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| author | Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> | 2010-05-07 11:29:25 +1000 |
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| committer | Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> | 2010-05-07 11:29:25 +1000 |
| commit | 1ed31d6db90d51010545921e59d369d2f92b7ac2 (patch) | |
| tree | 358a0b346bc8135cd5e53700eb44308b1a7c8c5b /drivers/lguest/x86/core.c | |
| parent | ceba1abcb00b0ef0b1efcd715285f6e05523edef (diff) | |
| parent | 722154e4cacf015161efe60009ae9be23d492296 (diff) | |
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Merge commit 'origin/master' into next
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diff --git a/drivers/lguest/x86/core.c b/drivers/lguest/x86/core.c index fb2b7ef..b4eb675 100644 --- a/drivers/lguest/x86/core.c +++ b/drivers/lguest/x86/core.c @@ -288,6 +288,18 @@ static int emulate_insn(struct lg_cpu *cpu) insn = lgread(cpu, physaddr, u8); /* + * Around 2.6.33, the kernel started using an emulation for the + * cmpxchg8b instruction in early boot on many configurations. This + * code isn't paravirtualized, and it tries to disable interrupts. + * Ignore it, which will Mostly Work. + */ + if (insn == 0xfa) { + /* "cli", or Clear Interrupt Enable instruction. Skip it. */ + cpu->regs->eip++; + return 1; + } + + /* * 0x66 is an "operand prefix". It means it's using the upper 16 bits * of the eax register. */ |