[Xen-changelog] [xen stable-4.8] x86/entry: Rearrange RESTORE_ALL to restore register in stack order

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commit ef2464c56e8dab194cd956498c3d5215f1b6b97b
Author:     Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Thu Feb 8 12:43:22 2018 +0100
Commit:     Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Thu Feb 8 12:43:22 2018 +0100

    x86/entry: Rearrange RESTORE_ALL to restore register in stack order
    
    Results in a more predictable (i.e. linear) memory access pattern.
    
    No functional change.
    
    This is part of XSA-254.
    
    Signed-off-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>
    Reviewed-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
    Reviewed-by: Wei Liu <wei.liu2@xxxxxxxxxx>
    master commit: f85d105e27735f0e20aa30d77f03774f3ed55ae5
    master date: 2018-01-05 19:57:08 +0000
---
 xen/include/asm-x86/asm_defns.h | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/xen/include/asm-x86/asm_defns.h b/xen/include/asm-x86/asm_defns.h
index 1c8d66c..7d740e7 100644
--- a/xen/include/asm-x86/asm_defns.h
+++ b/xen/include/asm-x86/asm_defns.h
@@ -310,7 +310,6 @@ static always_inline void stac(void)
  * @compat: R8-R15 don't need reloading
  */
 .macro RESTORE_ALL adj=0 compat=0
-        LOAD_C_CLOBBERED \compat
 .if !\compat
         movq  UREGS_r15(%rsp),%r15
         movq  UREGS_r14(%rsp),%r14
@@ -319,6 +318,7 @@ static always_inline void stac(void)
 .endif
         LOAD_ONE_REG(bp, \compat)
         LOAD_ONE_REG(bx, \compat)
+        LOAD_C_CLOBBERED \compat
         subq  $-(UREGS_error_code-UREGS_r15+\adj), %rsp
 .endm
 
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