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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2024-01-08 17:23:32 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2024-01-08 17:23:32 -0800
commitb51cc5d02834a9c38cfd95b00b7d981b701b13f9 (patch)
tree64919d3db56a6c58ad0bcb323fd2079acc3dad7b /Documentation/arch/x86
parent42c371f8ec4296cee49b10d8e6be50aae90f2d70 (diff)
parent54aa699e8094efb7d7675fefbc03dfce24f98456 (diff)
Merge tag 'x86-cleanups-2024-01-08' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
Pull x86 cleanups from Ingo Molnar: - Change global variables to local - Add missing kernel-doc function parameter descriptions - Remove unused parameter from a macro - Remove obsolete Kconfig entry - Fix comments - Fix typos, mostly scripted, manually reviewed and a micro-optimization got misplaced as a cleanup: - Micro-optimize the asm code in secondary_startup_64_no_verify() * tag 'x86-cleanups-2024-01-08' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: arch/x86: Fix typos x86/head_64: Use TESTB instead of TESTL in secondary_startup_64_no_verify() x86/docs: Remove reference to syscall trampoline in PTI x86/Kconfig: Remove obsolete config X86_32_SMP x86/io: Remove the unused 'bw' parameter from the BUILDIO() macro x86/mtrr: Document missing function parameters in kernel-doc x86/setup: Make relocated_ramdisk a local variable of relocate_initrd()
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diff --git a/Documentation/arch/x86/pti.rst b/Documentation/arch/x86/pti.rst
index 4b858a9bad8d..e08d35177bc0 100644
--- a/Documentation/arch/x86/pti.rst
+++ b/Documentation/arch/x86/pti.rst
@@ -81,11 +81,9 @@ this protection comes at a cost:
and exit (it can be skipped when the kernel is interrupted,
though.) Moves to CR3 are on the order of a hundred
cycles, and are required at every entry and exit.
- b. A "trampoline" must be used for SYSCALL entry. This
- trampoline depends on a smaller set of resources than the
- non-PTI SYSCALL entry code, so requires mapping fewer
- things into the userspace page tables. The downside is
- that stacks must be switched at entry time.
+ b. Percpu TSS is mapped into the user page tables to allow SYSCALL64 path
+ to work under PTI. This doesn't have a direct runtime cost but it can
+ be argued it opens certain timing attack scenarios.
c. Global pages are disabled for all kernel structures not
mapped into both kernel and userspace page tables. This
feature of the MMU allows different processes to share TLB
@@ -167,7 +165,7 @@ that are worth noting here.
* Failures of the selftests/x86 code. Usually a bug in one of the
more obscure corners of entry_64.S
* Crashes in early boot, especially around CPU bringup. Bugs
- in the trampoline code or mappings cause these.
+ in the mappings cause these.
* Crashes at the first interrupt. Caused by bugs in entry_64.S,
like screwing up a page table switch. Also caused by
incorrectly mapping the IRQ handler entry code.