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x86/cpu: Remove X86_FEATURE_XENPV usage in setup_cpu_entry_area()
authorJuergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>
Fri, 4 Nov 2022 07:27:00 +0000 (08:27 +0100)
committerBorislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
Tue, 22 Nov 2022 15:16:25 +0000 (16:16 +0100)
Testing of X86_FEATURE_XENPV in setup_cpu_entry_area() can be removed,
as this code path is 32-bit only, and Xen PV guests are 64-bit only.

Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
Acked-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221104072701.20283-5-jgross@suse.com
arch/x86/mm/cpu_entry_area.c

index 6c2f1b76a0b61028548e33f215b1eb548ad8bf01..42cd96e7d733efddf3c420d5ae01877dc4c0cc8f 100644 (file)
@@ -138,17 +138,13 @@ static void __init setup_cpu_entry_area(unsigned int cpu)
        pgprot_t tss_prot = PAGE_KERNEL_RO;
 #else
        /*
-        * On native 32-bit systems, the GDT cannot be read-only because
+        * On 32-bit systems, the GDT cannot be read-only because
         * our double fault handler uses a task gate, and entering through
         * a task gate needs to change an available TSS to busy.  If the
         * GDT is read-only, that will triple fault.  The TSS cannot be
         * read-only because the CPU writes to it on task switches.
-        *
-        * On Xen PV, the GDT must be read-only because the hypervisor
-        * requires it.
         */
-       pgprot_t gdt_prot = boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_XENPV) ?
-               PAGE_KERNEL_RO : PAGE_KERNEL;
+       pgprot_t gdt_prot = PAGE_KERNEL;
        pgprot_t tss_prot = PAGE_KERNEL;
 #endif