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authorAndy Lutomirski <[email protected]>2015-07-15 10:29:37 -0700
committerIngo Molnar <[email protected]>2015-07-17 12:50:12 +0200
commita27507ca2d796cfa8d907de31ad730359c8a6d06 (patch)
tree5d43b8cd95400c02ee2fef4f99dc8c1fb983a950 /lib/timerqueue.c
parent0b22930ebad563ae97ff3f8d7b9f12060b4c6e6b (diff)
x86/nmi/64: Reorder nested NMI checks
Check the repeat_nmi .. end_repeat_nmi special case first. The next patch will rework the RSP check and, as a side effect, the RSP check will no longer detect repeat_nmi .. end_repeat_nmi, so we'll need this ordering of the checks. Note: this is more subtle than it appears. The check for repeat_nmi .. end_repeat_nmi jumps straight out of the NMI code instead of adjusting the "iret" frame to force a repeat. This is necessary, because the code between repeat_nmi and end_repeat_nmi sets "NMI executing" and then writes to the "iret" frame itself. If a nested NMI comes in and modifies the "iret" frame while repeat_nmi is also modifying it, we'll end up with garbage. The old code got this right, as does the new code, but the new code is a bit more explicit. If we were to move the check right after the "NMI executing" check, then we'd get it wrong and have random crashes. ( Because the "NMI executing" check would jump to the code that would modify the "iret" frame without checking if the interrupted NMI was currently modifying it. ) Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: Steven Rostedt <[email protected]> Cc: Borislav Petkov <[email protected]> Cc: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <[email protected]> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <[email protected]>
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