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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] x86/amd: don't set X86_BUG_SYSRET_SS_ATTRS if forced to zero
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2017 20:00:14 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20170425180014.7533-1-jgross@suse.com> (raw)

When running as Xen pv guest X86_BUG_SYSRET_SS_ATTRS must not be set
on AMD cpus. Xen will disable this via setup_clear_cpu_cap(), so test
cpu_caps_cleared to not have disabled this bit.

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 | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c
index c36140d788fe..f659b6f534b7 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c
@@ -800,7 +800,9 @@ static void init_amd(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 			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);
+	if (!test_bit(X86_BUG_SYSRET_SS_ATTRS,
+		      (unsigned long *)cpu_caps_cleared))
+		set_cpu_bug(c, X86_BUG_SYSRET_SS_ATTRS);
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
-- 
2.12.0

             reply	other threads:[~2017-04-25 18:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-04-25 18:00 Juergen Gross [this message]
2017-04-25 18:24 ` [PATCH] x86/amd: don't set X86_BUG_SYSRET_SS_ATTRS if forced to zero Borislav Petkov
2017-04-25 18:24 ` Borislav Petkov
2017-04-25 18:34   ` Juergen Gross
2017-04-25 19:18     ` Borislav Petkov
2017-04-25 20:17       ` [Xen-devel] " Andrew Cooper
2017-04-25 20:27         ` Borislav Petkov
2017-04-25 20:27         ` [Xen-devel] " Borislav Petkov
2017-04-25 20:17       ` Andrew Cooper
2017-04-26  4:45       ` Juergen Gross
2017-04-26  6:35         ` Borislav Petkov
2017-04-26  6:35         ` Borislav Petkov
2017-04-26 18:24           ` Juergen Gross
2017-04-26 18:24           ` Juergen Gross
2017-04-26 22:04             ` Borislav Petkov
2017-04-26 22:04             ` Borislav Petkov
2017-04-27  4:44               ` Juergen Gross
2017-04-27  4:44               ` Juergen Gross
2017-04-26  4:45       ` Juergen Gross
2017-04-25 19:18     ` Borislav Petkov
2017-04-25 18:34   ` Juergen Gross
2017-04-25 18:00 Juergen Gross

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