Always save the value of EFER, regardless of the state of NX. Since
EFER may not actually exist, use rdmsr_safe() to do so.
v2: check the return value from rdmsr_safe() instead of relying on
the output values being unchanged on error.
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Acked-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl>
Cc: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
Cc: Nigel Cunningham <nigel@tuxonice.net>
LKML-Reference: <
1258154897-6770-3-git-send-email-hpa@zytor.com>
Acked-by: Kees Cook <kees.cook@canonical.com>
#ifndef CONFIG_64BIT
store_gdt((struct desc_ptr *)&header->pmode_gdt);
- header->pmode_efer_low = nx_enabled;
- if (header->pmode_efer_low & 1) {
- /* This is strange, why not save efer, always? */
- rdmsr(MSR_EFER, header->pmode_efer_low,
- header->pmode_efer_high);
- }
+ if (rdmsr_safe(MSR_EFER, &header->pmode_efer_low,
+ &header->pmode_efer_high))
+ header->pmode_efer_low = header->pmode_efer_high = 0;
#endif /* !CONFIG_64BIT */
header->pmode_cr0 = read_cr0();