This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
x86/Xen: swap NX determination and GDT setup on BSP
to the 4.19-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
x86-xen-swap-nx-determination-and-gdt-setup-on-bsp.patch
and it can be found in the queue-4.19 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
>From ae897fda4f507e4b239f0bdfd578b3688ca96fb4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 20 May 2021 13:42:42 +0200
Subject: x86/Xen: swap NX determination and GDT setup on BSP
From: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
commit ae897fda4f507e4b239f0bdfd578b3688ca96fb4 upstream.
xen_setup_gdt(), via xen_load_gdt_boot(), wants to adjust page tables.
For this to work when NX is not available, x86_configure_nx() needs to
be called first.
[jgross] Note that this is a revert of 36104cb9012a82e73 ("x86/xen:
Delay get_cpu_cap until stack canary is established"), which is possible
now that we no longer support running as PV guest in 32-bit mode.
Cc: <stable.vger.kernel.org> # 5.9
Fixes: 36104cb9012a82e73 ("x86/xen: Delay get_cpu_cap until stack canary is established")
Reported-by: Olaf Hering <olaf@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@xxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/12a866b0-9e89-59f7-ebeb-a2a6cec0987a@xxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@xxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/xen/enlighten_pv.c | 8 ++++----
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
--- a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten_pv.c
+++ b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten_pv.c
@@ -1246,16 +1246,16 @@ asmlinkage __visible void __init xen_sta
/* Get mfn list */
xen_build_dynamic_phys_to_machine();
+ /* Work out if we support NX */
+ get_cpu_cap(&boot_cpu_data);
+ x86_configure_nx();
+
/*
* Set up kernel GDT and segment registers, mainly so that
* -fstack-protector code can be executed.
*/
xen_setup_gdt(0);
- /* Work out if we support NX */
- get_cpu_cap(&boot_cpu_data);
- x86_configure_nx();
-
/* Determine virtual and physical address sizes */
get_cpu_address_sizes(&boot_cpu_data);
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from jbeulich@xxxxxxxx are
queue-4.19/x86-xen-swap-nx-determination-and-gdt-setup-on-bsp.patch
queue-4.19/xen-pciback-reconfigure-also-from-backend-watch-handler.patch
