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<title>x86/doublefault/32: Move #DF stack and TSS to cpu_entry_area</title>
<updated>2019-11-26T20:53:34+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Andy Lutomirski</name>
<email>luto@kernel.org</email>
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<published>2019-11-26T17:27:16+00:00</published>
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There are three problems with the current layout of the doublefault
stack and TSS.  First, the TSS is only cacheline-aligned, which is
not enough -- if the hardware portion of the TSS (struct x86_hw_tss)
crosses a page boundary, horrible things happen [0].  Second, the
stack and TSS are global, so simultaneous double faults on different
CPUs will cause massive corruption.  Third, the whole mechanism
won't work if user CR3 is loaded, resulting in a triple fault [1].

Let the doublefault stack and TSS share a page (which prevents the
TSS from spanning a page boundary), make it percpu, and move it into
cpu_entry_area.  Teach the stack dump code about the doublefault
stack.

[0] Real hardware will read past the end of the page onto the next
    *physical* page if a task switch happens.  Virtual machines may
    have any number of bugs, and I would consider it reasonable for
    a VM to summarily kill the guest if it tries to task-switch to
    a page-spanning TSS.

[1] Real hardware triple faults.  At least some VMs seem to hang.
    I'm not sure what's going on.

Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski &lt;luto@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Borislav Petkov &lt;bp@alien8.de&gt;
Cc: Peter Zijlstra &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Cc: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Cc: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
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There are three problems with the current layout of the doublefault
stack and TSS.  First, the TSS is only cacheline-aligned, which is
not enough -- if the hardware portion of the TSS (struct x86_hw_tss)
crosses a page boundary, horrible things happen [0].  Second, the
stack and TSS are global, so simultaneous double faults on different
CPUs will cause massive corruption.  Third, the whole mechanism
won't work if user CR3 is loaded, resulting in a triple fault [1].

Let the doublefault stack and TSS share a page (which prevents the
TSS from spanning a page boundary), make it percpu, and move it into
cpu_entry_area.  Teach the stack dump code about the doublefault
stack.

[0] Real hardware will read past the end of the page onto the next
    *physical* page if a task switch happens.  Virtual machines may
    have any number of bugs, and I would consider it reasonable for
    a VM to summarily kill the guest if it tries to task-switch to
    a page-spanning TSS.

[1] Real hardware triple faults.  At least some VMs seem to hang.
    I'm not sure what's going on.

Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski &lt;luto@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Borislav Petkov &lt;bp@alien8.de&gt;
Cc: Peter Zijlstra &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Cc: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Cc: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
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<title>x86/traps: Disentangle the 32-bit and 64-bit doublefault code</title>
<updated>2019-11-26T20:53:34+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Andy Lutomirski</name>
<email>luto@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2019-11-21T06:12:38+00:00</published>
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The 64-bit doublefault handler is much nicer than the 32-bit one.
As a first step toward unifying them, make the 64-bit handler
self-contained.  This should have no effect no functional effect
except in the odd case of x86_64 with CONFIG_DOUBLEFAULT=n in which
case it will change the logging a bit.

This also gets rid of CONFIG_DOUBLEFAULT configurability on 64-bit
kernels.  It didn't do anything useful -- CONFIG_DOUBLEFAULT=n
didn't actually disable doublefault handling on x86_64.

Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski &lt;luto@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Borislav Petkov &lt;bp@alien8.de&gt;
Cc: Peter Zijlstra &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Cc: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Cc: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
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The 64-bit doublefault handler is much nicer than the 32-bit one.
As a first step toward unifying them, make the 64-bit handler
self-contained.  This should have no effect no functional effect
except in the odd case of x86_64 with CONFIG_DOUBLEFAULT=n in which
case it will change the logging a bit.

This also gets rid of CONFIG_DOUBLEFAULT configurability on 64-bit
kernels.  It didn't do anything useful -- CONFIG_DOUBLEFAULT=n
didn't actually disable doublefault handling on x86_64.

Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski &lt;luto@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Borislav Petkov &lt;bp@alien8.de&gt;
Cc: Peter Zijlstra &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Cc: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Cc: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>x86/iopl: Make 'struct tss_struct' constant size again</title>
<updated>2019-11-26T20:49:04+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Ingo Molnar</name>
<email>mingo@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2019-11-26T20:49:04+00:00</published>
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After the following commit:

  05b042a19443: ("x86/pti/32: Calculate the various PTI cpu_entry_area sizes correctly, make the CPU_ENTRY_AREA_PAGES assert precise")

'struct cpu_entry_area' has to be Kconfig invariant, so that we always
have a matching CPU_ENTRY_AREA_PAGES size.

This commit added a CONFIG_X86_IOPL_IOPERM dependency to tss_struct:

  111e7b15cf10: ("x86/ioperm: Extend IOPL config to control ioperm() as well")

Which, if CONFIG_X86_IOPL_IOPERM is turned off, reduces the size of
cpu_entry_area by two pages, triggering the assert:

  ./include/linux/compiler.h:391:38: error: call to ‘__compiletime_assert_202’ declared with attribute error: BUILD_BUG_ON failed: (CPU_ENTRY_AREA_PAGES+1)*PAGE_SIZE != CPU_ENTRY_AREA_MAP_SIZE

Simplify the Kconfig dependencies and make cpu_entry_area constant
size on 32-bit kernels again.

Fixes: 05b042a19443: ("x86/pti/32: Calculate the various PTI cpu_entry_area sizes correctly, make the CPU_ENTRY_AREA_PAGES assert precise")
Cc: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Cc: Borislav Petkov &lt;bp@alien8.de&gt;
Cc: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Cc: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Cc: Andy Lutomirski &lt;luto@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
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After the following commit:

  05b042a19443: ("x86/pti/32: Calculate the various PTI cpu_entry_area sizes correctly, make the CPU_ENTRY_AREA_PAGES assert precise")

'struct cpu_entry_area' has to be Kconfig invariant, so that we always
have a matching CPU_ENTRY_AREA_PAGES size.

This commit added a CONFIG_X86_IOPL_IOPERM dependency to tss_struct:

  111e7b15cf10: ("x86/ioperm: Extend IOPL config to control ioperm() as well")

Which, if CONFIG_X86_IOPL_IOPERM is turned off, reduces the size of
cpu_entry_area by two pages, triggering the assert:

  ./include/linux/compiler.h:391:38: error: call to ‘__compiletime_assert_202’ declared with attribute error: BUILD_BUG_ON failed: (CPU_ENTRY_AREA_PAGES+1)*PAGE_SIZE != CPU_ENTRY_AREA_MAP_SIZE

Simplify the Kconfig dependencies and make cpu_entry_area constant
size on 32-bit kernels again.

Fixes: 05b042a19443: ("x86/pti/32: Calculate the various PTI cpu_entry_area sizes correctly, make the CPU_ENTRY_AREA_PAGES assert precise")
Cc: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Cc: Borislav Petkov &lt;bp@alien8.de&gt;
Cc: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Cc: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Cc: Andy Lutomirski &lt;luto@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>Merge branch 'x86-iopl-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip</title>
<updated>2019-11-26T19:12:02+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2019-11-26T19:12:02+00:00</published>
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Pull x86 iopl updates from Ingo Molnar:
 "This implements a nice simplification of the iopl and ioperm code that
  Thomas Gleixner discovered: we can implement the IO privilege features
  of the iopl system call by using the IO permission bitmap in
  permissive mode, while trapping CLI/STI/POPF/PUSHF uses in user-space
  if they change the interrupt flag.

  This implements that feature, with testing facilities and related
  cleanups"

[ "Simplification" may be an over-statement. The main goal is to avoid
  the cli/sti of iopl by effectively implementing the IO port access
  parts of iopl in terms of ioperm.

