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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>2015-10-07 11:24:24 +0200
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>2015-10-07 11:24:24 +0200
commit25a9a924c0c8723ced99179eb639e8c5372a2557 (patch)
tree83170168d50b9703486327b5b3a0bfb1d8da9b2b /arch/x86/entry
parent0b101e62afe626ecae60173f92f1e0ec72151653 (diff)
parenta0eeb8dd34f21fddfe85b37832b5f3d02ee6e34b (diff)
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Merge branch 'linus' into x86/asm, to pick up fixes before applying new changes
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/entry')
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S16
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S b/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S
index d303318..055a01d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S
+++ b/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S
@@ -1128,7 +1128,18 @@ END(error_exit)
/* Runs on exception stack */
ENTRY(nmi)
+ /*
+ * Fix up the exception frame if we're on Xen.
+ * PARAVIRT_ADJUST_EXCEPTION_FRAME is guaranteed to push at most
+ * one value to the stack on native, so it may clobber the rdx
+ * scratch slot, but it won't clobber any of the important
+ * slots past it.
+ *
+ * Xen is a different story, because the Xen frame itself overlaps
+ * the "NMI executing" variable.
+ */
PARAVIRT_ADJUST_EXCEPTION_FRAME
+
/*
* We allow breakpoints in NMIs. If a breakpoint occurs, then
* the iretq it performs will take us out of NMI context.
@@ -1179,9 +1190,12 @@ ENTRY(nmi)
* we don't want to enable interrupts, because then we'll end
* up in an awkward situation in which IRQs are on but NMIs
* are off.
+ *
+ * We also must not push anything to the stack before switching
+ * stacks lest we corrupt the "NMI executing" variable.
*/
- SWAPGS
+ SWAPGS_UNSAFE_STACK
cld
movq %rsp, %rdx
movq PER_CPU_VAR(cpu_current_top_of_stack), %rsp
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