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<title>x86/retpolines: Enable the default thunk warning only on relevant configs</title>
<updated>2024-04-17T16:02:05+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Borislav Petkov (AMD)</name>
<email>bp@alien8.de</email>
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<published>2024-04-15T16:15:43+00:00</published>
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The using-default-thunk warning check makes sense only with
configurations which actually enable the special return thunks.

Otherwise, it fires on unrelated 32-bit configs on which the special
return thunks won't even work (they're 64-bit only) and, what is more,
those configs even go off into the weeds when booting in the
alternatives patching code, leading to a dead machine.

Fixes: 4461438a8405 ("x86/retpoline: Ensure default return thunk isn't used at runtime")
Reported-by: Klara Modin &lt;klarasmodin@gmail.com&gt;
Reported-by: Erhard Furtner &lt;erhard_f@mailbox.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) &lt;bp@alien8.de&gt;
Tested-by: Klara Modin &lt;klarasmodin@gmail.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/78e0d19c-b77a-4169-a80f-2eef91f4a1d6@gmail.com
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240413024956.488d474e@yea
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The using-default-thunk warning check makes sense only with
configurations which actually enable the special return thunks.

Otherwise, it fires on unrelated 32-bit configs on which the special
return thunks won't even work (they're 64-bit only) and, what is more,
those configs even go off into the weeds when booting in the
alternatives patching code, leading to a dead machine.

Fixes: 4461438a8405 ("x86/retpoline: Ensure default return thunk isn't used at runtime")
Reported-by: Klara Modin &lt;klarasmodin@gmail.com&gt;
Reported-by: Erhard Furtner &lt;erhard_f@mailbox.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) &lt;bp@alien8.de&gt;
Tested-by: Klara Modin &lt;klarasmodin@gmail.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/78e0d19c-b77a-4169-a80f-2eef91f4a1d6@gmail.com
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240413024956.488d474e@yea
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<entry>
<title>x86/retpoline: Add NOENDBR annotation to the SRSO dummy return thunk</title>
<updated>2024-04-06T11:01:50+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Borislav Petkov (AMD)</name>
<email>bp@alien8.de</email>
</author>
<published>2024-04-05T14:46:37+00:00</published>
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srso_alias_untrain_ret() is special code, even if it is a dummy
which is called in the !SRSO case, so annotate it like its real
counterpart, to address the following objtool splat:

  vmlinux.o: warning: objtool: .export_symbol+0x2b290: data relocation to !ENDBR: srso_alias_untrain_ret+0x0

Fixes: 4535e1a4174c ("x86/bugs: Fix the SRSO mitigation on Zen3/4")
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) &lt;bp@alien8.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240405144637.17908-1-bp@kernel.org
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srso_alias_untrain_ret() is special code, even if it is a dummy
which is called in the !SRSO case, so annotate it like its real
counterpart, to address the following objtool splat:

  vmlinux.o: warning: objtool: .export_symbol+0x2b290: data relocation to !ENDBR: srso_alias_untrain_ret+0x0

Fixes: 4535e1a4174c ("x86/bugs: Fix the SRSO mitigation on Zen3/4")
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) &lt;bp@alien8.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240405144637.17908-1-bp@kernel.org
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<title>x86/retpoline: Do the necessary fixup to the Zen3/4 srso return thunk for !SRSO</title>
<updated>2024-04-03T17:12:38+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Borislav Petkov (AMD)</name>
<email>bp@alien8.de</email>
</author>
<published>2024-04-02T14:05:49+00:00</published>
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The srso_alias_untrain_ret() dummy thunk in the !CONFIG_MITIGATION_SRSO
case is there only for the altenative in CALL_UNTRAIN_RET to have
a symbol to resolve.

However, testing with kernels which don't have CONFIG_MITIGATION_SRSO
enabled, leads to the warning in patch_return() to fire:

  missing return thunk: srso_alias_untrain_ret+0x0/0x10-0x0: eb 0e 66 66 2e
  WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 0 at arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c:826 apply_returns (arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c:826

Put in a plain "ret" there so that gcc doesn't put a return thunk in
in its place which special and gets checked.

In addition:

  ERROR: modpost: "srso_alias_untrain_ret" [arch/x86/kvm/kvm-amd.ko] undefined!
  make[2]: *** [scripts/Makefile.modpost:145: Module.symvers] Chyba 1
  make[1]: *** [/usr/src/linux-6.8.3/Makefile:1873: modpost] Chyba 2
  make: *** [Makefile:240: __sub-make] Chyba 2

since !SRSO builds would use the dummy return thunk as reported by
petr.pisar@atlas.cz, https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=218679.

