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| author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2015-09-27 06:51:42 -0400 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2015-09-27 06:51:42 -0400 |
| commit | 162e6df47c4f80c87cb617ec473eca015df454ca (patch) | |
| tree | 3b0a445994d3fad35ebed41d10316d6d5bdef941 /arch/x86/kernel/paravirt.c | |
| parent | 5a6bdf06bbd022db25d9935273b409c337c48a6b (diff) | |
| parent | 83c133cf11fb0e68a51681447e372489f052d40e (diff) | |
Merge branch 'x86-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
Pull x86 fixes from Thomas Gleixner:
"Two bugfixes from Andy addressing at least some of the subtle NMI
related wreckage which has been reported by Sasha Levin"
* 'x86-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
x86/nmi/64: Fix a paravirt stack-clobbering bug in the NMI code
x86/paravirt: Replace the paravirt nop with a bona fide empty function
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/kernel/paravirt.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/kernel/paravirt.c | 16 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/paravirt.c b/arch/x86/kernel/paravirt.c index f68e48f5f6c2..c2130aef3f9d 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/paravirt.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/paravirt.c @@ -41,10 +41,18 @@ #include <asm/timer.h> #include <asm/special_insns.h> -/* nop stub */ -void _paravirt_nop(void) -{ -} +/* + * nop stub, which must not clobber anything *including the stack* to + * avoid confusing the entry prologues. + */ +extern void _paravirt_nop(void); +asm (".pushsection .entry.text, \"ax\"\n" + ".global _paravirt_nop\n" + "_paravirt_nop:\n\t" + "ret\n\t" + ".size _paravirt_nop, . - _paravirt_nop\n\t" + ".type _paravirt_nop, @function\n\t" + ".popsection"); /* identity function, which can be inlined */ u32 _paravirt_ident_32(u32 x) |