On Wed, 8 Feb 2017 18:30:56 -0700
k...@exchange.microsoft.com wrote:
> From: K. Y. Srinivasan <k...@microsoft.com>
>
> The hypercall page only needs to be executable but currently it is setup to
> be writable as well. Fix the issue.
>
> Signed-off-by: K. Y. Srinivasan <k...@microsoft.com>
> Cc: <sta...@vger.kernel.org>
> ---
> arch/x86/hyperv/hv_init.c | 2 +-
> 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/hyperv/hv_init.c b/arch/x86/hyperv/hv_init.c
> index c224b7d..db64baf 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/hyperv/hv_init.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/hyperv/hv_init.c
> @@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ void hyperv_init(void)
> guest_id = generate_guest_id(0, LINUX_VERSION_CODE, 0);
> wrmsrl(HV_X64_MSR_GUEST_OS_ID, guest_id);
>
> - hypercall_pg = __vmalloc(PAGE_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL, PAGE_KERNEL_EXEC);
> + hypercall_pg = __vmalloc(PAGE_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL, PAGE_KERNEL_RX);
> if (hypercall_pg == NULL) {
> wrmsrl(HV_X64_MSR_GUEST_OS_ID, 0);
Verified that this fixes the original problem.
I don't see the warning anymore and the guest works normally.
Reported-by: Stephen Hemminger <step...@networkplumber.org>
Tested-by: Stephen Hemminger <step...@networkplumber.org>
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