Reported-by: kernel test robot &lt;oliver.sang@intel.com&gt;
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-lkp/202404020901.da75a60f-oliver.sang@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) &lt;bp@alien8.de&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/202404020901.da75a60f-oliver.sang@intel.com/
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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The srso_alias_untrain_ret() dummy thunk in the !CONFIG_MITIGATION_SRSO
case is there only for the altenative in CALL_UNTRAIN_RET to have
a symbol to resolve.

However, testing with kernels which don't have CONFIG_MITIGATION_SRSO
enabled, leads to the warning in patch_return() to fire:

  missing return thunk: srso_alias_untrain_ret+0x0/0x10-0x0: eb 0e 66 66 2e
  WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 0 at arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c:826 apply_returns (arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c:826

Put in a plain "ret" there so that gcc doesn't put a return thunk in
in its place which special and gets checked.

In addition:

  ERROR: modpost: "srso_alias_untrain_ret" [arch/x86/kvm/kvm-amd.ko] undefined!
  make[2]: *** [scripts/Makefile.modpost:145: Module.symvers] Chyba 1
  make[1]: *** [/usr/src/linux-6.8.3/Makefile:1873: modpost] Chyba 2
  make: *** [Makefile:240: __sub-make] Chyba 2

since !SRSO builds would use the dummy return thunk as reported by
petr.pisar@atlas.cz, https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=218679.

Reported-by: kernel test robot &lt;oliver.sang@intel.com&gt;
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-lkp/202404020901.da75a60f-oliver.sang@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) &lt;bp@alien8.de&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/202404020901.da75a60f-oliver.sang@intel.com/
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>x86/bugs: Fix the SRSO mitigation on Zen3/4</title>
<updated>2024-03-29T19:13:12+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Borislav Petkov (AMD)</name>
<email>bp@alien8.de</email>
</author>
<published>2024-03-28T12:59:05+00:00</published>
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The original version of the mitigation would patch in the calls to the
untraining routines directly.  That is, the alternative() in UNTRAIN_RET
will patch in the CALL to srso_alias_untrain_ret() directly.

However, even if commit e7c25c441e9e ("x86/cpu: Cleanup the untrain
mess") meant well in trying to clean up the situation, due to micro-
architectural reasons, the untraining routine srso_alias_untrain_ret()
must be the target of a CALL instruction and not of a JMP instruction as
it is done now.

Reshuffle the alternative macros to accomplish that.

Fixes: e7c25c441e9e ("x86/cpu: Cleanup the untrain mess")
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) &lt;bp@alien8.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: stable@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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The original version of the mitigation would patch in the calls to the
untraining routines directly.  That is, the alternative() in UNTRAIN_RET
will patch in the CALL to srso_alias_untrain_ret() directly.

However, even if commit e7c25c441e9e ("x86/cpu: Cleanup the untrain
mess") meant well in trying to clean up the situation, due to micro-
architectural reasons, the untraining routine srso_alias_untrain_ret()
must be the target of a CALL instruction and not of a JMP instruction as
it is done now.

Reshuffle the alternative macros to accomplish that.

Fixes: e7c25c441e9e ("x86/cpu: Cleanup the untrain mess")
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) &lt;bp@alien8.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: stable@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>Merge branch 'linus' into x86/boot, to resolve conflict</title>
<updated>2024-03-12T08:55:57+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Ingo Molnar</name>
<email>mingo@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2024-03-12T08:49:52+00:00</published>
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There's a new conflict with Linus's upstream tree, because
in the following merge conflict resolution in &lt;asm/coco.h&gt;:

  38b334fc767e Merge tag 'x86_sev_for_v6.9_rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

Linus has resolved the conflicting placement of 'cc_mask' better
than the original commit:

  1c811d403afd x86/sev: Fix position dependent variable references in startup code

... which was also done by an internal merge resolution:

  2e5fc4786b7a Merge branch 'x86/sev' into x86/boot, to resolve conflicts and to pick up dependent tree

But Linus is right in 38b334fc767e, the 'cc_mask' declaration is sufficient
within the #ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_CC_PLATFORM block.

So instead of forcing Linus to do the same resolution again, merge in Linus's
tree and follow his conflict resolution.

