[3.11.y.z extended stable] Patch "kvm: x86: fix apic_base enable check" has been added to staging queue
Luis Henriques
luis.henriques at canonical.com
Wed Feb 5 13:16:04 UTC 2014
This is a note to let you know that I have just added a patch titled
kvm: x86: fix apic_base enable check
to the linux-3.11.y-queue branch of the 3.11.y.z extended stable tree
which can be found at:
http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git?p=ubuntu/linux.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/linux-3.11.y-queue
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to this tree, please
reply to this email.
For more information about the 3.11.y.z tree, see
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/Dev/ExtendedStable
Thanks.
-Luis
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From: Andrew Jones <drjones at redhat.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2014 13:39:59 +0100
Subject: kvm: x86: fix apic_base enable check
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commit 0dce7cd67fd9055c4a2ff278f8af1431e646d346 upstream.
Commit e66d2ae7c67bd moved the assignment
vcpu->arch.apic_base = value above a condition with
(vcpu->arch.apic_base ^ value), causing that check
to always fail. Use old_value, vcpu->arch.apic_base's
old value, in the condition instead.
Signed-off-by: Andrew Jones <drjones at redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini at redhat.com>
Cc: Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar at redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Luis Henriques <luis.henriques at canonical.com>
---
arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
index f213cbc..256816b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
@@ -1366,7 +1366,7 @@ void kvm_lapic_set_base(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 value)
vcpu->arch.apic_base = value;
/* update jump label if enable bit changes */
- if ((vcpu->arch.apic_base ^ value) & MSR_IA32_APICBASE_ENABLE) {
+ if ((old_value ^ value) & MSR_IA32_APICBASE_ENABLE) {
if (value & MSR_IA32_APICBASE_ENABLE)
static_key_slow_dec_deferred(&apic_hw_disabled);
else
--
1.8.3.2
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