Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v3 1/2] x86/xen: Make the boot CPU idle task reliable

[Jürgen Groß <jgross@xxxxxxxx>]

On 26.03.20 10:26, Miroslav Benes wrote:
> The unwinder reports the boot CPU idle task's stack on XEN PV as
> unreliable, which affects at least live patching. There are two reasons
> for this. First, the task does not follow the x86 convention that its
> stack starts at the offset right below saved pt_regs. It allows the
> unwinder to easily detect the end of the stack and verify it. Second,
> startup_xen() function does not store the return address before jumping
> to xen_start_kernel() which confuses the unwinder.
>
> Amend both issues by moving the starting point of initial stack in
> startup_xen() and storing the return address before the jump, which is
> exactly what call instruction does.
>
> Signed-off-by: Miroslav Benes <mbenes@xxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@xxxxxxxx>


Juergen