  This may end up not workign well in case people actually depend on
  cli/sti being available, or if there are mixed uses of iopl and
  ioperm. We will see..       - Linus ]

* 'x86-iopl-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (22 commits)
  x86/ioperm: Fix use of deprecated config option
  x86/entry/32: Clarify register saving in __switch_to_asm()
  selftests/x86/iopl: Extend test to cover IOPL emulation
  x86/ioperm: Extend IOPL config to control ioperm() as well
  x86/iopl: Remove legacy IOPL option
  x86/iopl: Restrict iopl() permission scope
  x86/iopl: Fixup misleading comment
  selftests/x86/ioperm: Extend testing so the shared bitmap is exercised
  x86/ioperm: Share I/O bitmap if identical
  x86/ioperm: Remove bitmap if all permissions dropped
  x86/ioperm: Move TSS bitmap update to exit to user work
  x86/ioperm: Add bitmap sequence number
  x86/ioperm: Move iobitmap data into a struct
  x86/tss: Move I/O bitmap data into a seperate struct
  x86/io: Speedup schedule out of I/O bitmap user
  x86/ioperm: Avoid bitmap allocation if no permissions are set
  x86/ioperm: Simplify first ioperm() invocation logic
  x86/iopl: Cleanup include maze
  x86/tss: Fix and move VMX BUILD_BUG_ON()
  x86/cpu: Unify cpu_init()
  ...
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Pull x86 iopl updates from Ingo Molnar:
 "This implements a nice simplification of the iopl and ioperm code that
  Thomas Gleixner discovered: we can implement the IO privilege features
  of the iopl system call by using the IO permission bitmap in
  permissive mode, while trapping CLI/STI/POPF/PUSHF uses in user-space
  if they change the interrupt flag.

  This implements that feature, with testing facilities and related
  cleanups"

[ "Simplification" may be an over-statement. The main goal is to avoid
  the cli/sti of iopl by effectively implementing the IO port access
  parts of iopl in terms of ioperm.

  This may end up not workign well in case people actually depend on
  cli/sti being available, or if there are mixed uses of iopl and
  ioperm. We will see..       - Linus ]

* 'x86-iopl-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (22 commits)
  x86/ioperm: Fix use of deprecated config option
  x86/entry/32: Clarify register saving in __switch_to_asm()
  selftests/x86/iopl: Extend test to cover IOPL emulation
  x86/ioperm: Extend IOPL config to control ioperm() as well
  x86/iopl: Remove legacy IOPL option
  x86/iopl: Restrict iopl() permission scope
  x86/iopl: Fixup misleading comment
  selftests/x86/ioperm: Extend testing so the shared bitmap is exercised
  x86/ioperm: Share I/O bitmap if identical
  x86/ioperm: Remove bitmap if all permissions dropped
  x86/ioperm: Move TSS bitmap update to exit to user work
  x86/ioperm: Add bitmap sequence number
  x86/ioperm: Move iobitmap data into a struct
  x86/tss: Move I/O bitmap data into a seperate struct
  x86/io: Speedup schedule out of I/O bitmap user
  x86/ioperm: Avoid bitmap allocation if no permissions are set
  x86/ioperm: Simplify first ioperm() invocation logic
  x86/iopl: Cleanup include maze
  x86/tss: Fix and move VMX BUILD_BUG_ON()
  x86/cpu: Unify cpu_init()
  ...
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<entry>
<title>Merge branch 'x86-asm-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip</title>
<updated>2019-11-26T18:42:40+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2019-11-26T18:42:40+00:00</published>
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Pull x86 asm updates from Ingo Molnar:
 "The main changes in this cycle were:

   - Cross-arch changes to move the linker sections for NOTES and
     EXCEPTION_TABLE into the RO_DATA area, where they belong on most
     architectures. (Kees Cook)

   - Switch the x86 linker fill byte from x90 (NOP) to 0xcc (INT3), to
     trap jumps into the middle of those padding areas instead of
     sliding execution. (Kees Cook)

   - A thorough cleanup of symbol definitions within x86 assembler code.
     The rather randomly named macros got streamlined around a
     (hopefully) straightforward naming scheme:

        SYM_START(name, linkage, align...)
        SYM_END(name, sym_type)

        SYM_FUNC_START(name)
        SYM_FUNC_END(name)

        SYM_CODE_START(name)
        SYM_CODE_END(name)

        SYM_DATA_START(name)
        SYM_DATA_END(name)

     etc - with about three times of these basic primitives with some
     label, local symbol or attribute variant, expressed via postfixes.

