From def9331a12977770cc6132d79f8e6565871e8e38 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Juergen Gross Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2017 07:01:20 +0200 Subject: x86/amd: don't set X86_BUG_SYSRET_SS_ATTRS when running under Xen 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 Reviewed-by: Boris Ostrovsky Acked-by: Thomas Gleixner Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross --- arch/x86/xen/enlighten_pv.c | 1 - 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'arch/x86/xen') diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten_pv.c b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten_pv.c index b5c54ab0e195..7cd442690f9d 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); -- cgit v1.2.3-55-g7522