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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] x86/MCE: sanitize domain/vcpu ID handling



On 02/23/17 02:28 -0700, Jan Beulich wrote:
> Storing -1 into both fields was misleading consumers: We really should
> have a manifest constant for "invalid vCPU" here, and the already
> existing DOMID_INVALID should be used.
> 
> Also correct a bogus (dead code) check in mca_init_global(), at once
> introducing a manifest constant for the early boot "invalid vCPU"
> pointer (avoiding proliferation of the open coding). Make that pointer
> a non-canonical address at once.
> 
> Finally, don't leave mc_domid uninitialized in mca_init_bank().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
> ---
> TBD: Do we need to change XEN_MCA_INTERFACE_VERSION due to the 0xffff
>      -> DOMID_INVALID change for what mc_domid defaults to?
> 
> --- a/xen/arch/x86/cpu/mcheck/mcaction.c
> +++ b/xen/arch/x86/cpu/mcheck/mcaction.c
> @@ -100,7 +100,8 @@ mc_memerr_dhandler(struct mca_binfo *bin
>                      goto vmce_failed;
>                  }
>  
> -                if ( boot_cpu_data.x86_vendor == X86_VENDOR_INTEL )
> +                if (boot_cpu_data.x86_vendor == X86_VENDOR_INTEL ||
> +                    global->mc_vcpuid == XEN_MC_VCPUID_INVALID)
>                      vmce_vcpuid = VMCE_INJECT_BROADCAST;
>                  else
>                      vmce_vcpuid = global->mc_vcpuid;

If an invalid vcpuid is got on AMD machine, should we report error
or inject to a default vcpu (vcpu0?) ?

Haozhong

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