sched/x86: Pass kernel thread parameters in 'struct fork_frame'

Instead of setting up a fake pt_regs context, put the kernel thread
function pointer and arg into the unused callee-restored registers
of 'struct fork_frame'.

Signed-off-by: Brian Gerst <brgerst@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Cc: Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@redhat.com>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1471106302-10159-6-git-send-email-brgerst@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
This commit is contained in:
Brian Gerst 2016-08-13 12:38:20 -04:00 committed by Ingo Molnar
parent 0100301bfd
commit 616d24835e
5 changed files with 41 additions and 59 deletions

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@ -240,35 +240,34 @@ END(__switch_to_asm)
* A newly forked process directly context switches into this address.
*
* eax: prev task we switched from
* ebx: kernel thread func (NULL for user thread)
* edi: kernel thread arg
*/
ENTRY(ret_from_fork)
pushl %eax
call schedule_tail
popl %eax
testl %ebx, %ebx
jnz 1f /* kernel threads are uncommon */
2:
/* When we fork, we trace the syscall return in the child, too. */
movl %esp, %eax
call syscall_return_slowpath
jmp restore_all
END(ret_from_fork)
ENTRY(ret_from_kernel_thread)
pushl %eax
call schedule_tail
popl %eax
movl PT_EBP(%esp), %eax
call *PT_EBX(%esp)
movl $0, PT_EAX(%esp)
/* kernel thread */
1: movl %edi, %eax
call *%ebx
/*
* Kernel threads return to userspace as if returning from a syscall.
* We should check whether anything actually uses this path and, if so,
* consider switching it over to ret_from_fork.
* A kernel thread is allowed to return here after successfully
* calling do_execve(). Exit to userspace to complete the execve()
* syscall.
*/
movl %esp, %eax
call syscall_return_slowpath
jmp restore_all
ENDPROC(ret_from_kernel_thread)
movl $0, PT_EAX(%esp)
jmp 2b
END(ret_from_fork)
/*
* Return to user mode is not as complex as all this looks,

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@ -407,37 +407,34 @@ END(__switch_to_asm)
* A newly forked process directly context switches into this address.
*
* rax: prev task we switched from
* rbx: kernel thread func (NULL for user thread)
* r12: kernel thread arg
*/
ENTRY(ret_from_fork)
movq %rax, %rdi
call schedule_tail /* rdi: 'prev' task parameter */
testb $3, CS(%rsp) /* from kernel_thread? */
jnz 1f
testq %rbx, %rbx /* from kernel_thread? */
jnz 1f /* kernel threads are uncommon */
/*
* We came from kernel_thread. This code path is quite twisted, and
* someone should clean it up.
*
* copy_thread_tls stashes the function pointer in RBX and the
* parameter to be passed in RBP. The called function is permitted
* to call do_execve and thereby jump to user mode.
*/
movq RBP(%rsp), %rdi
call *RBX(%rsp)
movl $0, RAX(%rsp)
/*
* Fall through as though we're exiting a syscall. This makes a
* twisted sort of sense if we just called do_execve.
*/
1:
2:
movq %rsp, %rdi
call syscall_return_slowpath /* returns with IRQs disabled */
TRACE_IRQS_ON /* user mode is traced as IRQS on */
SWAPGS
jmp restore_regs_and_iret
1:
/* kernel thread */
movq %r12, %rdi
call *%rbx
/*
* A kernel thread is allowed to return here after successfully
* calling do_execve(). Exit to userspace to complete the execve()
* syscall.
*/
movq $0, RAX(%rsp)
jmp 2b
END(ret_from_fork)
/*

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@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ static inline void prepare_switch_to(struct task_struct *prev,
#endif
}
asmlinkage void ret_from_fork(void);
/* data that is pointed to by thread.sp */
struct inactive_task_frame {
#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64

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@ -55,9 +55,6 @@
#include <asm/switch_to.h>
#include <asm/vm86.h>
asmlinkage void ret_from_fork(void) __asm__("ret_from_fork");
asmlinkage void ret_from_kernel_thread(void) __asm__("ret_from_kernel_thread");
/*
* Return saved PC of a blocked thread.
*/
@ -139,6 +136,7 @@ int copy_thread_tls(unsigned long clone_flags, unsigned long sp,
int err;
frame->bp = 0;
frame->ret_addr = (unsigned long) ret_from_fork;
p->thread.sp = (unsigned long) fork_frame;
p->thread.sp0 = (unsigned long) (childregs+1);
memset(p->thread.ptrace_bps, 0, sizeof(p->thread.ptrace_bps));
@ -146,25 +144,17 @@ int copy_thread_tls(unsigned long clone_flags, unsigned long sp,
if (unlikely(p->flags & PF_KTHREAD)) {
/* kernel thread */
memset(childregs, 0, sizeof(struct pt_regs));
frame->ret_addr = (unsigned long) ret_from_kernel_thread;
task_user_gs(p) = __KERNEL_STACK_CANARY;
childregs->ds = __USER_DS;
childregs->es = __USER_DS;
childregs->fs = __KERNEL_PERCPU;
childregs->bx = sp; /* function */
childregs->bp = arg;
childregs->orig_ax = -1;
childregs->cs = __KERNEL_CS | get_kernel_rpl();
childregs->flags = X86_EFLAGS_IF | X86_EFLAGS_FIXED;
frame->bx = sp; /* function */
frame->di = arg;
p->thread.io_bitmap_ptr = NULL;
return 0;
}
frame->bx = 0;
*childregs = *current_pt_regs();
childregs->ax = 0;
if (sp)
childregs->sp = sp;
frame->ret_addr = (unsigned long) ret_from_fork;
task_user_gs(p) = get_user_gs(current_pt_regs());
p->thread.io_bitmap_ptr = NULL;

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@ -50,8 +50,6 @@
#include <asm/switch_to.h>
#include <asm/xen/hypervisor.h>
asmlinkage extern void ret_from_fork(void);
__visible DEFINE_PER_CPU(unsigned long, rsp_scratch);
/* Prints also some state that isn't saved in the pt_regs */
@ -165,15 +163,11 @@ int copy_thread_tls(unsigned long clone_flags, unsigned long sp,
if (unlikely(p->flags & PF_KTHREAD)) {
/* kernel thread */
memset(childregs, 0, sizeof(struct pt_regs));
childregs->sp = (unsigned long)childregs;
childregs->ss = __KERNEL_DS;
childregs->bx = sp; /* function */
childregs->bp = arg;
childregs->orig_ax = -1;
childregs->cs = __KERNEL_CS | get_kernel_rpl();
childregs->flags = X86_EFLAGS_IF | X86_EFLAGS_FIXED;
frame->bx = sp; /* function */
frame->r12 = arg;
return 0;
}
frame->bx = 0;
*childregs = *current_pt_regs();
childregs->ax = 0;