x86, amd: Check X86_FEATURE_OSVW bit before accessing OSVW MSRs
authorAndreas Herrmann <herrmann.der.user@googlemail.com>
Tue, 27 Apr 2010 10:13:48 +0000 (12:13 +0200)
committerH. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>
Thu, 13 May 2010 23:21:20 +0000 (16:21 -0700)
If host CPU is exposed to a guest the OSVW MSRs are not guaranteed
to be present and a GP fault occurs. Thus checking the feature flag is
essential.

Cc: <stable@kernel.org> # .32.x .33.x
Signed-off-by: Andreas Herrmann <andreas.herrmann3@amd.com>
LKML-Reference: <20100427101348.GC4489@alberich.amd.com>
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>
arch/x86/kernel/process.c

index 28ad9f4d8b94aa9743386f3f76f8f2e9634f6b10..0415c3ef91b575e3fbef8bc0870ad459769a5010 100644 (file)
@@ -546,11 +546,13 @@ static int __cpuinit check_c1e_idle(const struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
                 * check OSVW bit for CPUs that are not affected
                 * by erratum #400
                 */
-               rdmsrl(MSR_AMD64_OSVW_ID_LENGTH, val);
-               if (val >= 2) {
-                       rdmsrl(MSR_AMD64_OSVW_STATUS, val);
-                       if (!(val & BIT(1)))
-                               goto no_c1e_idle;
+               if (cpu_has(c, X86_FEATURE_OSVW)) {
+                       rdmsrl(MSR_AMD64_OSVW_ID_LENGTH, val);
+                       if (val >= 2) {
+                               rdmsrl(MSR_AMD64_OSVW_STATUS, val);
+                               if (!(val & BIT(1)))
+                                       goto no_c1e_idle;
+                       }
                }
                return 1;
        }