Re: [PATCH] kvm: x86: fix apic_base enable check

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On Mon, Mar 03, 2014 at 05:43:01PM +0100, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> From: Andrew Jones <drjones@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> For 3.8.13.w, 3.10, 3.11.10.w, 3.12, 3.13.

Thanks a lot Paolo.

However, it looks like I've already released 3.11 containing this commit.
Radim has already asked [1] for this commit to be included in stable
kernels.

[1] https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/1/24/362

Cheers,
--
Luís

> Commit e66d2ae7c67bd moved the assignment
> vcpu->arch.apic_base = value above a condition with
> (vcpu->arch.apic_base ^ value), causing that check
> to always fail. Use old_value, vcpu->arch.apic_base's
> old value, in the condition instead.
> 
> Fixes: e66d2ae7c67bd
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Jones <drjones@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx>
> (cherry picked from commit 0dce7cd67fd9055c4a2ff278f8af1431e646d346)
> ---
>  arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
> index 1673940cf9c3..775702f649ca 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
> @@ -1355,7 +1355,7 @@ void kvm_lapic_set_base(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 value)
>  	vcpu->arch.apic_base = value;
>  
>  	/* update jump label if enable bit changes */
> -	if ((vcpu->arch.apic_base ^ value) & MSR_IA32_APICBASE_ENABLE) {
> +	if ((old_value ^ value) & MSR_IA32_APICBASE_ENABLE) {
>  		if (value & MSR_IA32_APICBASE_ENABLE)
>  			static_key_slow_dec_deferred(&apic_hw_disabled);
>  		else
> -- 
> 1.8.5.3
> 
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