linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.2 01/67] KVM: vmx: fix MPX detection

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Date:	Tue, 23 Feb 2016 21:42:03 +0000
From:	Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
CC:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, "Paolo Bonzini" <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
	"Fengguang Wu" <fengguang.wu@...el.com>,
	"Brad Spengler" <spender@...ecurity.net>,
	"Jet Chen" <jet.chen@...el.com>, kvm@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 3.2 01/67] KVM: vmx: fix MPX detection

3.2.78-rc1 review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>

commit 920c837785699bcc48f4a729ba9ee3492f620b95 upstream.

kvm_x86_ops is still NULL at this point.  Since kvm_init_msr_list
cannot fail, it is safe to initialize it before the call.

Fixes: 93c4adc7afedf9b0ec190066d45b6d67db5270da
Reported-by: Fengguang Wu <fengguang.wu@...el.com>
Tested-by: Jet Chen <jet.chen@...el.com>
Cc: kvm@...r.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
Cc: Brad Spengler <spender@...ecurity.net>
[bwh: Dependency of "KVM: x86: expose MSR_TSC_AUX to userspace",
 applied in 3.2.77]
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
---
 arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -5257,9 +5257,10 @@ int kvm_arch_init(void *opaque)
 		goto out;
 
 	kvm_set_mmio_spte_mask();
-	kvm_init_msr_list();
 
 	kvm_x86_ops = ops;
+	kvm_init_msr_list();
+
 	kvm_mmu_set_mask_ptes(PT_USER_MASK, PT_ACCESSED_MASK,
 			PT_DIRTY_MASK, PT64_NX_MASK, 0);