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| author | David Woodhouse <dwmw@amazon.co.uk> | 2018-07-14 02:33:24 -0700 |
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| committer | Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> | 2018-07-25 10:18:23 +0200 |
| commit | e57a81c43ca5ea32bf28c4634e903e7a4a1cbbd3 (patch) | |
| tree | a5a127ff0e5c61c5e7911532269db7d42cd66263 /tools/perf/scripts/python/export-to-postgresql.py | |
| parent | 237a1870da36fcd10f67503928c485d964726d83 (diff) | |
x86/amd: don't set X86_BUG_SYSRET_SS_ATTRS when running under Xen
commit def9331a12977770cc6132d79f8e6565871e8e38 upstream
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>
Reviewed-by: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com>
Acked-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <dwmw@amazon.co.uk>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Srivatsa S. Bhat <srivatsa@csail.mit.edu>
Reviewed-by: Matt Helsley (VMware) <matt.helsley@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Alexey Makhalov <amakhalov@vmware.com>
Reviewed-by: Bo Gan <ganb@vmware.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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