From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757384Ab3KYOGe (ORCPT ); Mon, 25 Nov 2013 09:06:34 -0500 Received: from shadbolt.e.decadent.org.uk ([88.96.1.126]:58946 "EHLO shadbolt.e.decadent.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754597Ab3KYNxq (ORCPT ); Mon, 25 Nov 2013 08:53:46 -0500 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 From: Ben Hutchings To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org CC: akpm@linux-foundation.org, "Paul Mackerras" , "Alexander Graf" , "Paolo Bonzini" Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2013 13:44:29 +0000 Message-ID: X-Mailer: LinuxStableQueue (scripts by bwh) Subject: [PATCH 3.2 56/87] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Fix typo in saving DSCR In-Reply-To: X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 192.168.4.212 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: ben@decadent.org.uk X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No (on shadbolt.decadent.org.uk); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 3.2.53-rc1 review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Paul Mackerras commit cfc860253abd73e1681696c08ea268d33285a2c4 upstream. This fixes a typo in the code that saves the guest DSCR (Data Stream Control Register) into the kvm_vcpu_arch struct on guest exit. The effect of the typo was that the DSCR value was saved in the wrong place, so changes to the DSCR by the guest didn't persist across guest exit and entry, and some host kernel memory got corrupted. Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras Acked-by: Alexander Graf Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings --- arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_rmhandlers.S | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_rmhandlers.S +++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_rmhandlers.S @@ -922,7 +922,7 @@ END_FTR_SECTION_IFSET(CPU_FTR_ARCH_206) BEGIN_FTR_SECTION mfspr r8, SPRN_DSCR ld r7, HSTATE_DSCR(r13) - std r8, VCPU_DSCR(r7) + std r8, VCPU_DSCR(r9) mtspr SPRN_DSCR, r7 END_FTR_SECTION_IFSET(CPU_FTR_ARCH_206)