Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86/amd_node: fix integer divide by zero during init

From: Borislav Petkov

Date: Wed Dec 03 2025 - 16:18:36 EST


On Fri, Nov 14, 2025 at 07:57:35PM +0000, Steven Noonan wrote:
> On a Xen dom0 boot, this feature does not behave, and we end up
> calculating:
>
> num_roots = 1
> num_nodes = 2
> roots_per_node = 0
>
> This causes a divide-by-zero in the modulus inside the loop.
>
> This change adds a couple of guards for invalid states where we might
> get a divide-by-zero.
>
> Signed-off-by: Steven Noonan <steven@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Ariadne Conill <ariadne@ariadne.space>
> CC: Yazen Ghannam <yazen.ghannam@xxxxxxx>
> CC: x86@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> CC: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> ---
> arch/x86/kernel/amd_node.c | 11 +++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/amd_node.c b/arch/x86/kernel/amd_node.c
> index 3d0a4768d603c..cdc6ba224d4ad 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/amd_node.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/amd_node.c
> @@ -282,6 +282,17 @@ static int __init amd_smn_init(void)

That better not be loading at all on a X86_FEATURE_HYPERVISOR configuration.

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Regards/Gruss,
Boris.

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