Merge branch 'x86-irq-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

Pull x86 irq updates from Ingo Molnar:
 "Here are the main changes in this tree:

   - Introduce x86-64 IRQ/exception/debug stack guard pages to detect
     stack overflows immediately and deterministically.

   - Clean up over a decade worth of cruft accumulated.

  The outcome of this should be more clear-cut faults/crashes when any
  of the low level x86 CPU stacks overflow, instead of silent memory
  corruption and sporadic failures much later on"

* 'x86-irq-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (33 commits)
  x86/irq: Fix outdated comments
  x86/irq/64: Remove stack overflow debug code
  x86/irq/64: Remap the IRQ stack with guard pages
  x86/irq/64: Split the IRQ stack into its own pages
  x86/irq/64: Init hardirq_stack_ptr during CPU hotplug
  x86/irq/32: Handle irq stack allocation failure proper
  x86/irq/32: Invoke irq_ctx_init() from init_IRQ()
  x86/irq/64: Rename irq_stack_ptr to hardirq_stack_ptr
  x86/irq/32: Rename hard/softirq_stack to hard/softirq_stack_ptr
  x86/irq/32: Make irq stack a character array
  x86/irq/32: Define IRQ_STACK_SIZE
  x86/dumpstack/64: Speedup in_exception_stack()
  x86/exceptions: Split debug IST stack
  x86/exceptions: Enable IST guard pages
  x86/exceptions: Disconnect IST index and stack order
  x86/cpu: Remove orig_ist array
  x86/cpu: Prepare TSS.IST setup for guard pages
  x86/dumpstack/64: Use cpu_entry_area instead of orig_ist
  x86/irq/64: Use cpu entry area instead of orig_ist
  x86/traps: Use cpu_entry_area instead of orig_ist
  ...

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/x86/kernel-stacks b/Documentation/x86/kernel-stacks
index 9a0aa4d3a866..d1bfb0b95ee0 100644
--- a/Documentation/x86/kernel-stacks
+++ b/Documentation/x86/kernel-stacks
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ If that assumption is ever broken then the stacks will become corrupt.
 
 The currently assigned IST stacks are :-
 
-* DOUBLEFAULT_STACK.  EXCEPTION_STKSZ (PAGE_SIZE).
+* ESTACK_DF.  EXCEPTION_STKSZ (PAGE_SIZE).
 
   Used for interrupt 8 - Double Fault Exception (#DF).
 
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ The currently assigned IST stacks are :-
   Using a separate stack allows the kernel to recover from it well enough
   in many cases to still output an oops.
 
-* NMI_STACK.  EXCEPTION_STKSZ (PAGE_SIZE).
+* ESTACK_NMI.  EXCEPTION_STKSZ (PAGE_SIZE).
 
   Used for non-maskable interrupts (NMI).
 
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ The currently assigned IST stacks are :-
   middle of switching stacks.  Using IST for NMI events avoids making
   assumptions about the previous state of the kernel stack.
 
-* DEBUG_STACK.  DEBUG_STKSZ
+* ESTACK_DB.  EXCEPTION_STKSZ (PAGE_SIZE).
 
   Used for hardware debug interrupts (interrupt 1) and for software
   debug interrupts (INT3).
@@ -86,7 +86,12 @@ The currently assigned IST stacks are :-
   avoids making assumptions about the previous state of the kernel
   stack.
 
-* MCE_STACK.  EXCEPTION_STKSZ (PAGE_SIZE).
+  To handle nested #DB correctly there exist two instances of DB stacks. On
+  #DB entry the IST stackpointer for #DB is switched to the second instance
+  so a nested #DB starts from a clean stack. The nested #DB switches
+  the IST stackpointer to a guard hole to catch triple nesting.
+
+* ESTACK_MCE.  EXCEPTION_STKSZ (PAGE_SIZE).
 
   Used for interrupt 18 - Machine Check Exception (#MC).