On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 09:18:20AM -0700, Jerry Jelinek wrote:
> I need a code review for my proposed fix for:
>
> 6887823 brandz on x86 should ignore %gs and simplify brand hooks
>
> There is a webrev at:
>
> http://cr.opensolaris.org/~gjelinek/webrev.6887823/
>
> This simplifies some of the handling for the %gs register, cleans up
> the interfaces with the brand modules, and consolidates common code
> into a single file.  Although the webrev looks large, most of this is because
> of moving the common code.
>

hey jerry,
looks good.  a few comments below.
ed

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usr/src/uts/i86pc/ml/syscall_asm.s

- so i think the following comment is true for lcall and int syscalls on
  32-bit kernels:

                *         --------------------------------------
                *         | user's %ss                         |
                *    |    | user's %esp                        |
                *    |    | EFLAGS register                    |
                *    |    | user's %cs                         |
                *    |    | user's %eip (user return address)  |
                *    |    | 'scratch space'                    |

  but what about sysenter syscalls?  none of that stuff will be on the
  stack.  (that's why BRAND_CALLBACK used to explicitly push the user
  return address onto the stack.)  have you tested with sysenter
  syscalls on 32-bit kernels?

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usr/src/uts/intel/brand/common/brand_asm.h

- could you create this file by doing an hg cp of sn1_brand_asm.h or
  s10_brand_asm.h?  (it preserves the history and also makes it easy
  to see changes to the defines.)

- this doesn't seem right:
        #ifndef _SYS_BRAND_ASM_H
  the SYS_ prefix is normally used by header files in /sys/.
  for this file you should probably have:
        #ifndef _BRAND_ASM_H
        #ifndef _COMMON_BRAND_ASM_H

- this file should probably #include the files which define macros
  that it uses.  for example, you should probably include:
        #include <sys/asm_linkage.h>
  i'm sure there are others as well.


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usr/src/uts/intel/brand/*/*_brand_asm.s

- you've removed all the comments that explain how the stack frame looks
  and what the assumptions are when we enter the different handlers.  i
  realize this is all documented in brand_asm.h now, but now folks don't
  know how to map each of the handlers to their running conditions.  it'd
  be nice if there was a comment for each handler pointing people to that
  the correct comments that apply to each handler.

  perhaps it would make sense to add some "tokens" to the comments in
  brand_asm.h like:
        32-BIT INTERPOSITION STACK
        32-BIT LCALL/INT STACK
        64-BIT INTERPOSITION STACK
        64-BIT LCALL/INT STACK

  and then in the comments for each brand callback you could refer the
  reader to the appropriate tokens in brand_asm.h.


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usr/src/uts/intel/brand/lx/lx_brand_asm.s

- in lx_brand_int80_callback() you have:
        * See the comment on CALC_TABLE_ADDR in brand_asm.h for an
  but this function never uses CALC_TABLE_ADDR.  it still does the
  offset calculation manually:
        shlq    $4, %rax

  i think you could clean this up by changing CHECK_FOR_HANDLER and
  CALC_TABLE_ADDR in brand_asm.h to be de
        CHECK_FOR_HANDLER(scr, handler)
        ...
        cmp     $0, handler(scr);           /* check handler */
  and:
        CALC_TABLE_ADDR(scr, handler)
        ...
        mov     handler(scr), scr;  /* get p_brand_data->handler */ \

  then you also don't need this at the top of every brand:
        #define USP_HANDLER ...

  and you can use CALC_TABLE_ADDR for jump table calculations in the lx
  brand.
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