Re: selftests/x86/fsgsbase_64 test problem

[Andy Lutomirski]

On Fri, Jan 26, 2018 at 7:36 AM, Dan Rue <dan.rue@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> We've noticed that fsgsbase_64 can fail intermittently with the
> following error:
>
>         [RUN]   ARCH_SET_GS(0x0) and clear gs, then schedule to 0x1
>                 Before schedule, set selector to 0x1
>                 other thread: ARCH_SET_GS(0x1) -- sel is 0x0
>         [FAIL]  GS/BASE changed from 0x1/0x0 to 0x0/0x0
>
> This can be reliably reproduced by running fsgsbase_64 in a loop. i.e.
>
>     for i in $(seq 1 10000); do ./fsgsbase_64 || break; done
>
> This problem isn't new - I've reproduced it on latest mainline and every
> release going back to v4.12 (I did not try earlier). This was tested on
> a Supermicro board with a Xeon E3-1220 as well as an Intel Nuc with an
> i3-5010U.
>

Hmm, I can reproduce it, too.  I'll look in a bit.