FAILED: patch "[PATCH] s390/nmi: handle vector validity failures for KVM guests" failed to apply to 5.10-stable tree
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maintainerThe patch below does not apply to the 5.10-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit id to <[email protected]>.
thanks,
greg k-h
------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------
From f094a39c6ba168f2df1edfd1731cca377af5f442 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Christian Borntraeger <[email protected]>
Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2022 18:40:32 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] s390/nmi: handle vector validity failures for KVM guests
The machine check validity bit tells about the context. If a KVM guest was running the bit tells about the guest validity and the host state is not affected. As a guest can disable the guest validity this might result in unwanted host errors on machine checks.
arch/s390/kernel/nmi.c +8 -1
@@ -264,7 +264,14 @@ static int notrace s390_validate_registers(union mci mci, int umode)/* Validate vector registers */ union ctlreg0 cr0; -if (!mci.vr) { +/* +* The vector validity must only be checked if not running a +* KVM guest. For KVM guests the machine check is forwarded by +* KVM and it is the responsibility of the guest to take +* appropriate actions. The host vector or FPU values have been +* saved by KVM and will be restored by KVM. +*/ +if (!mci.vr && !test_cpu_flag (CIF_MCCK_GUEST )) {/* * Vector registers can't be restored. If the kernel * currently uses vector registers the system is