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x86/nmi/64: Make the "NMI executing" variable more consistent 

Currently, "NMI executing" is one the first time an outermost
NMI hits repeat_nmi and zero thereafter.  Change it to be zero
each time for consistency.

This is intended to help NMI handling fail harder if it's buggy.

Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
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Andy Lutomirski 2015-07-15 10:29:40 -07:00 committed by Ingo Molnar
parent 23a781e987
commit 36f1a77b3a
1 changed files with 5 additions and 6 deletions
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@ -1441,8 +1441,8 @@ first_nmi:
/* Restore rdx. */
movq (%rsp), %rdx
/* Set "NMI executing" on the stack. */
pushq $1
/* Make room for "NMI executing". */
pushq $0
/* Leave room for the "iret" frame */
subq $(5*8), %rsp
@ -1467,11 +1467,10 @@ repeat_nmi:
* RSP is pointing to "outermost RIP". gsbase is unknown, but, if
* we're repeating an NMI, gsbase has the same value that it had on
* the first iteration. paranoid_entry will load the kernel
* gsbase if needed before we call do_nmi.
*
* Set "NMI executing" in case we came back here via IRET.
* gsbase if needed before we call do_nmi. "NMI executing"
* is zero.
*/
movq $1, 10*8(%rsp)
movq $1, 10*8(%rsp) /* Set "NMI executing". */
/*
* Copy the "outermost" frame to the "iret" frame. NMIs that nest