x86/fpu/xstate: Fix fpstate_init() for XRSTORS
authorYu-cheng Yu <yu-cheng.yu@intel.com>
Mon, 11 Jul 2016 16:18:56 +0000 (09:18 -0700)
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Mon, 11 Jul 2016 14:44:00 +0000 (16:44 +0200)
commit35ac2d7ba787eb4b7418a5a6f5919c25e10a780a
tree735223525166e0cdaf3451d0c401adf4267a8435
parent5060b91513b866f774da15dfd82157864c4b1683
x86/fpu/xstate: Fix fpstate_init() for XRSTORS

In XSAVES mode if fpstate_init() is used to initialize a
task's extended state area, xsave.header.xcomp_bv[63] must
be set. Otherwise, when the task is scheduled, a warning is
triggered from copy_kernel_to_xregs().

One such test case is: setting an invalid extended state
through PTRACE. When xstateregs_set() rejects the syscall
and re-initializes the task's extended state area. This triggers
the warning mentioned above.

Signed-off-by: Yu-cheng Yu <yu-cheng.yu@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <h.peter.anvin@intel.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Ravi V Shankar <ravi.v.shankar@intel.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1468253937-40008-4-git-send-email-fenghua.yu@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
arch/x86/include/asm/fpu/types.h
arch/x86/kernel/fpu/core.c
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