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SubjectRe: [PATCH V10 14/14] xen/pvh: vcpu info placement, load CS selector, and remove debug printk.
On 13/12/13 02:10, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
> From: Mukesh Rathor <mukesh.rathor@oracle.com>
>
> This patch addresses 3 things:
> - Resolve vcpu info placement fixme.
> - Load CS selector for PVH after switching to new gdt.
> - Remove printk in case of failure to map pnfs in p2m. This because qemu
> has lot of expected failures when mapping HVM pages.
[...]
> @@ -1423,7 +1425,20 @@ static void __init xen_setup_stackprotector(void)
> {
> /* PVH TBD/FIXME: investigate setup_stack_canary_segment */
> if (xen_feature(XENFEAT_auto_translated_physmap)) {
> + unsigned long dummy;
> +
> switch_to_new_gdt(0);
> +#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
> + asm volatile ("pushq %0\n"
> + "leaq 1f(%%rip),%0\n"
> + "pushq %0\n"
> + "lretq\n"
> + "1:\n"
> + : "=&r" (dummy) : "0" (__KERNEL_CS));

Why does CS need to be reloaded here?

David


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