linux-kernel - [PATCH 4.4 11/65] s390/early: improve machine detection

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Date:   Mon,  4 Feb 2019 11:36:04 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com>,
        Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@...ibm.com>,
        Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@...ibm.com>
Subject: [PATCH 4.4 11/65] s390/early: improve machine detection

4.4-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@...ibm.com>

commit 03aa047ef2db4985e444af6ee1c1dd084ad9fb4c upstream.

Right now the early machine detection code check stsi 3.2.2 for "KVM"
and set MACHINE_IS_VM if this is different. As the console detection
uses diagnose 8 if MACHINE_IS_VM returns true this will crash Linux
early for any non z/VM system that sets a different value than KVM.
So instead of assuming z/VM, do not set any of MACHINE_IS_LPAR,
MACHINE_IS_VM, or MACHINE_IS_KVM.

CC: stable@...r.kernel.org
Reviewed-by: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@...ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@...ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

---
 arch/s390/kernel/early.c |    4 ++--
 arch/s390/kernel/setup.c |    2 ++
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

--- a/arch/s390/kernel/early.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/early.c
@@ -224,10 +224,10 @@ static noinline __init void detect_machi
 	if (stsi(vmms, 3, 2, 2) || !vmms->count)
 		return;
 
-	/* Running under KVM? If not we assume z/VM */
+	/* Detect known hypervisors */
 	if (!memcmp(vmms->vm[0].cpi, "\xd2\xe5\xd4", 3))
 		S390_lowcore.machine_flags |= MACHINE_FLAG_KVM;
-	else
+	else if (!memcmp(vmms->vm[0].cpi, "\xa9\x61\xe5\xd4", 4))
 		S390_lowcore.machine_flags |= MACHINE_FLAG_VM;
 }
 
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/setup.c
@@ -833,6 +833,8 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
 		pr_info("Linux is running under KVM in 64-bit mode\n");
 	else if (MACHINE_IS_LPAR)
 		pr_info("Linux is running natively in 64-bit mode\n");
+	else
+		pr_info("Linux is running as a guest in 64-bit mode\n");
 
 	/* Have one command line that is parsed and saved in /proc/cmdline */
 	/* boot_command_line has been already set up in early.c */