This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
MIPS: KVM: Allocate at least 16KB for exception handlers
to the 3.14-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:
mips-kvm-allocate-at-least-16kb-for-exception-handlers.patch
and it can be found in the queue-3.14 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
>From 7006e2dfda9adfa40251093604db76d7e44263b3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: James Hogan <james.hogan@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 29 May 2014 10:16:23 +0100
Subject: MIPS: KVM: Allocate at least 16KB for exception handlers
From: James Hogan <james.hogan@xxxxxxxxxx>
commit 7006e2dfda9adfa40251093604db76d7e44263b3 upstream.
Each MIPS KVM guest has its own copy of the KVM exception vector. This
contains the TLB refill exception handler at offset 0x000, the general
exception handler at offset 0x180, and interrupt exception handlers at
offset 0x200 in case Cause_IV=1. A common handler is copied to offset
0x2000 and offset 0x3000 is used for temporarily storing k1 during entry
from guest.
However the amount of memory allocated for this purpose is calculated as
0x200 rounded up to the next page boundary, which is insufficient if 4KB
pages are in use. This can lead to the common handler at offset 0x2000
being overwritten and infinitely recursive exceptions on the next exit
from the guest.
Increase the minimum size from 0x200 to 0x4000 to cover the full use of
the page.
Signed-off-by: James Hogan <james.hogan@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Gleb Natapov <gleb@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: kvm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: Ralf Baechle <ralf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: linux-mips@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: Sanjay Lal <sanjayl@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/mips/kvm/kvm_mips.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
--- a/arch/mips/kvm/kvm_mips.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kvm/kvm_mips.c
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ struct kvm_vcpu *kvm_arch_vcpu_create(st
if (cpu_has_veic || cpu_has_vint) {
size = 0x200 + VECTORSPACING * 64;
} else {
- size = 0x200;
+ size = 0x4000;
}
/* Save Linux EBASE */
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from james.hogan@xxxxxxxxxx are
queue-3.14/mips-kvm-allocate-at-least-16kb-for-exception-handlers.patch
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