We actually do not do anything about it. Just return a default
value of zero and if the kernel tries to write anything but 0
we BUG_ON.
This fixes the case when an user tries to suspend the machine
and it blows up in save_processor_state b/c 'read_cr8' is set
to NULL and we get:
kernel BUG at /home/konrad/ssd/linux/arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt.h:100!
invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] SMP
Pid: 2687, comm: init.late Tainted: G O
3.6.0upstream-00002-gac264ac-dirty #4 Bochs Bochs
RIP: e030:[<ffffffff814d5f42>] [<ffffffff814d5f42>]
save_processor_state+0x212/0x270
.. snip..
Call Trace:
[<ffffffff810733bf>] do_suspend_lowlevel+0xf/0xac
[<ffffffff8107330c>] ? x86_acpi_suspend_lowlevel+0x10c/0x150
[<ffffffff81342ee2>] acpi_suspend_enter+0x57/0xd5
Signed-off-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.w...@oracle.com>
---
arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c | 16 +++++++++++++++-
1 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c
index 1fbe75a..e1e4636 100644
--- a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c
+++ b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c
@@ -984,7 +984,16 @@ static void xen_write_cr4(unsigned long cr4)
native_write_cr4(cr4);
}
-
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
+static inline unsigned long xen_read_cr8(void)
+{
+ return 0;
+}
+static inline void xen_write_cr8(unsigned long val)
+{
+ BUG_ON(val);
+}
+#endif
static int xen_write_msr_safe(unsigned int msr, unsigned low, unsigned high)
{
int ret;
@@ -1153,6 +1162,11 @@ static const struct pv_cpu_ops xen_cpu_ops __initconst =
{
.read_cr4_safe = native_read_cr4_safe,
.write_cr4 = xen_write_cr4,
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
+ .read_cr8 = xen_read_cr8,
+ .write_cr8 = xen_write_cr8,
+#endif
+
.wbinvd = native_wbinvd,
.read_msr = native_read_msr_safe,
--
1.7.7.6
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