Re: [PATCH] x86, 64bit: Fix a possible bug in switchover in head_64.S

[Zhang Yanfei]

ä 2013å05æ14æ 13:51, Yinghai Lu åé:
> On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 5:37 AM, Zhang Yanfei <zhangyanfei.yes@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> From: Zhang Yanfei <zhangyanfei@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
>> It seems line 119 has a potential bug there. For example,
>> the kernel is loaded at physical address 511G+1008M, that is
>>     000000000 111111111 111111000 000000000000000000000
>> and the kernel _end is 512G+2M, that is
>>     000000001 000000000 000000001 000000000000000000000
>> So in this example, when using the 2nd page to setup PUD (line 114~119),
>> rax is 511.
>> In line 118, we put rdx which is the address of the PMD page (the 3rd page)
>> into entry 511 of the PUD table. But in line 119, the entry we calculate from
>> (4096+8)(%rbx,%rax,8) has exceeded the PUD page. IMO, the entry in line
>> 119 should be wraparound into entry 0 of the PUD table.
>>
>> Sorry for not having a machine with memory exceeding 512GB, so I cannot
>> test to see if my guess is right or not. Please correct me if I am wrong.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Zhang Yanfei <zhangyanfei@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>  arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S |    7 ++++++-
>>  1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S b/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S
>> index 08f7e80..2395d8f 100644
>> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S
>> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S
>> @@ -116,8 +116,13 @@ startup_64:
>>         shrq    $PUD_SHIFT, %rax
>>         andl    $(PTRS_PER_PUD-1), %eax
>>         movq    %rdx, (4096+0)(%rbx,%rax,8)
>> +       cmp     $511, %rax
>> +       je      1f
>>         movq    %rdx, (4096+8)(%rbx,%rax,8)
>> -
>> +       jmp     2f
>> +1:
>> +       movq    %rdx, (4096)(%rbx)
>> +2:
>>         addq    $8192, %rbx
>>         movq    %rdi, %rax
>>         shrq    $PMD_SHIFT, %rdi
> 
> yes, that is problem.
> 
> I did test the code cross before for cross 1T and 2T.
> maybe we do not access the code during switch...
> 

Yes, maybe.

> change could be more simple and avoid jmps.
> 
> please check attached, and it does not use jmp

Yeah, this is really simpler.

> 
> index 08f7e80..321d65e 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S
> @@ -115,8 +115,10 @@ startup_64:
>   movq %rdi, %rax
>   shrq $PUD_SHIFT, %rax
>   andl $(PTRS_PER_PUD-1), %eax
> - movq %rdx, (4096+0)(%rbx,%rax,8)
> - movq %rdx, (4096+8)(%rbx,%rax,8)
> + movq %rdx, 4096(%rbx,%rax,8)
> + incl %eax
> + andl $(PTRS_PER_PUD-1), %eax
> + movq %rdx, 4096(%rbx,%rax,8)
> 
>   addq $8192, %rbx
>   movq %rdi, %rax
> 
> And we need cc to stable.

OK, I will send v2 and cc to stable.

Thanks
Zhang
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