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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
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Linus Torvalds committed Sep 27, 2015
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16 changes: 15 additions & 1 deletion arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S
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/* Runs on exception stack */
ENTRY(nmi)
/*
* Fix up the exception frame if we're on Xen.
* PARAVIRT_ADJUST_EXCEPTION_FRAME is guaranteed to push at most
* one value to the stack on native, so it may clobber the rdx
* scratch slot, but it won't clobber any of the important
* slots past it.
*
* Xen is a different story, because the Xen frame itself overlaps
* the "NMI executing" variable.
*/
PARAVIRT_ADJUST_EXCEPTION_FRAME

/*
* We allow breakpoints in NMIs. If a breakpoint occurs, then
* the iretq it performs will take us out of NMI context.
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* we don't want to enable interrupts, because then we'll end
* up in an awkward situation in which IRQs are on but NMIs
* are off.
*
* We also must not push anything to the stack before switching
* stacks lest we corrupt the "NMI executing" variable.
*/

SWAPGS
SWAPGS_UNSAFE_STACK
cld
movq %rsp, %rdx
movq PER_CPU_VAR(cpu_current_top_of_stack), %rsp
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16 changes: 12 additions & 4 deletions arch/x86/kernel/paravirt.c
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#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)
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