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-rw-r--r--arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_64.S69
1 files changed, 53 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_64.S b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_64.S
index 959ca07a58d9..fca012baba19 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_64.S
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_64.S
@@ -307,11 +307,27 @@ ENTRY(startup_64)
/*
* At this point we are in long mode with 4-level paging enabled,
- * but we want to enable 5-level paging.
+ * but we might want to enable 5-level paging or vice versa.
*
- * The problem is that we cannot do it directly. Setting LA57 in
- * long mode would trigger #GP. So we need to switch off long mode
- * first.
+ * The problem is that we cannot do it directly. Setting or clearing
+ * CR4.LA57 in long mode would trigger #GP. So we need to switch off
+ * long mode and paging first.
+ *
+ * We also need a trampoline in lower memory to switch over from
+ * 4- to 5-level paging for cases when the bootloader puts the kernel
+ * above 4G, but didn't enable 5-level paging for us.
+ *
+ * The same trampoline can be used to switch from 5- to 4-level paging
+ * mode, like when starting 4-level paging kernel via kexec() when
+ * original kernel worked in 5-level paging mode.
+ *
+ * For the trampoline, we need the top page table to reside in lower
+ * memory as we don't have a way to load 64-bit values into CR3 in
+ * 32-bit mode.
+ *
+ * We go though the trampoline even if we don't have to: if we're
+ * already in a desired paging mode. This way the trampoline code gets
+ * tested on every boot.
*/
/* Make sure we have GDT with 32-bit code segment */
@@ -336,13 +352,18 @@ ENTRY(startup_64)
/* Save the trampoline address in RCX */
movq %rax, %rcx
+ /*
+ * Load the address of trampoline_return() into RDI.
+ * It will be used by the trampoline to return to the main code.
+ */
+ leaq trampoline_return(%rip), %rdi
/* Switch to compatibility mode (CS.L = 0 CS.D = 1) via far return */
pushq $__KERNEL32_CS
- leaq compatible_mode(%rip), %rax
+ leaq TRAMPOLINE_32BIT_CODE_OFFSET(%rax), %rax
pushq %rax
lretq
-lvl5:
+trampoline_return:
/* Restore the stack, the 32-bit trampoline uses its own stack */
leaq boot_stack_end(%rbx), %rsp
@@ -492,8 +513,14 @@ relocated:
jmp *%rax
.code32
+/*
+ * This is the 32-bit trampoline that will be copied over to low memory.
+ *
+ * RDI contains the return address (might be above 4G).
+ * ECX contains the base address of the trampoline memory.
+ * Non zero RDX on return means we need to enable 5-level paging.
+ */
ENTRY(trampoline_32bit_src)
-compatible_mode:
/* Set up data and stack segments */
movl $__KERNEL_DS, %eax
movl %eax, %ds
@@ -534,24 +561,34 @@ compatible_mode:
1:
movl %eax, %cr4
- /* Calculate address we are running at */
- call 1f
-1: popl %edi
- subl $1b, %edi
+ /* Calculate address of paging_enabled() once we are executing in the trampoline */
+ leal paging_enabled - trampoline_32bit_src + TRAMPOLINE_32BIT_CODE_OFFSET(%ecx), %eax
- /* Prepare stack for far return to Long Mode */
+ /* Prepare the stack for far return to Long Mode */
pushl $__KERNEL_CS
- leal lvl5(%edi), %eax
- push %eax
+ pushl %eax
- /* Enable paging back */
+ /* Enable paging again */
movl $(X86_CR0_PG | X86_CR0_PE), %eax
movl %eax, %cr0
lret
+ .code64
+paging_enabled:
+ /* Return from the trampoline */
+ jmp *%rdi
+
+ /*
+ * The trampoline code has a size limit.
+ * Make sure we fail to compile if the trampoline code grows
+ * beyond TRAMPOLINE_32BIT_CODE_SIZE bytes.
+ */
+ .org trampoline_32bit_src + TRAMPOLINE_32BIT_CODE_SIZE
+
+ .code32
no_longmode:
- /* This isn't an x86-64 CPU so hang */
+ /* This isn't an x86-64 CPU, so hang intentionally, we cannot continue */
1:
hlt
jmp 1b