x86_64, traps: Stop using IST for #SS
authorAndy Lutomirski <[email protected]>
Sun, 23 Nov 2014 02:00:32 +0000 (18:00 -0800)
committerLinus Torvalds <[email protected]>
Sun, 23 Nov 2014 21:56:19 +0000 (13:56 -0800)
commit6f442be2fb22be02cafa606f1769fa1e6f894441
tree1173ca6feb0cdda19b5383e713e2f19152d88940
parentaf726f21ed8af2cdaa4e93098dc211521218ae65
x86_64, traps: Stop using IST for #SS

On a 32-bit kernel, this has no effect, since there are no IST stacks.

On a 64-bit kernel, #SS can only happen in user code, on a failed iret
to user space, a canonical violation on access via RSP or RBP, or a
genuine stack segment violation in 32-bit kernel code.  The first two
cases don't need IST, and the latter two cases are unlikely fatal bugs,
and promoting them to double faults would be fine.

This fixes a bug in which the espfix64 code mishandles a stack segment
violation.

This saves 4k of memory per CPU and a tiny bit of code.

Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
arch/x86/include/asm/page_32_types.h
arch/x86/include/asm/page_64_types.h
arch/x86/include/asm/traps.h
arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack_64.c
arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S
arch/x86/kernel/traps.c