     No change in functionality intended. (Jiri Slaby)

   - Misc other changes, cleanups and smaller fixes"

* 'x86-asm-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (67 commits)
  x86/entry/64: Remove pointless jump in paranoid_exit
  x86/entry/32: Remove unused resume_userspace label
  x86/build/vdso: Remove meaningless CFLAGS_REMOVE_*.o
  m68k: Convert missed RODATA to RO_DATA
  x86/vmlinux: Use INT3 instead of NOP for linker fill bytes
  x86/mm: Report actual image regions in /proc/iomem
  x86/mm: Report which part of kernel image is freed
  x86/mm: Remove redundant address-of operators on addresses
  xtensa: Move EXCEPTION_TABLE to RO_DATA segment
  powerpc: Move EXCEPTION_TABLE to RO_DATA segment
  parisc: Move EXCEPTION_TABLE to RO_DATA segment
  microblaze: Move EXCEPTION_TABLE to RO_DATA segment
  ia64: Move EXCEPTION_TABLE to RO_DATA segment
  h8300: Move EXCEPTION_TABLE to RO_DATA segment
  c6x: Move EXCEPTION_TABLE to RO_DATA segment
  arm64: Move EXCEPTION_TABLE to RO_DATA segment
  alpha: Move EXCEPTION_TABLE to RO_DATA segment
  x86/vmlinux: Move EXCEPTION_TABLE to RO_DATA segment
  x86/vmlinux: Actually use _etext for the end of the text segment
  vmlinux.lds.h: Allow EXCEPTION_TABLE to live in RO_DATA
  ...
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Pull x86 asm updates from Ingo Molnar:
 "The main changes in this cycle were:

   - Cross-arch changes to move the linker sections for NOTES and
     EXCEPTION_TABLE into the RO_DATA area, where they belong on most
     architectures. (Kees Cook)

   - Switch the x86 linker fill byte from x90 (NOP) to 0xcc (INT3), to
     trap jumps into the middle of those padding areas instead of
     sliding execution. (Kees Cook)

   - A thorough cleanup of symbol definitions within x86 assembler code.
     The rather randomly named macros got streamlined around a
     (hopefully) straightforward naming scheme:

        SYM_START(name, linkage, align...)
        SYM_END(name, sym_type)

        SYM_FUNC_START(name)
        SYM_FUNC_END(name)

        SYM_CODE_START(name)
        SYM_CODE_END(name)

        SYM_DATA_START(name)
        SYM_DATA_END(name)

     etc - with about three times of these basic primitives with some
     label, local symbol or attribute variant, expressed via postfixes.

     No change in functionality intended. (Jiri Slaby)

   - Misc other changes, cleanups and smaller fixes"

* 'x86-asm-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (67 commits)
  x86/entry/64: Remove pointless jump in paranoid_exit
  x86/entry/32: Remove unused resume_userspace label
  x86/build/vdso: Remove meaningless CFLAGS_REMOVE_*.o
  m68k: Convert missed RODATA to RO_DATA
  x86/vmlinux: Use INT3 instead of NOP for linker fill bytes
  x86/mm: Report actual image regions in /proc/iomem
  x86/mm: Report which part of kernel image is freed
  x86/mm: Remove redundant address-of operators on addresses
  xtensa: Move EXCEPTION_TABLE to RO_DATA segment
  powerpc: Move EXCEPTION_TABLE to RO_DATA segment
  parisc: Move EXCEPTION_TABLE to RO_DATA segment
  microblaze: Move EXCEPTION_TABLE to RO_DATA segment
  ia64: Move EXCEPTION_TABLE to RO_DATA segment
  h8300: Move EXCEPTION_TABLE to RO_DATA segment
  c6x: Move EXCEPTION_TABLE to RO_DATA segment
  arm64: Move EXCEPTION_TABLE to RO_DATA segment
  alpha: Move EXCEPTION_TABLE to RO_DATA segment
  x86/vmlinux: Move EXCEPTION_TABLE to RO_DATA segment
  x86/vmlinux: Actually use _etext for the end of the text segment
  vmlinux.lds.h: Allow EXCEPTION_TABLE to live in RO_DATA
  ...
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<entry>
<title>Merge branches 'x86-cpu-for-linus' and 'x86-fpu-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip</title>
<updated>2019-11-26T16:58:08+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2019-11-26T16:58:08+00:00</published>
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Pull x86 cpu and fpu updates from Ingo Molnar:

