Re: [PATCH 2/2] x86/cpu/vmware: Fix platform detection VMWARE_PORT macro

From: Sean Christopherson
Date: Fri Oct 18 2019 - 12:38:30 EST


On Fri, Oct 18, 2019 at 03:40:52PM +0200, Thomas Hellström (VMware) wrote:
> From: Thomas Hellstrom <thellstrom@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> The platform detection VMWARE_PORT macro uses the VMWARE_HYPERVISOR_PORT
> definition, but expects it to be an integer. However, when it was moved
> to the new vmware.h include file, it was changed to be a string to better
> fit into the VMWARE_HYPERCALL set of macros. This obviously breaks the
> platform detection VMWARE_PORT functionality.
>
> Change the VMWARE_HYPERVISOR_PORT and VMWARE_HYPERVISOR_PORT_HB
> definitions to be integers, and use __stringify() for their stringified
> form when needed.
>
> Fixes: b4dd4f6e3648 ("Add a header file for hypercall definitions")
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Hellstrom <thellstrom@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: x86-ml <x86@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/x86/include/asm/vmware.h | 13 ++++++++-----
> 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/vmware.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/vmware.h
> index f5fbe3778aef..d20eda0c6ed8 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/vmware.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/vmware.h
> @@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
>
> #include <asm/cpufeatures.h>
> #include <asm/alternative.h>
> +#include <linux/stringify.h>
>
> /*
> * The hypercall definitions differ in the low word of the %edx argument
> @@ -20,8 +21,8 @@
> */
>
> /* Old port-based version */
> -#define VMWARE_HYPERVISOR_PORT "0x5658"
> -#define VMWARE_HYPERVISOR_PORT_HB "0x5659"
> +#define VMWARE_HYPERVISOR_PORT 0x5658
> +#define VMWARE_HYPERVISOR_PORT_HB 0x5659
>
> /* Current vmcall / vmmcall version */
> #define VMWARE_HYPERVISOR_HB BIT(0)
> @@ -29,7 +30,7 @@
>
> /* The low bandwidth call. The low word of edx is presumed clear. */
> #define VMWARE_HYPERCALL \
> - ALTERNATIVE_2("movw $" VMWARE_HYPERVISOR_PORT \
> + ALTERNATIVE_2("movw $" __stringify(VMWARE_HYPERVISOR_PORT) \
> ", %%dx; inl (%%dx), %%eax", \
> "vmcall", X86_FEATURE_VMCALL, \
> "vmmcall", X86_FEATURE_VMW_VMMCALL)
> @@ -39,7 +40,8 @@
> * HB and OUT bits set.
> */
> #define VMWARE_HYPERCALL_HB_OUT \
> - ALTERNATIVE_2("movw $" VMWARE_HYPERVISOR_PORT_HB ", %%dx; rep outsb", \
> + ALTERNATIVE_2("movw $" __stringify(VMWARE_HYPERVISOR_PORT_HB) \
> + ", %%dx; rep outsb", \
> "vmcall", X86_FEATURE_VMCALL, \
> "vmmcall", X86_FEATURE_VMW_VMMCALL)
>
> @@ -48,7 +50,8 @@
> * HB bit set.
> */
> #define VMWARE_HYPERCALL_HB_IN \
> - ALTERNATIVE_2("movw $" VMWARE_HYPERVISOR_PORT_HB ", %%dx; rep insb", \
> + ALTERNATIVE_2("movw $" __stringify(VMWARE_HYPERVISOR_PORT_HB) \
> + ", %%dx; rep insb", \

Same comment on wrapping in the middle of an instruction. Wrapping after
movw will stick out, but only by a char or two.

> "vmcall", X86_FEATURE_VMCALL, \
> "vmmcall", X86_FEATURE_VMW_VMMCALL)
> #endif
> --
> 2.21.0
>