Re: [PATCH] x86/smap: Fix the smap_save() asm

[Borislav Petkov]

On Thu, Sep 17, 2020 at 02:25:50PM +0000, David Laight wrote:
> I actually wonder if there is any code that really benefits from
> the red-zone.

The kernel has been without a red zone since 2002 at least:

  commit 47f16da277d10ef9494f3e9da2a9113bb22bcd75
  Author: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxx>
  Date:   Tue Feb 12 20:17:35 2002 -0800

      [PATCH] x86_64 merge: arch + asm

      This adds the x86_64 arch and asm directories and a Documentation/x86_64.

  ...
  +CFLAGS += $(shell if $(CC) -mno-red-zone -S -o /dev/null -xc /dev/null >/dev/null 2>&1; then echo "-mno-red-zone"; fi )


Also, from the ABI doc:

"A.2.2 Stack Layout

The Linux kernel may align the end of the input argument area to a
8, instead of 16, byte boundary. It does not honor the red zone (see
section 3.2.2) and therefore this area is not allowed to be used by
kernel code. Kernel code should be compiled by GCC with the option
-mno-red-zone."

so forget the red zone.

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Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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