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Message-Id: <200808181216.40397.rjw@sisk.pl>
Date:	Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:16:39 +0200
From:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc:	David Fries <david@...es.net>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix i486 suspend to disk CR4 oops

On Monday, 18 of August 2008, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> 
> * David Fries <david@...es.net> wrote:
> 
> > arch/x86/power/cpu_32.c __save_processor_state calls read_cr4() only a 
> > i486 CPU doesn't have the CR4 register.  Trying to read it produces an 
> > invalid opcode oops during suspend to disk.
> > 
> > Added the check (boot_cpu_data.x86 >= 5) before reading the register.  
> > If the value to be written is zero the write is skipped.
> > 
> > arch/x86/power/hibernate_asm_32.S
> > done: swapped the use of %eax and %ecx to use jecxz for
> > the zero test and jump over store to %cr4.
> > restore_image: s/%ecx/%eax/ to be consistent with done:
> > 
> > In addition to __save_processor_state, acpi_save_state_mem, 
> > efi_call_phys_prelog, and efi_call_phys_epilog had checks added (acpi 
> > restore was in assembly and already had a check for non-zero).  There 
> > were other reads and writes of CR4, but MCE and virtualization 
> > shouldn't be executed on a i486 anyway.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: David Fries <david@...es.net>
> 
> applied to tip/x86/urgent, thanks David. I've changed the conditions to 
> read_cr4_safe() instead - that's cleaner. Could you please check whether 
> the patch below works fine too on your box?
> 
> Rafael, Pavel - does the commit below look good to you too?
> 
> 	Ingo
> 
> ---------------------->
> From e437fa5586f2e3b2aaeba649fae52be1f9a6eabb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: David Fries <david@...es.net>
> Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2008 23:03:40 -0500
> Subject: [PATCH] x86: fix i486 suspend to disk CR4 oops
> 
> arch/x86/power/cpu_32.c __save_processor_state calls read_cr4()
> only a i486 CPU doesn't have the CR4 register.  Trying to read it
> produces an invalid opcode oops during suspend to disk.
> 
> Use the safe rc4 reading op instead. If the value to be written is
> zero the write is skipped.
> 
> arch/x86/power/hibernate_asm_32.S
> done: swapped the use of %eax and %ecx to use jecxz for
> the zero test and jump over store to %cr4.
> restore_image: s/%ecx/%eax/ to be consistent with done:
> 
> In addition to __save_processor_state, acpi_save_state_mem,
> efi_call_phys_prelog, and efi_call_phys_epilog had checks added
> (acpi restore was in assembly and already had a check for
> non-zero).  There were other reads and writes of CR4, but MCE and
> virtualization shouldn't be executed on a i486 anyway.
> 
> Signed-off-by: David Fries <david@...es.net>
> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>

