On 2016-02-19 13:05, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
>
>
> On 19/02/2016 12:11, Aurelien Jarno wrote:
> > On 2015-08-29 17:49, Valdis Kletnieks wrote:
> >> Compiler warning:
> >>
> >> CC [M] arch/x86/kvm/emulate.o
> >> arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c: In function "__do_insn_fetch_bytes":
> >> arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c:814:9: warning: "linear" may be used uninitialized in this function [-Wmaybe-uninitialized]
> >>
> >> GCC is smart enough to realize that the inlined __linearize may return before
> >> setting the value of linear, but not smart enough to realize the same
> >> X86EMU_CONTINUE blocks actual use of the value. However, the value of
> >> 'linear' can only be set to one value, so hoisting the one line of code
> >> upwards makes GCC happy with the code.
> >>
> >> Reported-by: Aruna Hewapathirane <aruna.hewapathirane@xxxxxxxxx>
> >> Tested-by: Aruna Hewapathirane <aruna.hewapathirane@xxxxxxxxx>
> >> Signed-off-by: Valdis Kletnieks <valdis.kletnieks@xxxxxx>
> >>
> >> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c.dist 2015-08-11 14:10:05.366061993 -0400
> >> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c 2015-08-29 13:43:13.014163958 -0400
> >> @@ -650,6 +650,7 @@ static __always_inline int __linearize(s
> >> u16 sel;
> >>
> >> la = seg_base(ctxt, addr.seg) + addr.ea;
> >> + *linear = la;
> >> *max_size = 0;
> >> switch (mode) {
> >> case X86EMUL_MODE_PROT64:
> >> @@ -693,7 +694,6 @@ static __always_inline int __linearize(s
> >> }
> >> if (insn_aligned(ctxt, size) && ((la & (size - 1)) != 0))
> >> return emulate_gp(ctxt, 0);
> >> - *linear = la;
> >> return X86EMUL_CONTINUE;
> >> bad:
> >> if (addr.seg == VCPU_SREG_SS)
> >>
> >
> > Unfortunately this patch broke GNU/Hurd when running under KVM. It fails
> > to boot almost immediately. I haven't debug it more, but it looks like
> > *linear should not always be written. This can easily be reproduced by
> > trying to boot Debian Installer from this ISO:
> >
> > http://ftp.debian-ports.org/debian-cd/hurd-i386/debian-hurd-2015/debian-hurd-2015-i386-CD-1.iso
>
> The bug is that la can be changed by the "la &= (u32)-1" line.
>
> So the fix could be like:
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c b/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c
> index 1505587d06e9..b9b09fec173b 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c
> @@ -650,10 +650,10 @@ static __always_inline int __linearize(struct x86_emulate_ctxt *ctxt,
> u16 sel;
>
> la = seg_base(ctxt, addr.seg) + addr.ea;
> - *linear = la;
> *max_size = 0;
> switch (mode) {
> case X86EMUL_MODE_PROT64:
> + *linear = la;
> if (is_noncanonical_address(la))
> goto bad;
>
> @@ -662,6 +662,7 @@ static __always_inline int __linearize(struct x86_emulate_ctxt *ctxt,
> goto bad;
> break;
> default:
> + *linear = la = (u32)la;
> usable = ctxt->ops->get_segment(ctxt, &sel, &desc, NULL,
> addr.seg);
> if (!usable)
> @@ -689,7 +690,6 @@ static __always_inline int __linearize(struct x86_emulate_ctxt *ctxt,
> if (size > *max_size)
> goto bad;
> }
> - la &= (u32)-1;
> break;
> }
> if (insn_aligned(ctxt, size) && ((la & (size - 1)) != 0))
>
>
> Can you test it?
Sorry about the other mail, I missed this one. I have just tested you
patch above, and I confirm it works fine. Thanks.
Tested-by: Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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