Commit-ID: 8bb5643686d2898bec181c407651cf84e77d413f Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/8bb5643686d2898bec181c407651cf84e77d413f Author: Andy Lutomirski <[email protected]> AuthorDate: Wed, 9 Mar 2016 19:00:29 -0800 Committer: Ingo Molnar <[email protected]> CommitDate: Thu, 10 Mar 2016 09:48:13 +0100
x86/entry/traps: Clear DR6 early in do_debug() and improve the comment Leaving any bits set in DR6 on return from a debug exception is asking for trouble. Prevent it by writing zero right away and clarify the comment. Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <[email protected]> Cc: Andrew Cooper <[email protected]> Cc: Andy Lutomirski <[email protected]> Cc: Borislav Petkov <[email protected]> Cc: Brian Gerst <[email protected]> Cc: Denys Vlasenko <[email protected]> Cc: H. Peter Anvin <[email protected]> Cc: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]> Cc: Oleg Nesterov <[email protected]> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <[email protected]> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/3857676e1be8fb27db4b89bbb1e2052b7f435ff4.1457578375.git.l...@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <[email protected]> --- arch/x86/kernel/traps.c | 15 ++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c b/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c index 1af5621..7394be8 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c @@ -593,6 +593,18 @@ dotraplinkage void do_debug(struct pt_regs *regs, long error_code) ist_enter(regs); get_debugreg(dr6, 6); + /* + * The Intel SDM says: + * + * Certain debug exceptions may clear bits 0-3. The remaining + * contents of the DR6 register are never cleared by the + * processor. To avoid confusion in identifying debug + * exceptions, debug handlers should clear the register before + * returning to the interrupted task. + * + * Keep it simple: clear DR6 immediately. + */ + set_debugreg(0, 6); /* Filter out all the reserved bits which are preset to 1 */ dr6 &= ~DR6_RESERVED; @@ -616,9 +628,6 @@ dotraplinkage void do_debug(struct pt_regs *regs, long error_code) if ((dr6 & DR_STEP) && kmemcheck_trap(regs)) goto exit; - /* DR6 may or may not be cleared by the CPU */ - set_debugreg(0, 6); - /* Store the virtualized DR6 value */ tsk->thread.debugreg6 = dr6;