 - math-emu fixes

 - CPUID updates

 - sanity-check RDRAND output to see whether the CPU at least pretends
   to produce random data

 - various unaligned-access across cachelines fixes in preparation of
   hardware level split-lock detection

 - fix MAXSMP constraints to not allow !CPUMASK_OFFSTACK kernels with
   larger than 512 NR_CPUS

 - misc FPU related cleanups

* 'x86-cpu-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  x86/cpu: Align the x86_capability array to size of unsigned long
  x86/cpu: Align cpu_caps_cleared and cpu_caps_set to unsigned long
  x86/umip: Make the comments vendor-agnostic
  x86/Kconfig: Rename UMIP config parameter
  x86/Kconfig: Enforce limit of 512 CPUs with MAXSMP and no CPUMASK_OFFSTACK
  x86/cpufeatures: Add feature bit RDPRU on AMD
  x86/math-emu: Limit MATH_EMULATION to 486SX compatibles
  x86/math-emu: Check __copy_from_user() result
  x86/rdrand: Sanity-check RDRAND output

* 'x86-fpu-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  x86/fpu: Use XFEATURE_FP/SSE enum values instead of hardcoded numbers
  x86/fpu: Shrink space allocated for xstate_comp_offsets
  x86/fpu: Update stale variable name in comment
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Pull x86 cpu and fpu updates from Ingo Molnar:

 - math-emu fixes

 - CPUID updates

 - sanity-check RDRAND output to see whether the CPU at least pretends
   to produce random data

 - various unaligned-access across cachelines fixes in preparation of
   hardware level split-lock detection

 - fix MAXSMP constraints to not allow !CPUMASK_OFFSTACK kernels with
   larger than 512 NR_CPUS

 - misc FPU related cleanups

* 'x86-cpu-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  x86/cpu: Align the x86_capability array to size of unsigned long
  x86/cpu: Align cpu_caps_cleared and cpu_caps_set to unsigned long
  x86/umip: Make the comments vendor-agnostic
  x86/Kconfig: Rename UMIP config parameter
  x86/Kconfig: Enforce limit of 512 CPUs with MAXSMP and no CPUMASK_OFFSTACK
  x86/cpufeatures: Add feature bit RDPRU on AMD
  x86/math-emu: Limit MATH_EMULATION to 486SX compatibles
  x86/math-emu: Check __copy_from_user() result
  x86/rdrand: Sanity-check RDRAND output

* 'x86-fpu-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  x86/fpu: Use XFEATURE_FP/SSE enum values instead of hardcoded numbers
  x86/fpu: Shrink space allocated for xstate_comp_offsets
  x86/fpu: Update stale variable name in comment
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<entry>
<title>x86/ioperm: Extend IOPL config to control ioperm() as well</title>
<updated>2019-11-16T10:24:06+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Thomas Gleixner</name>
<email>tglx@linutronix.de</email>
</author>
<published>2019-11-12T20:40:33+00:00</published>
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If iopl() is disabled, then providing ioperm() does not make much sense.

Rename the config option and disable/enable both syscalls with it. Guard
the code with #ifdefs where appropriate.

Suggested-by: Andy Lutomirski &lt;luto@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
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If iopl() is disabled, then providing ioperm() does not make much sense.

