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SubjectRe: [patch 02/38] x86/cpu: Use native_wrmsrl() in load_percpu_segment()
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On Mon, Jul 18 2022 at 07:11, Juergen Gross wrote:
> On 17.07.22 23:54, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
>> void __init native_smp_prepare_boot_cpu(void)
>> {
>> int me = smp_processor_id();
>> - switch_to_new_gdt(me);
>> +
>> + /* SMP invokes this from setup_per_cpu_areas() */
>> + if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SMP))
>> + switch_to_real_gdt(me);
>> +
>> /* already set me in cpu_online_mask in boot_cpu_init() */
>> cpumask_set_cpu(me, cpu_callout_mask);
>> cpu_set_state_online(me);
>> --- a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten_pv.c
>> +++ b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten_pv.c
>> @@ -1164,7 +1164,7 @@ static void __init xen_setup_gdt(int cpu
>> pv_ops.cpu.write_gdt_entry = xen_write_gdt_entry_boot;
>> pv_ops.cpu.load_gdt = xen_load_gdt_boot;
>>
>> - switch_to_new_gdt(cpu);
>> + switch_to_real_gdt(cpu);
>
> ... can't you use the paravirt variant of load_gdt in switch_to_real_gdt() ?

That does not solve the problem of having a disagreement between GDT and
GS_BASE. Let me dig into this some more.

Thanks,

tglx

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