arch/x86,cpu/x86: Introduce new method for accessing cpu_info
There is currently a fundamental flaw in the current cpu_info()
implementation. It assumes that current stack is CONFIG_STACK_SIZE
aligned. This assumption breaks down when performing SMM relocation.
The first step in performing SMM relocation is changing the SMBASE. This
is accomplished by installing the smmstub at 0x00038000, which is the
default SMM entry point. The stub is configured to set up a new stack
with the size of 1 KiB (CONFIG_SMM_STUB_STACK_SIZE), and an entry point
of smm_do_relocation located in RAMSTAGE RAM.
This means that when smm_do_relocation is executed, it is running in SMM
with a different sized stack. When cpu_info() gets called it will be
using CONFIG_STACK_SIZE to calculate the location of the cpu_info
struct. This results in reading random memory. Since cpu_info() has to
run in multiple environments, we can't use a compile time constant to
locate the cpu_info struct.
This CL introduces a new way of locating cpu_info. It uses a per-cpu
segment descriptor that points to a per-cpu segment that is allocated on
the stack. By using a segment descriptor to point to the per-cpu data,
we no longer need to calculate the location of the cpu_info struct. This
has the following advantages:
* Stacks no longer need to be CONFIG_STACK_SIZE aligned.
* Accessing an unconfigured segment will result in an exception. This
ensures no one can call cpu_info() from an unsupported environment.
* Segment selectors are cleared when entering SMM and restored when
leaving SMM.
* There is a 1:1 mapping between cpu and cpu_info. When using
COOP_MULTITASKING, a new cpu_info is currently allocated at the top of
each thread's stack. This no longer needs to happen.
This CL guards most of the code with CONFIG(CPU_INFO_V2). I did this so
reviewers can feel more comfortable knowing most of the CL is a no-op. I
would eventually like to remove most of the guards though.
This CL does not touch the LEGACY_SMP_INIT code path. I don't have any
way of testing it.
The %gs segment was chosen over the %fs segment because it's what the
linux kernel uses for per-cpu data in x86_64 mode.
BUG=b:194391185, b:179699789
TEST=Boot guybrush with CPU_INFO_V2 and verify BSP and APs have correct
%gs segment. Verify cpu_info looks sane. Verify booting to the OS
works correctly with COOP_MULTITASKING enabled.
Signed-off-by: Raul E Rangel <rrangel@chromium.org>
Change-Id: I79dce9597cb784acb39a96897fb3c2f2973bfd98
Reviewed-on: https://review.coreboot.org/c/coreboot/+/57627
Tested-by: build bot (Jenkins) <no-reply@coreboot.org>
Reviewed-by: Eric Peers <epeers@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Karthik Ramasubramanian <kramasub@google.com>
diff --git a/src/cpu/x86/Kconfig b/src/cpu/x86/Kconfig
index a5c2a4d..99e33bb 100644
--- a/src/cpu/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/src/cpu/x86/Kconfig
@@ -193,3 +193,11 @@
the system BIOS and the last 2 are to be reserved for OS usage.
However, modern OSes use PAT to control cacheability instead of
using MTRRs.
+
+config CPU_INFO_V2
+ bool
+ depends on PARALLEL_MP
+ help
+ Enables the new method of locating struct cpu_info. This new method
+ uses the %gs segment to locate the cpu_info pointer. The old method
+ relied on the stack being CONFIG_STACK_SIZE aligned.