linux-kernel - Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] x86/amd: fix crash as Xen Dom0 on AMD Trinity systems

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Date:	Wed, 30 May 2012 10:03:34 -0500
From:	Jacob Shin <jacob.shin@....com>
To:	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>
CC:	Andre Przywara <andre.przywara@....com>,
	Jan Beulich <JBeulich@...e.com>, <mingo@...e.hu>,
	<jeremy@...p.org>, <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	<xen-devel@...ts.xensource.com>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	<hpa@...or.com>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] x86/amd: fix crash as Xen Dom0 on AMD
 Trinity systems

On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 10:50:05AM -0400, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
> On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 09:48:51AM -0500, Jacob Shin wrote:
> > On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 04:02:48PM +0200, Andre Przywara wrote:
> > > On 05/30/2012 03:33 PM, Jan Beulich wrote:
> > > >>>>On 30.05.12 at 15:10, Andre Przywara<andre.przywara@....com>  wrote:
> > > >>Because we are behind a family check before tweaking the topology
> > > >>bit, we can use the standard rd/wrmsr variants for the CPUID feature
> > > >>register.
> > > >>This fixes a crash when using the kernel as a Xen Dom0 on affected
> > > >>Trinity systems. The wrmsrl_amd_safe is not properly paravirtualized
> > > >>yet (this will be fixed in another patch).
> > > >
> > > >I'm not following: If the AMD variants (putting a special value into
> > > >%edi) can be freely replaced by the non-AMD variants, why did
> > > >the AMD special ones get used in the first place?
> > > 
> > > Older CPUs (K8) needed the AMD variants, starting with family 10h we
> > > can use the normal versions.
> > > 
> > > >Further, I can't see how checking_wrmsrl() is being paravirtualized
> > > >any better than wrmsrl_amd_safe() - both have nothing but an
> > > >exception handling fixup attached to the wrmsr invocation. Care
> > > >to point out what actual crash it is that was seen?
> > > 
> > > AFAIK, the difference is between the "l" and the regs version for
> > > rd/wrmsr. We have a patch already here to fix this. Will send it out
> > > soon. Jacob, can you comment on this?
> > 
> > Right, the checking_wrmsrl turns into wrmsr_safe which is paravirtualized
> > but the rdmsrl_amd_safe which turns into rdmsr_regs is not paravirtualized
> > by enlighten.
> 
> So would a patch to implements the rdmsr_regs fix this crash?

Yes, the following patch also fixed the crash for us:

Implement rdmsr_regs and wrmsr_regs for Xen pvops.

Signed-off-by: Jacob Shin <jacob.shin@....com>
Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org # 3.4+

diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c
index 75f33b2..f3ae5ec 100644
--- a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c
+++ b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c
@@ -945,9 +945,12 @@ static void xen_write_cr4(unsigned long cr4)
 	native_write_cr4(cr4);
 }
 
-static int xen_write_msr_safe(unsigned int msr, unsigned low, unsigned high)
+static int xen_wrmsr_safe_regs(u32 regs[8])
 {
 	int ret;
+	unsigned int msr = regs[1];
+	unsigned low = regs[0];
+	unsigned high = regs[2];
 
 	ret = 0;
 
@@ -985,12 +988,23 @@ static int xen_write_msr_safe(unsigned int msr, unsigned low, unsigned high)
 		break;
 
 	default:
-		ret = native_write_msr_safe(msr, low, high);
+		ret = native_wrmsr_safe_regs(regs);
 	}
 
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static int xen_write_msr_safe(unsigned int msr, unsigned low, unsigned high)
+{
+	u32 regs[8] = { 0 };
+
+	regs[0] = low;
+	regs[1] = msr;
+	regs[2] = high;
+
+	return xen_wrmsr_safe_regs(regs);
+}
+
 void xen_setup_shared_info(void)
 {
 	if (!xen_feature(XENFEAT_auto_translated_physmap)) {
@@ -1116,7 +1130,9 @@ static const struct pv_cpu_ops xen_cpu_ops __initconst = {
 	.wbinvd = native_wbinvd,
 
 	.read_msr = native_read_msr_safe,
+	.rdmsr_regs = native_rdmsr_safe_regs,
 	.write_msr = xen_write_msr_safe,
+	.wrmsr_regs = xen_wrmsr_safe_regs,
 	.read_tsc = native_read_tsc,
 	.read_pmc = native_read_pmc,
 


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