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authorJosh Poimboeuf2016-09-21 23:04:05 +0200
committerIngo Molnar2016-10-20 09:15:23 +0200
commit595c1e645d9fd8561104b5680931f68a429aaa1c (patch)
treeee693de30058153bcfcdfbf0ec50dc31f6edce47
parentx86/boot/64: Use a common function for starting CPUs (diff)
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x86/boot/64: Put a real return address on the idle task stack
The frame at the end of each idle task stack has a zeroed return address. This is inconsistent with real task stacks, which have a real return address at that spot. This inconsistency can be confusing for stack unwinders. It also hides useful information about what asm code was involved in calling into C. Make it a real address by using the side effect of a call instruction to push the instruction pointer on the stack. Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org> Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> Cc: Brian Gerst <brgerst@gmail.com> Cc: Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@redhat.com> Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Nilay Vaish <nilayvaish@gmail.com> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/f59593ae7b15d5126f872b0a23143173d28aa32d.1474480779.git.jpoimboe@redhat.com Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S5
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S b/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S
index 363177790110..1c5e5dba5704 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S
@@ -299,8 +299,9 @@ ENTRY(start_cpu)
* REX.W + FF /5 JMP m16:64 Jump far, absolute indirect,
* address given in m16:64.
*/
- movq initial_code(%rip),%rax
- pushq $0 # fake return address to stop unwinder
+ call 1f # put return address on stack for unwinder
+1: xorq %rbp, %rbp # clear frame pointer
+ movq initial_code(%rip), %rax
pushq $__KERNEL_CS # set correct cs
pushq %rax # target address in negative space
lretq