 Conflicts:
	arch/x86/include/asm/coco.h

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
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There's a new conflict with Linus's upstream tree, because
in the following merge conflict resolution in &lt;asm/coco.h&gt;:

  38b334fc767e Merge tag 'x86_sev_for_v6.9_rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

Linus has resolved the conflicting placement of 'cc_mask' better
than the original commit:

  1c811d403afd x86/sev: Fix position dependent variable references in startup code

... which was also done by an internal merge resolution:

  2e5fc4786b7a Merge branch 'x86/sev' into x86/boot, to resolve conflicts and to pick up dependent tree

But Linus is right in 38b334fc767e, the 'cc_mask' declaration is sufficient
within the #ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_CC_PLATFORM block.

So instead of forcing Linus to do the same resolution again, merge in Linus's
tree and follow his conflict resolution.

 Conflicts:
	arch/x86/include/asm/coco.h

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>Merge tag 'x86-core-2024-03-11' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip</title>
<updated>2024-03-12T02:53:15+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2024-03-12T02:53:15+00:00</published>
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Pull core x86 updates from Ingo Molnar:

 - The biggest change is the rework of the percpu code, to support the
   'Named Address Spaces' GCC feature, by Uros Bizjak:

      - This allows C code to access GS and FS segment relative memory
        via variables declared with such attributes, which allows the
        compiler to better optimize those accesses than the previous
        inline assembly code.

      - The series also includes a number of micro-optimizations for
        various percpu access methods, plus a number of cleanups of %gs
        accesses in assembly code.

      - These changes have been exposed to linux-next testing for the
        last ~5 months, with no known regressions in this area.

 - Fix/clean up __switch_to()'s broken but accidentally working handling
   of FPU switching - which also generates better code

 - Propagate more RIP-relative addressing in assembly code, to generate
   slightly better code

 - Rework the CPU mitigations Kconfig space to be less idiosyncratic, to
   make it easier for distros to follow &amp; maintain these options

 - Rework the x86 idle code to cure RCU violations and to clean up the
   logic

 - Clean up the vDSO Makefile logic

 - Misc cleanups and fixes

* tag 'x86-core-2024-03-11' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (52 commits)
  x86/idle: Select idle routine only once
  x86/idle: Let prefer_mwait_c1_over_halt() return bool
  x86/idle: Cleanup idle_setup()
  x86/idle: Clean up idle selection
  x86/idle: Sanitize X86_BUG_AMD_E400 handling
  sched/idle: Conditionally handle tick broadcast in default_idle_call()
  x86: Increase brk randomness entropy for 64-bit systems
  x86/vdso: Move vDSO to mmap region
  x86/vdso/kbuild: Group non-standard build attributes and primary object file rules together
  x86/vdso: Fix rethunk patching for vdso-image-{32,64}.o
  x86/retpoline: Ensure default return thunk isn't used at runtime
  x86/vdso: Use CONFIG_COMPAT_32 to specify vdso32
  x86/vdso: Use $(addprefix ) instead of $(foreach )
  x86/vdso: Simplify obj-y addition
  x86/vdso: Consolidate targets and clean-files
  x86/bugs: Rename CONFIG_RETHUNK              =&gt; CONFIG_MITIGATION_RETHUNK
  x86/bugs: Rename CONFIG_CPU_SRSO             =&gt; CONFIG_MITIGATION_SRSO
  x86/bugs: Rename CONFIG_CPU_IBRS_ENTRY       =&gt; CONFIG_MITIGATION_IBRS_ENTRY
  x86/bugs: Rename CONFIG_CPU_UNRET_ENTRY      =&gt; CONFIG_MITIGATION_UNRET_ENTRY
  x86/bugs: Rename CONFIG_SLS                  =&gt; CONFIG_MITIGATION_SLS
  ...
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Pull core x86 updates from Ingo Molnar:

 - The biggest change is the rework of the percpu code, to support the
   'Named Address Spaces' GCC feature, by Uros Bizjak:

      - This allows C code to access GS and FS segment relative memory
        via variables declared with such attributes, which allows the
        compiler to better optimize those accesses than the previous
        inline assembly code.

      - The series also includes a number of micro-optimizations for
        various percpu access methods, plus a number of cleanups of %gs
        accesses in assembly code.

      - These changes have been exposed to linux-next testing for the
        last ~5 months, with no known regressions in this area.

