linux-kernel - [GIT PULL] x86/urgent for v6.16-rc4

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Message-ID: <20250629084630.GAaGD9ZoXfbOG272mA@fat_crate.local>
Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2025 10:46:30 +0200
From: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: x86-ml <x86@...nel.org>, lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [GIT PULL] x86/urgent for v6.16-rc4

Hi Linus,

please pull the x86/urgent lineup for v6.16-rc4.

Thx.

---

The following changes since commit 2aebf5ee43bf0ed225a09a30cf515d9f2813b759:

  x86/alternatives: Fix int3 handling failure from broken text_poke array (2025-06-18 13:59:56 +0200)

are available in the Git repository at:

  ssh://git@...olite.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip tags/x86_urgent_for_v6.16_rc4

for you to fetch changes up to fa7d0f83c5c4223a01598876352473cb3d3bd4d7:

  x86/traps: Initialize DR7 by writing its architectural reset value (2025-06-24 13:15:52 -0700)

----------------------------------------------------------------
- Make sure DR6 and DR7 are initialized to their architectural values and not
  accidentally cleared, leading to misconfigurations

----------------------------------------------------------------
Xin Li (Intel) (2):
      x86/traps: Initialize DR6 by writing its architectural reset value
      x86/traps: Initialize DR7 by writing its architectural reset value

 arch/x86/include/asm/debugreg.h      | 19 +++++++++++++++----
 arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h      |  2 +-
 arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/debugreg.h | 21 ++++++++++++++++++++-
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c         | 24 ++++++++++--------------
 arch/x86/kernel/kgdb.c               |  2 +-
 arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c         |  2 +-
 arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c         |  2 +-
 arch/x86/kernel/traps.c              | 34 +++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 arch/x86/kvm/x86.c                   |  4 ++--
 9 files changed, 72 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)


-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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