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diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/stackprotector.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/stackprotector.h
index 7fb482f0f25b..b6ffe58c70fa 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/stackprotector.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/stackprotector.h
@@ -5,30 +5,23 @@
* Stack protector works by putting predefined pattern at the start of
* the stack frame and verifying that it hasn't been overwritten when
* returning from the function. The pattern is called stack canary
- * and unfortunately gcc requires it to be at a fixed offset from %gs.
- * On x86_64, the offset is 40 bytes and on x86_32 20 bytes. x86_64
- * and x86_32 use segment registers differently and thus handles this
- * requirement differently.
+ * and unfortunately gcc historically required it to be at a fixed offset
+ * from the percpu segment base. On x86_64, the offset is 40 bytes.
*
- * On x86_64, %gs is shared by percpu area and stack canary. All
- * percpu symbols are zero based and %gs points to the base of percpu
- * area. The first occupant of the percpu area is always
- * fixed_percpu_data which contains stack_canary at offset 40. Userland
- * %gs is always saved and restored on kernel entry and exit using
- * swapgs, so stack protector doesn't add any complexity there.
+ * The same segment is shared by percpu area and stack canary. On
+ * x86_64, percpu symbols are zero based and %gs (64-bit) points to the
+ * base of percpu area. The first occupant of the percpu area is always
+ * fixed_percpu_data which contains stack_canary at the approproate
+ * offset. On x86_32, the stack canary is just a regular percpu
+ * variable.
*
- * On x86_32, it's slightly more complicated. As in x86_64, %gs is
- * used for userland TLS. Unfortunately, some processors are much
- * slower at loading segment registers with different value when
- * entering and leaving the kernel, so the kernel uses %fs for percpu
- * area and manages %gs lazily so that %gs is switched only when
- * necessary, usually during task switch.
+ * Putting percpu data in %fs on 32-bit is a minor optimization compared to
+ * using %gs. Since 32-bit userspace normally has %fs == 0, we are likely
+ * to load 0 into %fs on exit to usermode, whereas with percpu data in
+ * %gs, we are likely to load a non-null %gs on return to user mode.
*
- * As gcc requires the stack canary at %gs:20, %gs can't be managed
- * lazily if stack protector is enabled, so the kernel saves and
- * restores userland %gs on kernel entry and exit. This behavior is
- * controlled by CONFIG_X86_32_LAZY_GS and accessors are defined in
- * system.h to hide the details.
+ * Once we are willing to require GCC 8.1 or better for 64-bit stackprotector
+ * support, we can remove some of this complexity.
*/
#ifndef _ASM_STACKPROTECTOR_H
@@ -45,14 +38,6 @@
#include <linux/sched.h>
/*
- * 24 byte read-only segment initializer for stack canary. Linker
- * can't handle the address bit shifting. Address will be set in
- * head_32 for boot CPU and setup_per_cpu_areas() for others.
- */
-#define GDT_STACK_CANARY_INIT \
- [GDT_ENTRY_STACK_CANARY] = GDT_ENTRY_INIT(0x4090, 0, 0x18),
-
-/*
* Initialize the stackprotector canary value.
*
* NOTE: this must only be called from functions that never return
@@ -86,7 +71,7 @@ static __always_inline void boot_init_stack_canary(void)
#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
this_cpu_write(fixed_percpu_data.stack_canary, canary);
#else
- this_cpu_write(stack_canary.canary, canary);
+ this_cpu_write(__stack_chk_guard, canary);
#endif
}
@@ -95,48 +80,16 @@ static inline void cpu_init_stack_canary(int cpu, struct task_struct *idle)
#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
per_cpu(fixed_percpu_data.stack_canary, cpu) = idle->stack_canary;
#else
- per_cpu(stack_canary.canary, cpu) = idle->stack_canary;
-#endif
-}
-
-static inline void setup_stack_canary_segment(int cpu)
-{
-#ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
- unsigned long canary = (unsigned long)&per_cpu(stack_canary, cpu);
- struct desc_struct *gdt_table = get_cpu_gdt_rw(cpu);
- struct desc_struct desc;
-
- desc = gdt_table[GDT_ENTRY_STACK_CANARY];
- set_desc_base(&desc, canary);
- write_gdt_entry(gdt_table, GDT_ENTRY_STACK_CANARY, &desc, DESCTYPE_S);
-#endif
-}
-
-static inline void load_stack_canary_segment(void)
-{
-#ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
- asm("mov %0, %%gs" : : "r" (__KERNEL_STACK_CANARY) : "memory");
+ per_cpu(__stack_chk_guard, cpu) = idle->stack_canary;
#endif
}
#else /* STACKPROTECTOR */
-#define GDT_STACK_CANARY_INIT
-
/* dummy boot_init_stack_canary() is defined in linux/stackprotector.h */
-static inline void setup_stack_canary_segment(int cpu)
-{ }
-
static inline void cpu_init_stack_canary(int cpu, struct task_struct *idle)
{ }
-static inline void load_stack_canary_segment(void)
-{
-#ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
- asm volatile ("mov %0, %%gs" : : "r" (0));
-#endif
-}
-
#endif /* STACKPROTECTOR */
#endif /* _ASM_STACKPROTECTOR_H */