[PATCH 4.4.y 068/101] x86/process: Correct and optimize TIF_BLOCKSTEP switch

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From: Kyle Huey <me@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

commit b9894a2f5bd18b1691cb6872c9afe32b148d0132 upstream

The debug control MSR is "highly magical" as the blockstep bit can be
cleared by hardware under not well documented circumstances.

So a task switch relying on the bit set by the previous task (according to
the previous tasks thread flags) can trip over this and not update the flag
for the next task.

To fix this its required to handle DEBUGCTLMSR_BTF when either the previous
or the next or both tasks have the TIF_BLOCKSTEP flag set.

While at it avoid branching within the TIF_BLOCKSTEP case and evaluating
boot_cpu_data twice in kernels without CONFIG_X86_DEBUGCTLMSR.

x86_64: arch/x86/kernel/process.o
text	data	bss	dec	 hex
3024    8577    16      11617    2d61	Before
3008	8577	16	11601	 2d51	After

i386: No change

[ tglx: Made the shift value explicit, use a local variable to make the
code readable and massaged changelog]

Originally-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Kyle Huey <khuey@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170214081104.9244-3-khuey@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <dwmw@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Srivatsa S. Bhat <srivatsa@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Matt Helsley (VMware) <matt.helsley@xxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Alexey Makhalov <amakhalov@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Bo Gan <ganb@xxxxxxxxxx>
---

 arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h |    1 +
 arch/x86/kernel/process.c        |   12 +++++++-----
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h
index a29edb7..71a2c84 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@
 
 /* DEBUGCTLMSR bits (others vary by model): */
 #define DEBUGCTLMSR_LBR			(1UL <<  0) /* last branch recording */
+#define DEBUGCTLMSR_BTF_SHIFT		1
 #define DEBUGCTLMSR_BTF			(1UL <<  1) /* single-step on branches */
 #define DEBUGCTLMSR_TR			(1UL <<  6)
 #define DEBUGCTLMSR_BTS			(1UL <<  7)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
index cc0f288..166aef3 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
@@ -223,13 +223,15 @@ void __switch_to_xtra(struct task_struct *prev_p, struct task_struct *next_p,
 
 	propagate_user_return_notify(prev_p, next_p);
 
-	if ((tifp ^ tifn) & _TIF_BLOCKSTEP) {
-		unsigned long debugctl = get_debugctlmsr();
+	if ((tifp & _TIF_BLOCKSTEP || tifn & _TIF_BLOCKSTEP) &&
+	    arch_has_block_step()) {
+		unsigned long debugctl, msk;
 
+		rdmsrl(MSR_IA32_DEBUGCTLMSR, debugctl);
 		debugctl &= ~DEBUGCTLMSR_BTF;
-		if (tifn & _TIF_BLOCKSTEP)
-			debugctl |= DEBUGCTLMSR_BTF;
-		update_debugctlmsr(debugctl);
+		msk = tifn & _TIF_BLOCKSTEP;
+		debugctl |= (msk >> TIF_BLOCKSTEP) << DEBUGCTLMSR_BTF_SHIFT;
+		wrmsrl(MSR_IA32_DEBUGCTLMSR, debugctl);
 	}
 
 	if ((tifp ^ tifn) & _TIF_NOTSC) {




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