From: Joerg Roedel <jroedel@xxxxxxx> Make sure there is a stack once the kernel runs from virual addresses. At this stage any secondary CPU which boots will have lost its stack because the kernel switched to a new page-table which does not map the real-mode stack anymore. This is also needed for handling early #VC exceptions caused by instructions like CPUID. Signed-off-by: Joerg Roedel <jroedel@xxxxxxx> --- arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S | 9 ++++++--- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S b/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S index 1be178be1566..b8ba72f31be9 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S @@ -194,6 +194,12 @@ SYM_CODE_START(secondary_startup_64) movl initial_gs+4(%rip),%edx wrmsr + /* + * Setup a boot time stack - Any secondary CPU will have lost its stack + * by now because the cr3-switch above unmaps the real-mode stack + */ + movq initial_stack(%rip), %rsp + /* Check if nx is implemented */ movl $0x80000001, %eax cpuid @@ -214,9 +220,6 @@ SYM_CODE_START(secondary_startup_64) /* Make changes effective */ movq %rax, %cr0 - /* Setup a boot time stack */ - movq initial_stack(%rip), %rsp - /* zero EFLAGS after setting rsp */ pushq $0 popfq -- 2.17.1