linux-kernel - [PATCH 6/8] x86/fpu: #NM without FPU emulation is an error

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Date:   Mon, 31 Oct 2016 15:18:47 -0700
From:   Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
To:     x86@...nel.org
Cc:     Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>,
        kvm list <kvm@...r.kernel.org>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 6/8] x86/fpu: #NM without FPU emulation is an error

don't use CR0.TS.  Make it an error rather than making nonsensical
changes to the FPU state.

(The cond_local_irq_enable() appears to have been pointless, too.)

Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/traps.c | 20 ++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c b/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c
index bd4e3d4d3625..bf0c6d049080 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c
@@ -853,6 +853,8 @@ do_spurious_interrupt_bug(struct pt_regs *regs, long error_code)
 dotraplinkage void
 do_device_not_available(struct pt_regs *regs, long error_code)
 {
+	unsigned long cr0;
+
 	RCU_LOCKDEP_WARN(!rcu_is_watching(), "entry code didn't wake RCU");
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MATH_EMULATION
@@ -866,10 +868,20 @@ do_device_not_available(struct pt_regs *regs, long error_code)
 		return;
 	}
 #endif
-	fpu__restore(&current->thread.fpu); /* interrupts still off */
-#ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
-	cond_local_irq_enable(regs);
-#endif
+
+	/* This should not happen. */
+	cr0 = read_cr0();
+	if (WARN(cr0 & X86_CR0_TS, "CR0.TS was set")) {
+		/* Try to fix it up and carry on. */
+		write_cr0(cr0 & ~X86_CR0_TS);
+	} else {
+		/*
+		 * Something terrible happened, and we're better off trying
+		 * to kill the task than getting stuck in a never-ending
+		 * loop of #NM faults.
+		 */
+		die("unexpected #NM exception", regs, error_code);
+	}
 }
 NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(do_device_not_available);
 
-- 
2.7.4