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authorJeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@goop.org>2008-03-17 23:36:52 (GMT)
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2008-03-27 15:08:45 (GMT)
commit04c44a080d2f699a3042d4e743f7ad2ffae9d538 (patch)
treef198aa2f653a8b2cd0e4d33ccc68587e9027cd81 /arch
parent5abbcf29928966b28d70f8a0da424f55582f8603 (diff)
downloadlinux-04c44a080d2f699a3042d4e743f7ad2ffae9d538.tar.xz
xen: fix RMW when unmasking events
xen_irq_enable_direct and xen_sysexit were using "andw $0x00ff, XEN_vcpu_info_pending(vcpu)" to unmask events and test for pending ones in one instuction. Unfortunately, the pending flag must be modified with a locked operation since it can be set by another CPU, and the unlocked form of this operation was causing the pending flag to get lost, allowing the processor to return to usermode with pending events and ultimately deadlock. The simple fix would be to make it a locked operation, but that's rather costly and unnecessary. The fix here is to split the mask-clearing and pending-testing into two instructions; the interrupt window between them is of no concern because either way pending or new events will be processed. This should fix lingering bugs in using direct vcpu structure access too. [ Stable: needed in 2.6.24.x ] Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@citrix.com> Cc: Stable <stable@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch')
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c2
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/xen/xen-asm.S9
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c
index 8b9ee27..1a20318 100644
--- a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c
+++ b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ struct shared_info *HYPERVISOR_shared_info = (void *)&dummy_shared_info;
*
* 0: not available, 1: available
*/
-static int have_vcpu_info_placement = 0;
+static int have_vcpu_info_placement = 1;
static void __init xen_vcpu_setup(int cpu)
{
diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/xen-asm.S b/arch/x86/xen/xen-asm.S
index 1a43b60..6b71904 100644
--- a/arch/x86/xen/xen-asm.S
+++ b/arch/x86/xen/xen-asm.S
@@ -33,12 +33,17 @@
events, then enter the hypervisor to get them handled.
*/
ENTRY(xen_irq_enable_direct)
- /* Clear mask and test pending */
- andw $0x00ff, PER_CPU_VAR(xen_vcpu_info)+XEN_vcpu_info_pending
+ /* Unmask events */
+ movb $0, PER_CPU_VAR(xen_vcpu_info)+XEN_vcpu_info_mask
+
/* Preempt here doesn't matter because that will deal with
any pending interrupts. The pending check may end up being
run on the wrong CPU, but that doesn't hurt. */
+
+ /* Test for pending */
+ testb $0xff, PER_CPU_VAR(xen_vcpu_info)+XEN_vcpu_info_pending
jz 1f
+
2: call check_events
1:
ENDPATCH(xen_irq_enable_direct)