linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 09/18] x86/asm/64: De-Xen-ify our NMI code

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Date:   Fri, 27 Oct 2017 22:11:41 +0200
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
To:     Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
Cc:     X86 ML <x86@...nel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Brian Gerst <brgerst@...il.com>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>,
        Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 09/18] x86/asm/64: De-Xen-ify our NMI code

On Thu, Oct 26, 2017 at 01:26:41AM -0700, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
> Xen PV is fundamentally incompatible with our fancy NMI code: it
> doesn't use IST at all, and Xen entries clobber two stack slots
> below the hardware frame.
> 
> Drop Xen PV support from our NMI code entirely.
> 
> Cc: Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>
> Cc: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>
> Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
> ---
>  arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S | 30 ++++++++++++++++++------------
>  1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

Reviewed-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>

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