 - Fix/clean up __switch_to()'s broken but accidentally working handling
   of FPU switching - which also generates better code

 - Propagate more RIP-relative addressing in assembly code, to generate
   slightly better code

 - Rework the CPU mitigations Kconfig space to be less idiosyncratic, to
   make it easier for distros to follow &amp; maintain these options

 - Rework the x86 idle code to cure RCU violations and to clean up the
   logic

 - Clean up the vDSO Makefile logic

 - Misc cleanups and fixes

* tag 'x86-core-2024-03-11' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (52 commits)
  x86/idle: Select idle routine only once
  x86/idle: Let prefer_mwait_c1_over_halt() return bool
  x86/idle: Cleanup idle_setup()
  x86/idle: Clean up idle selection
  x86/idle: Sanitize X86_BUG_AMD_E400 handling
  sched/idle: Conditionally handle tick broadcast in default_idle_call()
  x86: Increase brk randomness entropy for 64-bit systems
  x86/vdso: Move vDSO to mmap region
  x86/vdso/kbuild: Group non-standard build attributes and primary object file rules together
  x86/vdso: Fix rethunk patching for vdso-image-{32,64}.o
  x86/retpoline: Ensure default return thunk isn't used at runtime
  x86/vdso: Use CONFIG_COMPAT_32 to specify vdso32
  x86/vdso: Use $(addprefix ) instead of $(foreach )
  x86/vdso: Simplify obj-y addition
  x86/vdso: Consolidate targets and clean-files
  x86/bugs: Rename CONFIG_RETHUNK              =&gt; CONFIG_MITIGATION_RETHUNK
  x86/bugs: Rename CONFIG_CPU_SRSO             =&gt; CONFIG_MITIGATION_SRSO
  x86/bugs: Rename CONFIG_CPU_IBRS_ENTRY       =&gt; CONFIG_MITIGATION_IBRS_ENTRY
  x86/bugs: Rename CONFIG_CPU_UNRET_ENTRY      =&gt; CONFIG_MITIGATION_UNRET_ENTRY
  x86/bugs: Rename CONFIG_SLS                  =&gt; CONFIG_MITIGATION_SLS
  ...
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<title>Merge tag 'x86-cleanups-2024-03-11' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip</title>
<updated>2024-03-12T02:37:56+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2024-03-12T02:37:56+00:00</published>
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Pull x86 cleanups from Ingo Molnar:
 "Misc cleanups, including a large series from Thomas Gleixner to cure
  sparse warnings"

* tag 'x86-cleanups-2024-03-11' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  x86/nmi: Drop unused declaration of proc_nmi_enabled()
  x86/callthunks: Use EXPORT_PER_CPU_SYMBOL_GPL() for per CPU variables
  x86/cpu: Provide a declaration for itlb_multihit_kvm_mitigation
  x86/cpu: Use EXPORT_PER_CPU_SYMBOL_GPL() for x86_spec_ctrl_current
  x86/uaccess: Add missing __force to casts in __access_ok() and valid_user_address()
  x86/percpu: Cure per CPU madness on UP
  smp: Consolidate smp_prepare_boot_cpu()
  x86/msr: Add missing __percpu annotations
  x86/msr: Prepare for including &lt;linux/percpu.h&gt; into &lt;asm/msr.h&gt;
  perf/x86/amd/uncore: Fix __percpu annotation
  x86/nmi: Remove an unnecessary IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SMP)
  x86/apm_32: Remove dead function apm_get_battery_status()
  x86/insn-eval: Fix function param name in get_eff_addr_sib()
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Pull x86 cleanups from Ingo Molnar:
 "Misc cleanups, including a large series from Thomas Gleixner to cure
  sparse warnings"

* tag 'x86-cleanups-2024-03-11' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  x86/nmi: Drop unused declaration of proc_nmi_enabled()
  x86/callthunks: Use EXPORT_PER_CPU_SYMBOL_GPL() for per CPU variables
  x86/cpu: Provide a declaration for itlb_multihit_kvm_mitigation
  x86/cpu: Use EXPORT_PER_CPU_SYMBOL_GPL() for x86_spec_ctrl_current
  x86/uaccess: Add missing __force to casts in __access_ok() and valid_user_address()
  x86/percpu: Cure per CPU madness on UP
  smp: Consolidate smp_prepare_boot_cpu()
  x86/msr: Add missing __percpu annotations
  x86/msr: Prepare for including &lt;linux/percpu.h&gt; into &lt;asm/msr.h&gt;
  perf/x86/amd/uncore: Fix __percpu annotation
  x86/nmi: Remove an unnecessary IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SMP)
  x86/apm_32: Remove dead function apm_get_battery_status()
  x86/insn-eval: Fix function param name in get_eff_addr_sib()
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<entry>
<title>Merge tag 'x86-asm-2024-03-11' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip</title>
<updated>2024-03-12T02:13:06+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2024-03-12T02:13:06+00:00</published>
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Pull x86 asm updates from Ingo Molnar:
 "Two changes to simplify the x86 decoder logic a bit"

