linux-kernel - [PATCH] x86/xen: Initialize cr4 shadow for 64-bit PV(H) guests

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Message-Id: <1424707260-4302-1-git-send-email-boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com>
Date:	Mon, 23 Feb 2015 11:01:00 -0500
From:	Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>
To:	konrad.wilk@...cle.com, david.vrabel@...rix.com
Cc:	xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	luto@...capital.net, boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com
Subject: [PATCH] x86/xen: Initialize cr4 shadow for 64-bit PV(H) guests

Commit 1e02ce4cccdc ("x86: Store a per-cpu shadow copy of CR4")
introduced CR4 shadows.

These shadows are initialized in early boot code. The commit missed
initialization for 64-bit PV(H) guests that this patch adds.

Signed-off-by: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>
---
 arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c |    1 +
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c
index bd8b845..7393f3e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c
+++ b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c
@@ -1741,6 +1741,7 @@ asmlinkage __visible void __init xen_start_kernel(void)
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
 	i386_start_kernel();
 #else
+	cr4_init_shadow(); /* 32b kernel does this in i386_start_kernel() */
 	x86_64_start_reservations((char *)__pa_symbol(&boot_params));
 #endif
 }
-- 
1.7.1

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