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From: Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org,
	x86@kernel.org
Cc: boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com, hpa@zytor.com, tglx@linutronix.de,
	mingo@redhat.com, Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>
Subject: [PATCH v3] x86/amd: don't set X86_BUG_SYSRET_SS_ATTRS when running under Xen
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2017 07:01:20 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20170427050120.6894-1-jgross@suse.com> (raw)

When running as Xen pv guest X86_BUG_SYSRET_SS_ATTRS must not be set
on AMD cpus.

This bug/feature bit is kind of special as it will be used very early
when switching threads. Setting the bit and clearing it a little bit
later leaves a critical window where things can go wrong. This time
window has enlarged a little bit by using setup_clear_cpu_cap() instead
of the hypervisor's set_cpu_features callback. It seems this larger
window now makes it rather easy to hit the problem.

The proper solution is to never set the bit in case of Xen.

Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c   | 5 +++--
 arch/x86/xen/enlighten_pv.c | 1 -
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c
index c36140d788fe..b6da6e75e3a8 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c
@@ -799,8 +799,9 @@ static void init_amd(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 		if (cpu_has(c, X86_FEATURE_3DNOW) || cpu_has(c, X86_FEATURE_LM))
 			set_cpu_cap(c, X86_FEATURE_3DNOWPREFETCH);
 
-	/* AMD CPUs don't reset SS attributes on SYSRET */
-	set_cpu_bug(c, X86_BUG_SYSRET_SS_ATTRS);
+	/* AMD CPUs don't reset SS attributes on SYSRET, Xen does. */
+	if (!cpu_has(c, X86_FEATURE_XENPV))
+		set_cpu_bug(c, X86_BUG_SYSRET_SS_ATTRS);
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten_pv.c b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten_pv.c
index a1af4f68278f..dcfd07faf1c3 100644
--- a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten_pv.c
+++ b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten_pv.c
@@ -290,7 +290,6 @@ static bool __init xen_check_xsave(void)
 
 static void __init xen_init_capabilities(void)
 {
-	setup_clear_cpu_cap(X86_BUG_SYSRET_SS_ATTRS);
 	setup_force_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_XENPV);
 	setup_clear_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_DCA);
 	setup_clear_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_APERFMPERF);
-- 
2.12.0

             reply	other threads:[~2017-04-27  5:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-04-27  5:01 Juergen Gross [this message]
2017-05-05  5:09 ` [PATCH v3] x86/amd: don't set X86_BUG_SYSRET_SS_ATTRS when running under Xen Juergen Gross
2017-05-05 16:02   ` Boris Ostrovsky
2017-05-11 10:31 ` Juergen Gross
2017-05-11 12:46   ` Thomas Gleixner

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