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    amd64: Avoid copying td_frame from kernel procs · ca1e447b
    Mark Johnston authored
    When creating a new thread, we unconditionally copy td_frame from the
    creating thread.  For threads which never return to user mode, this is
    unnecessary since td_frame just points to the base of the stack or a
    random interrupt frame.
    
    If KASAN is configured this copying may also trigger false positives
    since the td_frame region may contain poisoned stack regions.  It was
    not noticed before since thread0 used a dummy proc0_tf trapframe, and
    kernel procs are generally created by thread0.  Since commit
    df8dd602, though, we call
    cpu_thread_alloc(&thread0) when initializing FPU state, which
    reinitializes thread0.td_frame.
    
    Work around the problem by not copying the frame unless the copying
    thread came from user mode.  While here, de-duplicate the copying and
    remove redundant re(initialization) of td_frame.
    
    Reported by:	syzbot+2ec89312bffbf38d9aec@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
    Reviewed by:	kib
    Fixes:		df8dd602
    MFC after:	2 weeks
    Sponsored by:	The FreeBSD Foundation
    Differential Revision:	https://reviews.freebsd.org/D32057
    ca1e447b