Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 24 Aug 2018 21:18:48 +0200 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: How to report kernel panic in 4.4.x |
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On Fri, Aug 24, 2018 at 06:19:19PM +0200, Matthias B. wrote: > Bisect identified the problem. It's the attached patch. I applied it to > 4.4.152 with patch -Rp1 and I'm running the resulting kernel now. > > MSB > > -- > For every idiot-proof system there exists at least one system-proof > idiot. >
> >From 02ff2769edbce2261e981effbc3c4b98fae4faf0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 > From: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com> > Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2018 15:09:39 -0700 > Subject: [PATCH] x86/mm/pat: Make set_memory_np() L1TF safe > > commit 958f79b9ee55dfaf00c8106ed1c22a2919e0028b upstream > > set_memory_np() is used to mark kernel mappings not present, but it has > it's own open coded mechanism which does not have the L1TF protection of > inverting the address bits. > > Replace the open coded PTE manipulation with the L1TF protecting low level > PTE routines. > > Passes the CPA self test. > > Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com> > Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> > [ dwmw2: Pull in pud_mkhuge() from commit a00cc7d9dd, and pfn_pud() ] > Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <dwmw@amazon.co.uk> > [groeck: port to 4.4] > Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> > Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> > --- > arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable.h | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c | 8 ++++---- > 2 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
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Guenter, another report of this patch causing an issue. Any ideas? I am away from test systems this weekend, but can push out patches if needed.
thanks,
greg k-h
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