This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled x86-64/realmode: Add instruction suffix to the 4.14-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: x86-64-realmode-add-instruction-suffix.patch and it can be found in the queue-4.14 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. >From 8554004a0231dedf44d4d62147fb3d6a6db489aa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jan Beulich <JBeulich@xxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2018 08:06:14 -0700 Subject: x86-64/realmode: Add instruction suffix From: Jan Beulich <JBeulich@xxxxxxxx> commit 8554004a0231dedf44d4d62147fb3d6a6db489aa upstream. Omitting suffixes from instructions in AT&T mode is bad practice when operand size cannot be determined by the assembler from register operands, and is likely going to be warned about by upstream GAS in the future (mine does already). Add the single missing suffix here. Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Brian Gerst <brgerst@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/5A8AF5F602000078001A9230@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/x86/realmode/rm/trampoline_64.S | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/arch/x86/realmode/rm/trampoline_64.S +++ b/arch/x86/realmode/rm/trampoline_64.S @@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ ENTRY(startup_32) * don't we'll eventually crash trying to execute encrypted * instructions. */ - bt $TH_FLAGS_SME_ACTIVE_BIT, pa_tr_flags + btl $TH_FLAGS_SME_ACTIVE_BIT, pa_tr_flags jnc .Ldone movl $MSR_K8_SYSCFG, %ecx rdmsr Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from JBeulich@xxxxxxxx are queue-4.14/x86-ldt-avoid-warning-in-32-bit-builds-with-older-gcc.patch queue-4.14/x86-asm-improve-how-gen_-_suffixed_rmwcc-specify-clobbers.patch queue-4.14/x86-64-realmode-add-instruction-suffix.patch