Re: [patch 2/2] x86/boot/32: Disable stackprotector and tracing for mk_early_pgtbl_32()

[Ingo Molnar]

* Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Stackprotector cannot work before paging is enabled. The read from the per
> CPU variable __stack_chk_guard is always accessing the virtual address
> either directly on UP or via FS on SMP. In physical address mode this
> results in an access to memory above 3GB.
> 
> So this works by chance as the hardware returns the same value when there
> is no RAM at this physical address. When there is RAM populated above 3G
> then the read is by chance the same as nothing changes that memory during
> the very early boot stage.
> 
> Stop relying on pure luck and disable the stack protector for the only C
> function which is called during early boot before paging is enabled.
> 
> Remove function tracing from the whole source file as there is no way to
> trace this at all, but in case of CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE=n
> mk_early_pgtbl_32() would access global function tracer variables in
> physcial address mode which again might work by chance.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  arch/x86/kernel/Makefile |    1 +
>  arch/x86/kernel/head32.c |    3 ++-
>  2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Reviewed-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks,

	Ingo