From: David Woodhouse <dwmw@xxxxxxxxxxxx> commit def9331a12977770cc6132d79f8e6565871e8e38 upstream When running as Xen pv guest X86_BUG_SYSRET_SS_ATTRS must not be set on AMD cpus. This bug/feature bit is kind of special as it will be used very early when switching threads. Setting the bit and clearing it a little bit later leaves a critical window where things can go wrong. This time window has enlarged a little bit by using setup_clear_cpu_cap() instead of the hypervisor's set_cpu_features callback. It seems this larger window now makes it rather easy to hit the problem. The proper solution is to never set the bit in case of Xen. Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@xxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@xxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@xxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <dwmw@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Srivatsa S. Bhat <srivatsa@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Matt Helsley (VMware) <matt.helsley@xxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Alexey Makhalov <amakhalov@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Bo Gan <ganb@xxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c | 5 +++-- arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c | 4 +--- 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c index f4fb8f5..9b29414 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c @@ -791,8 +791,9 @@ static void init_amd(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c) if (cpu_has(c, X86_FEATURE_3DNOW) || cpu_has(c, X86_FEATURE_LM)) set_cpu_cap(c, X86_FEATURE_3DNOWPREFETCH); - /* AMD CPUs don't reset SS attributes on SYSRET */ - set_cpu_bug(c, X86_BUG_SYSRET_SS_ATTRS); + /* AMD CPUs don't reset SS attributes on SYSRET, Xen does. */ + if (!cpu_has(c, X86_FEATURE_XENPV)) + set_cpu_bug(c, X86_BUG_SYSRET_SS_ATTRS); } #ifdef CONFIG_X86_32 diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c index 2d7ab4e..82fd84d 100644 --- a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c +++ b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c @@ -462,10 +462,8 @@ static void __init xen_init_cpuid_mask(void) static void __init xen_init_capabilities(void) { - if (xen_pv_domain()) { - setup_clear_cpu_cap(X86_BUG_SYSRET_SS_ATTRS); + if (xen_pv_domain()) setup_force_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_XENPV); - } } static void xen_set_debugreg(int reg, unsigned long val)