* tag 'x86-asm-2024-03-11' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  x86/insn: Directly assign x86_64 state in insn_init()
  x86/insn: Remove superfluous checks from instruction decoding routines
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Pull x86 asm updates from Ingo Molnar:
 "Two changes to simplify the x86 decoder logic a bit"

* tag 'x86-asm-2024-03-11' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  x86/insn: Directly assign x86_64 state in insn_init()
  x86/insn: Remove superfluous checks from instruction decoding routines
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<title>Merge tag 'x86-fred-2024-03-10' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip</title>
<updated>2024-03-11T23:00:17+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2024-03-11T23:00:17+00:00</published>
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Pull x86 FRED support from Thomas Gleixner:
 "Support for x86 Fast Return and Event Delivery (FRED).

  FRED is a replacement for IDT event delivery on x86 and addresses most
  of the technical nightmares which IDT exposes:

   1) Exception cause registers like CR2 need to be manually preserved
      in nested exception scenarios.

   2) Hardware interrupt stack switching is suboptimal for nested
      exceptions as the interrupt stack mechanism rewinds the stack on
      each entry which requires a massive effort in the low level entry
      of #NMI code to handle this.

   3) No hardware distinction between entry from kernel or from user
      which makes establishing kernel context more complex than it needs
      to be especially for unconditionally nestable exceptions like NMI.

   4) NMI nesting caused by IRET unconditionally reenabling NMIs, which
      is a problem when the perf NMI takes a fault when collecting a
      stack trace.

   5) Partial restore of ESP when returning to a 16-bit segment

   6) Limitation of the vector space which can cause vector exhaustion
      on large systems.

   7) Inability to differentiate NMI sources

  FRED addresses these shortcomings by:

   1) An extended exception stack frame which the CPU uses to save
      exception cause registers. This ensures that the meta information
      for each exception is preserved on stack and avoids the extra
      complexity of preserving it in software.

   2) Hardware interrupt stack switching is non-rewinding if a nested
      exception uses the currently interrupt stack.

   3) The entry points for kernel and user context are separate and GS
      BASE handling which is required to establish kernel context for
      per CPU variable access is done in hardware.

   4) NMIs are now nesting protected. They are only reenabled on the
      return from NMI.

   5) FRED guarantees full restore of ESP

   6) FRED does not put a limitation on the vector space by design
      because it uses a central entry points for kernel and user space
      and the CPUstores the entry type (exception, trap, interrupt,
      syscall) on the entry stack along with the vector number. The
      entry code has to demultiplex this information, but this removes
      the vector space restriction.

      The first hardware implementations will still have the current
      restricted vector space because lifting this limitation requires
      further changes to the local APIC.

   7) FRED stores the vector number and meta information on stack which
      allows having more than one NMI vector in future hardware when the
      required local APIC changes are in place.

  The series implements the initial FRED support by:

   - Reworking the existing entry and IDT handling infrastructure to
     accomodate for the alternative entry mechanism.

   - Expanding the stack frame to accomodate for the extra 16 bytes FRED
     requires to store context and meta information

   - Providing FRED specific C entry points for events which have
     information pushed to the extended stack frame, e.g. #PF and #DB.

   - Providing FRED specific C entry points for #NMI and #MCE

   - Implementing the FRED specific ASM entry points and the C code to
     demultiplex the events

   - Providing detection and initialization mechanisms and the necessary
     tweaks in context switching, GS BASE handling etc.

  The FRED integration aims for maximum code reuse vs the existing IDT
  implementation to the extent possible and the deviation in hot paths
  like context switching are handled with alternatives to minimalize the
  impact. The low level entry and exit paths are seperate due to the
  extended stack frame and the hardware based GS BASE swichting and
  therefore have no impact on IDT based systems.

