x86: Fix VMI && stack protector
authorAlok Kataria <akataria@vmware.com>
Tue, 4 Aug 2009 22:34:22 +0000 (15:34 -0700)
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Wed, 5 Aug 2009 08:20:29 +0000 (10:20 +0200)
With CONFIG_STACK_PROTECTOR turned on, VMI doesn't boot with
more than one processor. The problem is with the gs value not
being initialized correctly when registering the secondary
processor for VMI's case.

The patch below initializes the gs value for the AP to
__KERNEL_STACK_CANARY. Without this the secondary processor
keeps on taking a GP on every gs access.

Signed-off-by: Alok N Kataria <akataria@vmware.com>
Cc: <stable@kernel.org> # for v2.6.30.x
LKML-Reference: <1249425262.18955.40.camel@ank32.eng.vmware.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
arch/x86/kernel/vmi_32.c

index b263423fbe2ae971424c5bd99c112ac984413383..95a7289e4b0cdd8cc7b88f0504a93b205f2a6934 100644 (file)
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ vmi_startup_ipi_hook(int phys_apicid, unsigned long start_eip,
        ap.ds = __USER_DS;
        ap.es = __USER_DS;
        ap.fs = __KERNEL_PERCPU;
-       ap.gs = 0;
+       ap.gs = __KERNEL_STACK_CANARY;
 
        ap.eflags = 0;