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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/include/asm/debugreg.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/include/asm/debugreg.h | 26 |
1 files changed, 24 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/debugreg.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/debugreg.h index cfdf307ddc01..9ed8343c9b3c 100644 --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/debugreg.h +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/debugreg.h @@ -39,7 +39,20 @@ static __always_inline unsigned long native_get_debugreg(int regno) asm("mov %%db6, %0" :"=r" (val)); break; case 7: - asm("mov %%db7, %0" :"=r" (val)); + /* + * Apply __FORCE_ORDER to DR7 reads to forbid re-ordering them + * with other code. + * + * This is needed because a DR7 access can cause a #VC exception + * when running under SEV-ES. Taking a #VC exception is not a + * safe thing to do just anywhere in the entry code and + * re-ordering might place the access into an unsafe location. + * + * This happened in the NMI handler, where the DR7 read was + * re-ordered to happen before the call to sev_es_ist_enter(), + * causing stack recursion. + */ + asm volatile("mov %%db7, %0" : "=r" (val) : __FORCE_ORDER); break; default: BUG(); @@ -66,7 +79,16 @@ static __always_inline void native_set_debugreg(int regno, unsigned long value) asm("mov %0, %%db6" ::"r" (value)); break; case 7: - asm("mov %0, %%db7" ::"r" (value)); + /* + * Apply __FORCE_ORDER to DR7 writes to forbid re-ordering them + * with other code. + * + * While is didn't happen with a DR7 write (see the DR7 read + * comment above which explains where it happened), add the + * __FORCE_ORDER here too to avoid similar problems in the + * future. + */ + asm volatile("mov %0, %%db7" ::"r" (value), __FORCE_ORDER); break; default: BUG(); |