Acked-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@...k.pl>

> ---
>  arch/x86/kernel/acpi/sleep.c      |    2 +-
>  arch/x86/kernel/efi_32.c          |    4 ++--
>  arch/x86/power/cpu_32.c           |    6 ++++--
>  arch/x86/power/hibernate_asm_32.S |   26 +++++++++++++++-----------
>  4 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/sleep.c b/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/sleep.c
> index 81e5ab6..426e5d9 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/sleep.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/sleep.c
> @@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ int acpi_save_state_mem(void)
>  #endif /* !CONFIG_64BIT */
>  
>  	header->pmode_cr0 = read_cr0();
> -	header->pmode_cr4 = read_cr4();
> +	header->pmode_cr4 = read_cr4_safe();
>  	header->realmode_flags = acpi_realmode_flags;
>  	header->real_magic = 0x12345678;
>  
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/efi_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/efi_32.c
> index 4b63c8e..5cab48e 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/efi_32.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/efi_32.c
> @@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ void efi_call_phys_prelog(void)
>  	 * directory. If I have PAE, I just need to duplicate one entry in
>  	 * page directory.
>  	 */
> -	cr4 = read_cr4();
> +	cr4 = read_cr4_safe();
>  
>  	if (cr4 & X86_CR4_PAE) {
>  		efi_bak_pg_dir_pointer[0].pgd =
> @@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ void efi_call_phys_epilog(void)
>  	gdt_descr.size = GDT_SIZE - 1;
>  	load_gdt(&gdt_descr);
>  
> -	cr4 = read_cr4();
> +	cr4 = read_cr4_safe();
>  
>  	if (cr4 & X86_CR4_PAE) {
>  		swapper_pg_dir[pgd_index(0)].pgd =
> diff --git a/arch/x86/power/cpu_32.c b/arch/x86/power/cpu_32.c
> index 7dc5d5c..d3e083d 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/power/cpu_32.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/power/cpu_32.c
> @@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ static void __save_processor_state(struct saved_context *ctxt)
>  	ctxt->cr0 = read_cr0();
>  	ctxt->cr2 = read_cr2();
>  	ctxt->cr3 = read_cr3();
> -	ctxt->cr4 = read_cr4();
> +	ctxt->cr4 = read_cr4_safe();
>  }
>  
>  /* Needed by apm.c */
> @@ -98,7 +98,9 @@ static void __restore_processor_state(struct saved_context *ctxt)
>  	/*
>  	 * control registers
>  	 */
> -	write_cr4(ctxt->cr4);
> +	/* cr4 was introduced in the Pentium CPU */
> +	if (ctxt->cr4)
> +		write_cr4(ctxt->cr4);
>  	write_cr3(ctxt->cr3);
>  	write_cr2(ctxt->cr2);
>  	write_cr0(ctxt->cr0);
> diff --git a/arch/x86/power/hibernate_asm_32.S b/arch/x86/power/hibernate_asm_32.S
> index b95aa6c..4fc7e87 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/power/hibernate_asm_32.S
> +++ b/arch/x86/power/hibernate_asm_32.S
> @@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ ENTRY(swsusp_arch_suspend)
>  	ret
>  
>  ENTRY(restore_image)
> -	movl	resume_pg_dir, %ecx
> -	subl	$__PAGE_OFFSET, %ecx
> -	movl	%ecx, %cr3
> +	movl	resume_pg_dir, %eax
> +	subl	$__PAGE_OFFSET, %eax
> +	movl	%eax, %cr3
>  
>  	movl	restore_pblist, %edx
>  	.p2align 4,,7
> @@ -52,17 +52,21 @@ copy_loop:
>  
>  done:
>  	/* go back to the original page tables */
> -	movl	$swapper_pg_dir, %ecx
> -	subl	$__PAGE_OFFSET, %ecx
> -	movl	%ecx, %cr3
> +	movl	$swapper_pg_dir, %eax
> +	subl	$__PAGE_OFFSET, %eax
> +	movl	%eax, %cr3
>  	/* Flush TLB, including "global" things (vmalloc) */
> -	movl	mmu_cr4_features, %eax
> -	movl	%eax, %edx
> +	movl	mmu_cr4_features, %ecx
> +	jecxz	1f	# cr4 Pentium and higher, skip if zero
> +	movl	%ecx, %edx
>  	andl	$~(1<<7), %edx;  # PGE
>  	movl	%edx, %cr4;  # turn off PGE
> -	movl	%cr3, %ecx;  # flush TLB
> -	movl	%ecx, %cr3
> -	movl	%eax, %cr4;  # turn PGE back on
> +1:
> +	movl	%cr3, %eax;  # flush TLB
> +	movl	%eax, %cr3
> +	jecxz	1f	# cr4 Pentium and higher, skip if zero
> +	movl	%ecx, %cr4;  # turn PGE back on
> +1:
>  
>  	movl saved_context_esp, %esp
>  	movl saved_context_ebp, %ebp
> 
> 


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