x86/fsgsbase/64: Introduce FS/GS base helper functions
authorChang S. Bae <chang.seok.bae@intel.com>
Tue, 18 Sep 2018 23:08:53 +0000 (16:08 -0700)
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Mon, 8 Oct 2018 08:41:08 +0000 (10:41 +0200)
commitb1378a561fd16afdd96ef0bc912b1bcd2b85a68e
tree9501db7c1545546c2a6fa1eb558ec1ecca1e11f8
parent07e1d88adaaeab247b300926f78cc3f950dbeda3
x86/fsgsbase/64: Introduce FS/GS base helper functions

Introduce FS/GS base access functionality via <asm/fsgsbase.h>,
not yet used by anything directly.

Factor out task_seg_base() from x86/ptrace.c and rename it to
x86_fsgsbase_read_task() to make it part of the new helpers.

This will allow us to enhance FSGSBASE support and eventually enable
the FSBASE/GSBASE instructions.

An "inactive" GS base refers to a base saved at kernel entry
and being part of an inactive, non-running/stopped user-task.
(The typical ptrace model.)

Here are the new functions:

  x86_fsbase_read_task()
  x86_gsbase_read_task()
  x86_fsbase_write_task()
  x86_gsbase_write_task()
  x86_fsbase_read_cpu()
  x86_fsbase_write_cpu()
  x86_gsbase_read_cpu_inactive()
  x86_gsbase_write_cpu_inactive()

As an advantage of the unified namespace we can now see all FS/GSBASE
API use in the kernel via the following 'git grep' pattern:

  $ git grep x86_.*sbase

[ mingo: Wrote new changelog. ]

Based-on-code-from: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
Suggested-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Chang S. Bae <chang.seok.bae@intel.com>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Cc: Brian Gerst <brgerst@gmail.com>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@redhat.com>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Markus T Metzger <markus.t.metzger@intel.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Ravi Shankar <ravi.v.shankar@intel.com>
Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@surriel.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1537312139-5580-3-git-send-email-chang.seok.bae@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
arch/x86/include/asm/fsgsbase.h [new file with mode: 0644]
arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c