This patch writes 0 (actually, what really matters is that the
LSB is cleared) to the system time msr before shutting down
the machine for kexec.
Without it, we can have a random memory location being written
when the guest comes back
It overrides the functions shutdown, used in the path of kernel_kexec() (sys.c)
and crash_shutdown, used in the path of crash_kexec() (kexec.c)
Signed-off-by: Glauber Costa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
---
arch/x86/kernel/kvmclock.c | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
1 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/kvmclock.c b/arch/x86/kernel/kvmclock.c
index b999f5e..d47734a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/kvmclock.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/kvmclock.c
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ #include <asm/arch_hooks.h>
#include <asm/msr.h>
#include <asm/apic.h>
#include <linux/percpu.h>
+#include <asm/reboot.h>
#define KVM_SCALE 22
@@ -143,6 +144,26 @@ static void kvm_setup_secondary_clock(vo
setup_secondary_APIC_clock();
}
+/*
+ * After the clock is registered, the host will keep writing to the
+ * registered memory location. If the guest happens to shutdown, this memory
+ * won't be valid. In cases like kexec, in which you install a new kernel, this
+ * means a random memory location will be kept being written. So before any
+ * kind of shutdown from our side, we unregister the clock by writting anything
+ * that does not have the 'enable' bit set in the msr
+ */
+static void kvm_crash_shutdown(struct pt_regs *regs)
+{
+ native_write_msr_safe(MSR_KVM_SYSTEM_TIME, 0, 0);
+ native_machine_crash_shutdown(regs);
+}
+
+static void kvm_shutdown(void)
+{
+ native_write_msr_safe(MSR_KVM_SYSTEM_TIME, 0, 0);
+ native_machine_shutdown();
+}
+
void __init kvmclock_init(void)
{
if (!kvm_para_available())
@@ -155,6 +176,8 @@ void __init kvmclock_init(void)
pv_time_ops.set_wallclock = kvm_set_wallclock;
pv_time_ops.sched_clock = kvm_clock_read;
pv_apic_ops.setup_secondary_clock = kvm_setup_secondary_clock;
+ machine_ops.shutdown = kvm_shutdown;
+ machine_ops.crash_shutdown = kvm_crash_shutdown;
clocksource_register(&kvm_clock);
}
}
--
1.4.2
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