[tip:x86/trampoline] x86, realmode: Mask out EFER.LMA when saving trampoline EFER
From: tip-bot for H. Peter Anvin
Date: Wed May 16 2012 - 16:37:40 EST
Commit-ID: 796038799a72adb279d785c9154df6eeb98b6e8d
Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/796038799a72adb279d785c9154df6eeb98b6e8d
Author: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Wed, 16 May 2012 13:22:41 -0700
Committer: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Wed, 16 May 2012 13:22:41 -0700
x86, realmode: Mask out EFER.LMA when saving trampoline EFER
Some AMD processors apparently #GP(0) if EFER.LMA is set in WRMSR,
rather than ignoring it. Thus, we need to mask it out.
Reported-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1336501366-28617-24-git-send-email-jarkko.sakkinen@xxxxxxxxx
---
arch/x86/kernel/realmode.c | 11 ++++++++---
1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/realmode.c b/arch/x86/kernel/realmode.c
index 66ac276..0992779 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/realmode.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/realmode.c
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ void __init setup_real_mode(void)
size_t size = PAGE_ALIGN(real_mode_blob_end - real_mode_blob);
#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
u64 *trampoline_pgd;
+ u32 efer_low, efer_high;
#endif
/* Has to be in very low memory so we can execute real-mode AP code. */
@@ -65,9 +66,13 @@ void __init setup_real_mode(void)
trampoline_header->gdt_limit = __BOOT_DS + 7;
trampoline_header->gdt_base = __pa(boot_gdt);
#else
- if (rdmsr_safe(MSR_EFER, &trampoline_header->efer_low,
- &trampoline_header->efer_high))
- BUG();
+ /*
+ * Some AMD processors will #GP(0) if EFER.LMA is set in WRMSR
+ * so we need to mask it out.
+ */
+ rdmsr(MSR_EFER, efer_low, efer_high);
+ trampoline_header->efer_low = efer_low & ~EFER_LMA;
+ trampoline_header->efer_high = efer_high;
trampoline_header->start = (u64) secondary_startup_64;
trampoline_cr4_features = &trampoline_header->cr4;
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