  It has been extensively tested on existing systems and on the FRED
  simulation and as of now there are no outstanding problems"

* tag 'x86-fred-2024-03-10' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (38 commits)
  x86/fred: Fix init_task thread stack pointer initialization
  MAINTAINERS: Add a maintainer entry for FRED
  x86/fred: Fix a build warning with allmodconfig due to 'inline' failing to inline properly
  x86/fred: Invoke FRED initialization code to enable FRED
  x86/fred: Add FRED initialization functions
  x86/syscall: Split IDT syscall setup code into idt_syscall_init()
  KVM: VMX: Call fred_entry_from_kvm() for IRQ/NMI handling
  x86/entry: Add fred_entry_from_kvm() for VMX to handle IRQ/NMI
  x86/entry/calling: Allow PUSH_AND_CLEAR_REGS being used beyond actual entry code
  x86/fred: Fixup fault on ERETU by jumping to fred_entrypoint_user
  x86/fred: Let ret_from_fork_asm() jmp to asm_fred_exit_user when FRED is enabled
  x86/traps: Add sysvec_install() to install a system interrupt handler
  x86/fred: FRED entry/exit and dispatch code
  x86/fred: Add a machine check entry stub for FRED
  x86/fred: Add a NMI entry stub for FRED
  x86/fred: Add a debug fault entry stub for FRED
  x86/idtentry: Incorporate definitions/declarations of the FRED entries
  x86/fred: Make exc_page_fault() work for FRED
  x86/fred: Allow single-step trap and NMI when starting a new task
  x86/fred: No ESPFIX needed when FRED is enabled
  ...
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Pull x86 FRED support from Thomas Gleixner:
 "Support for x86 Fast Return and Event Delivery (FRED).

  FRED is a replacement for IDT event delivery on x86 and addresses most
  of the technical nightmares which IDT exposes:

   1) Exception cause registers like CR2 need to be manually preserved
      in nested exception scenarios.

   2) Hardware interrupt stack switching is suboptimal for nested
      exceptions as the interrupt stack mechanism rewinds the stack on
      each entry which requires a massive effort in the low level entry
      of #NMI code to handle this.

   3) No hardware distinction between entry from kernel or from user
      which makes establishing kernel context more complex than it needs
      to be especially for unconditionally nestable exceptions like NMI.

   4) NMI nesting caused by IRET unconditionally reenabling NMIs, which
      is a problem when the perf NMI takes a fault when collecting a
      stack trace.

   5) Partial restore of ESP when returning to a 16-bit segment

   6) Limitation of the vector space which can cause vector exhaustion
      on large systems.

   7) Inability to differentiate NMI sources

  FRED addresses these shortcomings by:

   1) An extended exception stack frame which the CPU uses to save
      exception cause registers. This ensures that the meta information
      for each exception is preserved on stack and avoids the extra
      complexity of preserving it in software.

   2) Hardware interrupt stack switching is non-rewinding if a nested
      exception uses the currently interrupt stack.

   3) The entry points for kernel and user context are separate and GS
      BASE handling which is required to establish kernel context for
      per CPU variable access is done in hardware.

   4) NMIs are now nesting protected. They are only reenabled on the
      return from NMI.

   5) FRED guarantees full restore of ESP

   6) FRED does not put a limitation on the vector space by design
      because it uses a central entry points for kernel and user space
      and the CPUstores the entry type (exception, trap, interrupt,
      syscall) on the entry stack along with the vector number. The
      entry code has to demultiplex this information, but this removes
      the vector space restriction.

      The first hardware implementations will still have the current
      restricted vector space because lifting this limitation requires
      further changes to the local APIC.

   7) FRED stores the vector number and meta information on stack which
      allows having more than one NMI vector in future hardware when the
      required local APIC changes are in place.

  The series implements the initial FRED support by:

   - Reworking the existing entry and IDT handling infrastructure to
     accomodate for the alternative entry mechanism.

   - Expanding the stack frame to accomodate for the extra 16 bytes FRED
     requires to store context and meta information

   - Providing FRED specific C entry points for events which have
     information pushed to the extended stack frame, e.g. #PF and #DB.

   - Providing FRED specific C entry points for #NMI and #MCE

   - Implementing the FRED specific ASM entry points and the C code to
     demultiplex the events

   - Providing detection and initialization mechanisms and the necessary
     tweaks in context switching, GS BASE handling etc.

