[PATCH] i386: Allow a kernel not to be in ring 0

We allow for the fact that the guest kernel may not run in ring 0.  This
requires some abstraction in a few places when setting %cs or checking
privilege level (user vs kernel).

This is Chris' [RFC PATCH 15/33] move segment checks to subarch, except rather
than using #define USER_MODE_MASK which depends on a config option, we use
Zach's more flexible approach of assuming ring 3 == userspace.  I also used
"get_kernel_rpl()" over "get_kernel_cs()" because I think it reads better in
the code...

1) Remove the hardcoded 3 and introduce #define SEGMENT_RPL_MASK 3 2) Add a
get_kernel_rpl() macro, and don't assume it's zero.

And:

Clean up of patch for letting kernel run other than ring 0:

a. Add some comments about the SEGMENT_IS_*_CODE() macros.
b. Add a USER_RPL macro.  (Code was comparing a value to a mask
   in some places and to the magic number 3 in other places.)
c. Add macros for table indicator field and use them.
d. Change the entry.S tests for LDT stack segment to use the macros

Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Signed-off-by: Zachary Amsden <zach@vmware.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xensource.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/arch/i386/mm/extable.c b/arch/i386/mm/extable.c
index de03c5430abc..0ce4f22a2635 100644
--- a/arch/i386/mm/extable.c
+++ b/arch/i386/mm/extable.c
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ int fixup_exception(struct pt_regs *regs)
 	const struct exception_table_entry *fixup;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PNPBIOS
-	if (unlikely((regs->xcs & ~15) == (GDT_ENTRY_PNPBIOS_BASE << 3)))
+	if (unlikely(SEGMENT_IS_PNP_CODE(regs->xcs)))
 	{
 		extern u32 pnp_bios_fault_eip, pnp_bios_fault_esp;
 		extern u32 pnp_bios_is_utter_crap;