[Xen-devel] [PATCH] switch to a known good/static GDT before kexec

[Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@xxxxxxxxxx>]

# HG changeset patch
# User Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@xxxxxxxxxx>
# Date 1246524221 -3600
# Node ID 31002ac6a13caadab7c163d387af558a2b2da7ce
# Parent  8e18dd41c6c7bb0980b29393b275c564cfb96437
switch to a known good/static GDT before kexec

kexec has been failing (at least on 32on64, didn't try others) since
18771:8e18dd41c6c7 "x86: reduce GDT switching". Ensure that we are
using a known good GDT before attempting to switch to compatability mode.

Signed-off-by: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@xxxxxxxxxx>

diff -r 8e18dd41c6c7 -r 31002ac6a13c xen/arch/x86/machine_kexec.c
--- a/xen/arch/x86/machine_kexec.c      Wed Nov 12 12:01:35 2008 +0000
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/machine_kexec.c      Thu Jul 02 09:43:41 2009 +0100
@@ -115,6 +115,13 @@
 
 void machine_kexec(xen_kexec_image_t *image)
 {
+    struct desc_ptr gdt_desc = {
+        .base = (unsigned long)(boot_cpu_gdt_table - FIRST_RESERVED_GDT_ENTRY),
+        .limit = LAST_RESERVED_GDT_BYTE
+    };
+
+    asm volatile ( "lgdt %0" : : "m" (gdt_desc) );
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
     if ( is_pv_32on64_domain(dom0) )
     {

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