Re: [PATCH PTI v3 00/10] Clean up pgd handling and fix VSYSCALL and LDT

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Tue Dec 12 2017 - 05:10:07 EST



* Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> This should fix some existing 5-level bugs and get VSYSCALL and LDT
> working with PTI.
>
> Changes from v1:
> - vsyscalls actually work.
> - Added the "Warn and fail" patch to prevent the testing goof I had on v1.
> - Lots of cleanups
>
> Andy Lutomirski (10):
> x86/espfix/64: Fix espfix double-fault handling on 5-level systems
> x86/pti: Vastly simplify pgd synchronization
> x86/pti/64: Fix ESPFIX64 user mapping
> Revert "x86/mm/pti: Disable native VSYSCALL"
> x86/vsyscall/64: Explicitly set _PAGE_USER in the pagetable hierarchy
> x86/vsyscall/64: Warn and fail vsyscall emulation in NATIVE mode
> x86/pti: Map the vsyscall page if needed
> x86/mm/64: Improve the memory map documentation
> x86/mm/64: Make a full PGD-entry size hole in the memory map
> x86/pti: Put the LDT in its own PGD if PTI is on
>
> Documentation/x86/x86_64/mm.txt | 15 +--
> arch/x86/Kconfig | 8 --
> arch/x86/entry/vsyscall/vsyscall_64.c | 37 +++++++-
> arch/x86/include/asm/mmu_context.h | 48 +++++++++-
> arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable.h | 6 +-
> arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_64.h | 77 +++++++---------
> arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_64_types.h | 8 +-
> arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h | 23 +++--
> arch/x86/include/asm/vsyscall.h | 1 +
> arch/x86/kernel/espfix_64.c | 16 ----
> arch/x86/kernel/ldt.c | 155 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
> arch/x86/kernel/traps.c | 2 +-
> arch/x86/mm/dump_pagetables.c | 12 +++
> arch/x86/mm/pti.c | 157 ++++++++++++++++++++++----------
> init/main.c | 11 ++-
> 15 files changed, 426 insertions(+), 150 deletions(-)

Hm, I only received the 0/10 boilerplate email, not any of the patches - and
Thomas tells me he too only got the cover letter.

Thanks,

Ingo