Even if we are not on an entry stack, we have to initialize the CS high
bits because we are unconditionally evaluating them
PARANOID_EXIT_TO_KERNEL_MODE. Failing to do so broke the boot on Galileo
Gen2 and IOT2000 boards.

Fixes: b92a165df17e ("x86/entry/32: Handle Entry from Kernel-Mode on 
Entry-Stack")
Signed-off-by: Jan Kiszka <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Joerg Roedel <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Joerg Roedel <[email protected]>
---

Changes in v2:
 - adjust comment according to Andy's feedback
 - added Jörg's ack/review (assuming the comment change does not affect it)

 arch/x86/entry/entry_32.S | 13 +++++++------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/entry_32.S b/arch/x86/entry/entry_32.S
index 2767c625a52c..fbbf1ba57ec6 100644
--- a/arch/x86/entry/entry_32.S
+++ b/arch/x86/entry/entry_32.S
@@ -389,6 +389,13 @@
         * that register for the time this macro runs
         */
 
+       /*
+        * The high bits of the CS dword (__csh) are used for
+        * CS_FROM_ENTRY_STACK and CS_FROM_USER_CR3. Clear them in case
+        * hardware didn't do this for us.
+        */
+       andl    $(0x0000ffff), PT_CS(%esp)
+
        /* Are we on the entry stack? Bail out if not! */
        movl    PER_CPU_VAR(cpu_entry_area), %ecx
        addl    $CPU_ENTRY_AREA_entry_stack + SIZEOF_entry_stack, %ecx
@@ -407,12 +414,6 @@
        /* Load top of task-stack into %edi */
        movl    TSS_entry2task_stack(%edi), %edi
 
-       /*
-        * Clear unused upper bits of the dword containing the word-sized CS
-        * slot in pt_regs in case hardware didn't clear it for us.
-        */
-       andl    $(0x0000ffff), PT_CS(%esp)
-
        /* Special case - entry from kernel mode via entry stack */
 #ifdef CONFIG_VM86
        movl    PT_EFLAGS(%esp), %ecx           # mix EFLAGS and CS
-- 
2.16.4

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