On Fri, Nov 20, 2020 at 12:46:21PM +0100, Juergen Gross wrote:
> SWAPGS is used only for interrupts coming from user mode or for
> returning to user mode. So there is no reason to use the PARAVIRT
> framework, as it can easily be replaced by an ALTERNATIVE depending
> on X86_FEATURE_XENPV.
>
> There are several instances using the PV-aware SWAPGS macro in paths
> which are never executed in a Xen PV guest. Replace those with the
> plain swapgs instruction. For SWAPGS_UNSAFE_STACK the same applies.
>
> Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@xxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S | 10 +++++-----
> arch/x86/include/asm/irqflags.h | 20 ++++++++------------
> arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt.h | 20 --------------------
> arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt_types.h | 2 --
> arch/x86/kernel/asm-offsets_64.c | 1 -
> arch/x86/kernel/paravirt.c | 1 -
> arch/x86/kernel/paravirt_patch.c | 3 ---
> arch/x86/xen/enlighten_pv.c | 3 ---
> 8 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 47 deletions(-)
I love patches like this one! Give me more...
Reviewed-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx>
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Regards/Gruss,
Boris.
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