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MCE: Fix vm86 handling for 32bit mce handler 

When running on 32bit the mce handler could misinterpret
vm86 mode as ring 0. This can affect whether it does recovery
or not; it was possible to panic when recovery was actually
possible.

Fix this by always forcing vm86 to look like ring 3.

Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
hifive-unleashed-5.1
Andi Kleen 2010-11-19 13:16:22 +01:00 committed by Tony Luck
parent 8571723a69
commit a129a7c845
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arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c
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@ -437,6 +437,14 @@ static inline void mce_gather_info(struct mce *m, struct pt_regs *regs)
if (m->mcgstatus & (MCG_STATUS_RIPV|MCG_STATUS_EIPV)) {
m->ip = regs->ip;
m->cs = regs->cs;
/*
* When in VM86 mode make the cs look like ring 3
* always. This is a lie, but it's better than passing
* the additional vm86 bit around everywhere.
*/
if (v8086_mode(regs))
m->cs |= 3;
}
/* Use accurate RIP reporting if available. */
if (rip_msr)