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SubjectRe: [patch 01/60] x86/entry/64/paravirt: Use paravirt-safe macro to access eflags
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On 04/12/17 15:07, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> From: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com>
>
> Commit 1d3e53e8624a ("x86/entry/64: Refactor IRQ stacks and make them
> NMI-safe") added DEBUG_ENTRY_ASSERT_IRQS_OFF macro that acceses eflags
> using 'pushfq' instruction when testing for IF bit. On PV Xen guests
> looking at IF flag directly will always see it set, resulting in 'ud2'.
>
> Introduce SAVE_FLAGS() macro that will use appropriate save_fl pv op when
> running paravirt.
>
> Signed-off-by: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
> Cc: jgross@suse.com
> Cc: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org
> Cc: luto@kernel.org
> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/1512159805-6314-1-git-send-email-boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com

Reviewed-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>


Juergen

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