  The FRED integration aims for maximum code reuse vs the existing IDT
  implementation to the extent possible and the deviation in hot paths
  like context switching are handled with alternatives to minimalize the
  impact. The low level entry and exit paths are seperate due to the
  extended stack frame and the hardware based GS BASE swichting and
  therefore have no impact on IDT based systems.

  It has been extensively tested on existing systems and on the FRED
  simulation and as of now there are no outstanding problems"

* tag 'x86-fred-2024-03-10' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (38 commits)
  x86/fred: Fix init_task thread stack pointer initialization
  MAINTAINERS: Add a maintainer entry for FRED
  x86/fred: Fix a build warning with allmodconfig due to 'inline' failing to inline properly
  x86/fred: Invoke FRED initialization code to enable FRED
  x86/fred: Add FRED initialization functions
  x86/syscall: Split IDT syscall setup code into idt_syscall_init()
  KVM: VMX: Call fred_entry_from_kvm() for IRQ/NMI handling
  x86/entry: Add fred_entry_from_kvm() for VMX to handle IRQ/NMI
  x86/entry/calling: Allow PUSH_AND_CLEAR_REGS being used beyond actual entry code
  x86/fred: Fixup fault on ERETU by jumping to fred_entrypoint_user
  x86/fred: Let ret_from_fork_asm() jmp to asm_fred_exit_user when FRED is enabled
  x86/traps: Add sysvec_install() to install a system interrupt handler
  x86/fred: FRED entry/exit and dispatch code
  x86/fred: Add a machine check entry stub for FRED
  x86/fred: Add a NMI entry stub for FRED
  x86/fred: Add a debug fault entry stub for FRED
  x86/idtentry: Incorporate definitions/declarations of the FRED entries
  x86/fred: Make exc_page_fault() work for FRED
  x86/fred: Allow single-step trap and NMI when starting a new task
  x86/fred: No ESPFIX needed when FRED is enabled
  ...
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<title>x86/boot: Move mem_encrypt= parsing to the decompressor</title>
<updated>2024-03-04T17:12:28+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Ard Biesheuvel</name>
<email>ardb@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2024-02-27T15:19:14+00:00</published>
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The early SME/SEV code parses the command line very early, in order to
decide whether or not memory encryption should be enabled, which needs
to occur even before the initial page tables are created.

This is problematic for a number of reasons:
- this early code runs from the 1:1 mapping provided by the decompressor
  or firmware, which uses a different translation than the one assumed by
  the linker, and so the code needs to be built in a special way;
- parsing external input while the entire kernel image is still mapped
  writable is a bad idea in general, and really does not belong in
  security minded code;
- the current code ignores the built-in command line entirely (although
  this appears to be the case for the entire decompressor)

Given that the decompressor/EFI stub is an intrinsic part of the x86
bootable kernel image, move the command line parsing there and out of
the core kernel. This removes the need to build lib/cmdline.o in a
special way, or to use RIP-relative LEA instructions in inline asm
blocks.

This involves a new xloadflag in the setup header to indicate
that mem_encrypt=on appeared on the kernel command line.

Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel &lt;ardb@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) &lt;bp@alien8.de&gt;
Tested-by: Tom Lendacky &lt;thomas.lendacky@amd.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240227151907.387873-17-ardb+git@google.com
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The early SME/SEV code parses the command line very early, in order to
decide whether or not memory encryption should be enabled, which needs
to occur even before the initial page tables are created.

This is problematic for a number of reasons:
- this early code runs from the 1:1 mapping provided by the decompressor
  or firmware, which uses a different translation than the one assumed by
  the linker, and so the code needs to be built in a special way;
- parsing external input while the entire kernel image is still mapped
  writable is a bad idea in general, and really does not belong in
  security minded code;
- the current code ignores the built-in command line entirely (although
  this appears to be the case for the entire decompressor)

Given that the decompressor/EFI stub is an intrinsic part of the x86
bootable kernel image, move the command line parsing there and out of
the core kernel. This removes the need to build lib/cmdline.o in a
special way, or to use RIP-relative LEA instructions in inline asm
blocks.

This involves a new xloadflag in the setup header to indicate
that mem_encrypt=on appeared on the kernel command line.

Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel &lt;ardb@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) &lt;bp@alien8.de&gt;
Tested-by: Tom Lendacky &lt;thomas.lendacky@amd.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240227151907.387873-17-ardb+git@google.com
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