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    x86/xen: Make the boot CPU idle task reliable · 2f62f36e
    Miroslav Benes authored
    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: default avatarMiroslav Benes <mbenes@suse.cz>
    Reviewed-by: default avatarJuergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarJuergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>
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