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_xeroxz 4 years ago
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@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ forward to guest controlled interrupt handlers such as #DB and interrupt handler
These stacks are used by bluepills interrupt routines. This is not required at all but I felt I should go the extra mile here and setup dedicated stacks for my interrupt handlers in the These stacks are used by bluepills interrupt routines. This is not required at all but I felt I should go the extra mile here and setup dedicated stacks for my interrupt handlers in the
off chance that RSP contains an invalid address when a page fault, division error, or general protection error happens. off chance that RSP contains an invalid address when a page fault, division error, or general protection error happens.
##### GDT - Global Descriptor Table #### GDT - Global Descriptor Table
The host GDT is 1:1 with the guest GDT except firstly, a different, host controlled page is used for each cores GDT. Secondly the TR segment base address is updated to reflect The host GDT is 1:1 with the guest GDT except firstly, a different, host controlled page is used for each cores GDT. Secondly the TR segment base address is updated to reflect
the new TSS (which is also 1:1 with the guest TSS but on a new page). the new TSS (which is also 1:1 with the guest TSS but on a new page).
@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ _sgdt(&gdt_value);
memcpy(vcpu->gdt, (void*)gdt_value.base_address, PAGE_SIZE); memcpy(vcpu->gdt, (void*)gdt_value.base_address, PAGE_SIZE);
``` ```
##### TSS - Task State Segment ###### TSS - Task State Segment
The host TSS is 1:1 with the guest TSS except that there are additional interrupt stack table entries. When an exception happens and execution is redirected to an interrupt handler, the address The host TSS is 1:1 with the guest TSS except that there are additional interrupt stack table entries. When an exception happens and execution is redirected to an interrupt handler, the address
in RSP cannot ***always*** be trusted. Therefore, ***especially*** on privilege level changes, RSP will be changed with a predetermined valid stack (which is located in the TSS). However if an exception happens and there is no privilege change (say you have an exception in ring-0), in RSP cannot ***always*** be trusted. Therefore, ***especially*** on privilege level changes, RSP will be changed with a predetermined valid stack (which is located in the TSS). However if an exception happens and there is no privilege change (say you have an exception in ring-0),
@ -91,3 +91,5 @@ vcpu->tss.interrupt_stack_table[idt::ist_idx::de] =
reinterpret_cast<u64>(ExAllocatePool(NonPagedPool, reinterpret_cast<u64>(ExAllocatePool(NonPagedPool,
PAGE_SIZE * HOST_STACK_PAGES)) + (PAGE_SIZE * HOST_STACK_PAGES); PAGE_SIZE * HOST_STACK_PAGES)) + (PAGE_SIZE * HOST_STACK_PAGES);
``` ```
#### IDT - Interrupt Descriptor Table
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