The patch below does not apply to the 4.1-stable tree. If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit id to <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>. thanks, greg k-h ------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------ >From 5967c17b118a2bd1dd1d554cc4eee16233e52bec Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Hildenbrand <dahi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2015 12:08:48 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] KVM: s390: enable SIMD only when no VCPUs were created We should never allow to enable/disable any facilities for the guest when other VCPUs were already created. kvm_arch_vcpu_(load|put) relies on SIMD not changing during runtime. If somebody would create and run VCPUs and then decides to enable SIMD, undefined behaviour could be possible (e.g. vector save area not being set up). Acked-by: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@xxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand <dahi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # 4.1+ diff --git a/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c b/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c index 8fe2f1c722dc..846589281b04 100644 --- a/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c +++ b/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c @@ -342,12 +342,16 @@ static int kvm_vm_ioctl_enable_cap(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_enable_cap *cap) r = 0; break; case KVM_CAP_S390_VECTOR_REGISTERS: - if (MACHINE_HAS_VX) { + mutex_lock(&kvm->lock); + if (atomic_read(&kvm->online_vcpus)) { + r = -EBUSY; + } else if (MACHINE_HAS_VX) { set_kvm_facility(kvm->arch.model.fac->mask, 129); set_kvm_facility(kvm->arch.model.fac->list, 129); r = 0; } else r = -EINVAL; + mutex_unlock(&kvm->lock); VM_EVENT(kvm, 3, "ENABLE: CAP_S390_VECTOR_REGISTERS %s", r ? "(not available)" : "(success)"); break; -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html