On Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 12:48:11PM -0700, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
> The condition for reading CR4 was wrong: there are some CPUs with
> CPUID but not CR4.  Rather than trying to make the condition exact,
> using __read_cr4_safe().

Please s/using/use/ while applying.

> Reported-by: [email protected]
> Fixes: 18bc7bd523e0 ("x86/boot: Synchronize trampoline_cr4_features and 
> mmu_cr4_features directly")
> Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <[email protected]>
> ---
>  arch/x86/kernel/setup.c | 4 +---
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
> index 0fa60f5f5a16..98c9cd6f3b5d 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
> @@ -1137,9 +1137,7 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
>        * auditing all the early-boot CR4 manipulation would be needed to
>        * rule it out.
>        */
> -     if (boot_cpu_data.cpuid_level >= 0)
> -             /* A CPU has %cr4 if and only if it has CPUID. */
> -             mmu_cr4_features = __read_cr4();
> +     mmu_cr4_features = __read_cr4_safe();
>  
>       memblock_set_current_limit(get_max_mapped());
>  
> -- 

Reviewed-by: Borislav Petkov <[email protected]>

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Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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