt_regs->dx */ + pushq %rcx /* pt_regs->cx */ + pushq %rax /* pt_regs->ax */ + pushq %r8 /* pt_regs->r8 */ + xorq %r8, %r8 /* nospec r8 */
xorq's are slower than xorl's on Silvermont/Knights Landing. I propose using xorl instead.
+ pushq %r9 /* pt_regs->r9 */ + xorq %r9, %r9 /* nospec r9 */ + pushq %r10 /* pt_regs->r10 */ + xorq %r10, %r10 /* nospec r10 */ + pushq %r11 /* pt_regs->r11 */ + xorq %r11, %r11 /* nospec r11*/ + pushq %rbx /* pt_regs->rbx */ + xorl %ebx, %ebx /* nospec rbx*/ + pushq %rbp /* pt_regs->rbp */ + xorl %ebp, %ebp /* nospec rbp*/ + pushq %r12 /* pt_regs->r12 */ + xorq %r12, %r12 /* nospec r12*/ + pushq %r13 /* pt_regs->r13 */ + xorq %r13, %r13 /* nospec r13*/ + pushq %r14 /* pt_regs->r14 */ + xorq %r14, %r14 /* nospec r14*/ + pushq %r15 /* pt_regs->r15 */ + xorq %r15, %r15 /* nospec r15*/
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