Rename the config option and disable/enable both syscalls with it. Guard
the code with #ifdefs where appropriate.

Suggested-by: Andy Lutomirski &lt;luto@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
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<title>x86/iopl: Remove legacy IOPL option</title>
<updated>2019-11-16T10:24:05+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Thomas Gleixner</name>
<email>tglx@linutronix.de</email>
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<published>2019-11-11T22:03:29+00:00</published>
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The IOPL emulation via the I/O bitmap is sufficient. Remove the legacy
cruft dealing with the (e)flags based IOPL mechanism.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Juergen Gross &lt;jgross@suse.com&gt; (Paravirt and Xen parts)
Acked-by: Andy Lutomirski &lt;luto@kernel.org&gt;

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The IOPL emulation via the I/O bitmap is sufficient. Remove the legacy
cruft dealing with the (e)flags based IOPL mechanism.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Juergen Gross &lt;jgross@suse.com&gt; (Paravirt and Xen parts)
Acked-by: Andy Lutomirski &lt;luto@kernel.org&gt;

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<title>x86/iopl: Restrict iopl() permission scope</title>
<updated>2019-11-16T10:24:05+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Thomas Gleixner</name>
<email>tglx@linutronix.de</email>
</author>
<published>2019-11-11T22:03:28+00:00</published>
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The access to the full I/O port range can be also provided by the TSS I/O
bitmap, but that would require to copy 8k of data on scheduling in the
task. As shown with the sched out optimization TSS.io_bitmap_base can be
used to switch the incoming task to a preallocated I/O bitmap which has all
bits zero, i.e. allows access to all I/O ports.

Implementing this allows to provide an iopl() emulation mode which restricts
the IOPL level 3 permissions to I/O port access but removes the STI/CLI
permission which is coming with the hardware IOPL mechansim.

Provide a config option to switch IOPL to emulation mode, make it the
default and while at it also provide an option to disable IOPL completely.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Acked-by: Andy Lutomirski &lt;luto@kernel.org&gt;
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The access to the full I/O port range can be also provided by the TSS I/O
bitmap, but that would require to copy 8k of data on scheduling in the
task. As shown with the sched out optimization TSS.io_bitmap_base can be
used to switch the incoming task to a preallocated I/O bitmap which has all
bits zero, i.e. allows access to all I/O ports.

Implementing this allows to provide an iopl() emulation mode which restricts
the IOPL level 3 permissions to I/O port access but removes the STI/CLI
permission which is coming with the hardware IOPL mechansim.

Provide a config option to switch IOPL to emulation mode, make it the
default and while at it also provide an option to disable IOPL completely.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Acked-by: Andy Lutomirski &lt;luto@kernel.org&gt;
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<title>x86/ioperm: Add bitmap sequence number</title>
<updated>2019-11-16T10:24:02+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Thomas Gleixner</name>
<email>tglx@linutronix.de</email>
</author>
<published>2019-11-11T22:03:22+00:00</published>
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Add a globally unique sequence number which is incremented when ioperm() is
changing the I/O bitmap of a task. Store the new sequence number in the
io_bitmap structure and compare it with the sequence number of the I/O
bitmap which was last loaded on a CPU. Only update the bitmap if the
sequence is different.

That should further reduce the overhead of I/O bitmap scheduling when there
are only a few I/O bitmap users on the system.

The 64bit sequence counter is sufficient. A wraparound of the sequence
counter assuming an ioperm() call every nanosecond would require about 584
years of uptime.

Suggested-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;

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Add a globally unique sequence number which is incremented when ioperm() is
changing the I/O bitmap of a task. Store the new sequence number in the
io_bitmap structure and compare it with the sequence number of the I/O
bitmap which was last loaded on a CPU. Only update the bitmap if the
sequence is different.

That should further reduce the overhead of I/O bitmap scheduling when there
are only a few I/O bitmap users on the system.

The 64bit sequence counter is sufficient. A wraparound of the sequence
counter assuming an ioperm() call every nanosecond would require about 584
years of uptime.

Suggested-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;

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