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Subject[PATCH 4.9 34/87] x86/amd: dont set X86_BUG_SYSRET_SS_ATTRS when running under Xen
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4.9-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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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@suse.com>
Reviewed-by: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com>
Acked-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <dwmw@amazon.co.uk>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
---
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c | 5 +++--
arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c | 4 +---
2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c
@@ -824,8 +824,9 @@ static void init_amd(struct cpuinfo_x86
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
--- a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c
+++ b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c
@@ -1977,10 +1977,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(xen_hvm_need_lapic);

static void xen_set_cpu_features(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
{
- if (xen_pv_domain()) {
- clear_cpu_bug(c, X86_BUG_SYSRET_SS_ATTRS);
+ if (xen_pv_domain())
set_cpu_cap(c, X86_FEATURE_XENPV);
- }
}

static void xen_pin_vcpu(int cpu)

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