[PATCH 4.9 11/44] sched/x86: Save [ER]FLAGS on context switch

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From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

commit 6690e86be83ac75832e461c141055b5d601c0a6d upstream.

Effectively reverts commit:

  2c7577a75837 ("sched/x86_64: Don't save flags on context switch")

Specifically because SMAP uses FLAGS.AC which invalidates the claim
that the kernel has clean flags.

In particular; while preemption from interrupt return is fine (the
IRET frame on the exception stack contains FLAGS) it breaks any code
that does synchonous scheduling, including preempt_enable().

This has become a significant issue ever since commit:

  5b24a7a2aa20 ("Add 'unsafe' user access functions for batched accesses")

provided for means of having 'normal' C code between STAC / CLAC,
exposing the FLAGS.AC state. So far this hasn't led to trouble,
however fix it before it comes apart.

Reported-by: Julien Thierry <julien.thierry@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxx
Fixes: 5b24a7a2aa20 ("Add 'unsafe' user access functions for batched accesses")
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

---
 arch/x86/entry/entry_32.S        |    2 ++
 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S        |    2 ++
 arch/x86/include/asm/switch_to.h |    1 +
 arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c     |    7 +++++++
 arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c     |    8 ++++++++
 5 files changed, 20 insertions(+)

--- a/arch/x86/entry/entry_32.S
+++ b/arch/x86/entry/entry_32.S
@@ -219,6 +219,7 @@ ENTRY(__switch_to_asm)
 	pushl	%ebx
 	pushl	%edi
 	pushl	%esi
+	pushfl
 
 	/* switch stack */
 	movl	%esp, TASK_threadsp(%eax)
@@ -241,6 +242,7 @@ ENTRY(__switch_to_asm)
 #endif
 
 	/* restore callee-saved registers */
+	popfl
 	popl	%esi
 	popl	%edi
 	popl	%ebx
--- a/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S
+++ b/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S
@@ -313,6 +313,7 @@ ENTRY(__switch_to_asm)
 	pushq	%r13
 	pushq	%r14
 	pushq	%r15
+	pushfq
 
 	/* switch stack */
 	movq	%rsp, TASK_threadsp(%rdi)
@@ -335,6 +336,7 @@ ENTRY(__switch_to_asm)
 #endif
 
 	/* restore callee-saved registers */
+	popfq
 	popq	%r15
 	popq	%r14
 	popq	%r13
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/switch_to.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/switch_to.h
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ asmlinkage void ret_from_fork(void);
 
 /* data that is pointed to by thread.sp */
 struct inactive_task_frame {
+	unsigned long flags;
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
 	unsigned long r15;
 	unsigned long r14;
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c
@@ -129,6 +129,13 @@ int copy_thread_tls(unsigned long clone_
 	struct task_struct *tsk;
 	int err;
 
+	/*
+	 * For a new task use the RESET flags value since there is no before.
+	 * All the status flags are zero; DF and all the system flags must also
+	 * be 0, specifically IF must be 0 because we context switch to the new
+	 * task with interrupts disabled.
+	 */
+	frame->flags = X86_EFLAGS_FIXED;
 	frame->bp = 0;
 	frame->ret_addr = (unsigned long) ret_from_fork;
 	p->thread.sp = (unsigned long) fork_frame;
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
@@ -268,6 +268,14 @@ int copy_thread_tls(unsigned long clone_
 	childregs = task_pt_regs(p);
 	fork_frame = container_of(childregs, struct fork_frame, regs);
 	frame = &fork_frame->frame;
+
+	/*
+	 * For a new task use the RESET flags value since there is no before.
+	 * All the status flags are zero; DF and all the system flags must also
+	 * be 0, specifically IF must be 0 because we context switch to the new
+	 * task with interrupts disabled.
+	 */
+	frame->flags = X86_EFLAGS_FIXED;
 	frame->bp = 0;
 	frame->ret_addr = (unsigned long) ret_from_fork;
 	p->thread.sp = (unsigned long) fork_frame;





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