Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86/xen/pvh: Set up percpu for stack canary in 32-bit kernel entry

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On Mon, Oct 23, 2023 at 12:10 PM Hou Wenlong
<houwenlong.hwl@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> In a 32-bit SMP kernel, the stack canary is a percpu variable accessed
> as %fs:__stack_chk_guard. However, the ABI for PVH entry does not
> specify the %fs register state. It currently works because the initial
> %fs register is 0x10 for QEMU, which is the same as $PVH_DS_SEL.

> %However, for added safety, the percpu should be set up explicitly
> %before calling xen_prepare_pvh(), which accesses the stack canary.

Stray leading % in two lines above.

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko




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