linux_dsm_epyc7002/arch/x86
Sean Christopherson 61c08aa960 KVM: VMX: Compare only a single byte for VMCS' "launched" in vCPU-run
The vCPU-run asm blob does a manual comparison of a VMCS' launched
status to execute the correct VM-Enter instruction, i.e. VMLAUNCH vs.
VMRESUME.  The launched flag is a bool, which is a typedef of _Bool.
C99 does not define an exact size for _Bool, stating only that is must
be large enough to hold '0' and '1'.  Most, if not all, compilers use
a single byte for _Bool, including gcc[1].

Originally, 'launched' was of type 'int' and so the asm blob used 'cmpl'
to check the launch status.  When 'launched' was moved to be stored on a
per-VMCS basis, struct vcpu_vmx's "temporary" __launched flag was added
in order to avoid having to pass the current VMCS into the asm blob.
The new  '__launched' was defined as a 'bool' and not an 'int', but the
'cmp' instruction was not updated.

This has not caused any known problems, likely due to compilers aligning
variables to 4-byte or 8-byte boundaries and KVM zeroing out struct
vcpu_vmx during allocation.  I.e. vCPU-run accesses "junk" data, it just
happens to always be zero and so doesn't affect the result.

[1] https://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2000-10/msg01127.html

Fixes: d462b81923 ("KVM: VMX: Keep list of loaded VMCSs, instead of vcpus")
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
2019-02-12 13:12:12 +01:00
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boot x86/boot/compressed/64: Do not corrupt EDX on EFER.LME=1 setting 2019-02-06 18:56:18 +01:00
configs
crypto Merge branch 'linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/herbert/crypto-2.6 2018-12-27 13:53:32 -08:00
entry x86/entry/64/compat: Fix stack switching for XEN PV 2019-01-18 00:39:33 +01:00
events perf/x86/intel: Delay memory deallocation until x86_pmu_dead_cpu() 2019-02-04 08:44:51 +01:00
hyperv x86/hyper-v: Add HvFlushGuestAddressList hypercall support 2018-12-21 11:28:39 +01:00
ia32 Remove 'type' argument from access_ok() function 2019-01-03 18:57:57 -08:00
include Merge branch 'x86-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2019-02-10 09:57:42 -08:00
kernel Merge branch 'x86-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2019-02-10 09:57:42 -08:00
kvm KVM: VMX: Compare only a single byte for VMCS' "launched" in vCPU-run 2019-02-12 13:12:12 +01:00
lib x86: explicitly align IO accesses in memcpy_{to,from}io 2019-02-01 09:07:48 -08:00
math-emu Remove 'type' argument from access_ok() function 2019-01-03 18:57:57 -08:00
mm x86/mm/cpa: Fix set_mce_nospec() 2019-02-08 14:31:56 +01:00
net bpf: Add bpf_line_info support 2018-12-09 13:54:38 -08:00
oprofile
pci pci-v4.21-changes 2019-01-05 17:57:34 -08:00
platform Merge branch 'x86-platform-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2018-12-26 18:42:51 -08:00
power
purgatory
ras
realmode
tools
um Remove 'type' argument from access_ok() function 2019-01-03 18:57:57 -08:00
video
xen xen: fixes for 5.0-rc3 2019-01-19 05:53:41 +12:00
.gitignore
Kbuild KVM: x86: Allow Qemu/KVM to use PVH entry point 2018-12-13 13:41:49 -05:00
Kconfig x86/resctrl: Avoid confusion over the new X86_RESCTRL config 2019-02-02 10:34:52 +01:00
Kconfig.cpu
Kconfig.debug
Makefile jump_label: move 'asm goto' support test to Kconfig 2019-01-06 09:46:51 +09:00
Makefile_32.cpu
Makefile.um x86, powerpc: Remove -funit-at-a-time compiler option entirely 2018-12-09 11:55:32 +01:00