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A basic IDT setup for the boot CPU has to be done before invoking cpu_init() because that might trigger #GP when accessing certain MSRs. This setup cannot install the IST variants on 64-bit because the TSS setup which is required for ISTs to work happens in cpu_init(). That leaves a theoretical window where a NMI would invoke the ASM entry point which relies on IST being enabled on the kernel stack which is undefined behaviour. This setup logic has never worked correctly, but on the other hand a NMI hitting the boot CPU before it has fully set up the IDT would be fatal anyway. So the small window between the wrong NMI gate and the IST based NMI gate is not really adding a substantial amount of risk. But the setup logic is nevertheless more convoluted than necessary. The recent separation of the TSS setup into a separate function to ensure that setup so it can setup TSS first, then initialize IDT with the IST variants before invoking cpu_init() and get rid of the post cpu_init() IST setup. Move the invocation of cpu_init_exception_handling() ahead of idt_setup_traps() and merge the IST setup into the default setup table. Reported-by: Lai Jiangshan <laijs@linux.alibaba.com> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Reviewed-by: Lai Jiangshan <laijs@linux.alibaba.com> Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210507114000.569244755@linutronix.de |
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Linux kernel
============
There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.