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author | Nadav Amit <nadav.amit@gmail.com> | 2016-05-11 15:04:29 (GMT) |
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committer | Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@redhat.com> | 2016-06-02 15:38:50 (GMT) |
commit | b19ee2ff3b287fea48a2896a381e31319394fe58 (patch) | |
tree | f1678e5632fa80ba384d77546a26fd2b6a963725 /init/version.c | |
parent | 13e98fd1efc7f65cab1bba6cfab7859840f9aa66 (diff) | |
download | linux-b19ee2ff3b287fea48a2896a381e31319394fe58.tar.xz |
KVM: x86: avoid write-tearing of TDP
In theory, nothing prevents the compiler from write-tearing PTEs, or
split PTE writes. These partially-modified PTEs can be fetched by other
cores and cause mayhem. I have not really encountered such case in
real-life, but it does seem possible.
For example, the compiler may try to do something creative for
kvm_set_pte_rmapp() and perform multiple writes to the PTE.
Signed-off-by: Nadav Amit <nadav.amit@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@redhat.com>
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