Commit-ID: 2238246ff8d533a5f2327d1f953375876d8a013c Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/2238246ff8d533a5f2327d1f953375876d8a013c Author: Xiaoyao Li <[email protected]> AuthorDate: Thu, 27 Jun 2019 12:55:25 +0800 Committer: Ingo Molnar <[email protected]> CommitDate: Thu, 27 Jun 2019 10:56:11 +0200
x86/boot: Make the GDT 8-byte aligned The segment descriptors are loaded with an implicitly LOCK-ed instruction, which could trigger the split lock #AC exception if the variable is not properly aligned and crosses a cache line. Align the GDT properly so the descriptors are all 8 byte aligned. Signed-off-by: Xiaoyao Li <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]> Cc: Borislav Petkov <[email protected]> Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <[email protected]> Cc: Fenghua Yu <[email protected]> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/[email protected] Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <[email protected]> --- arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_64.S | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_64.S b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_64.S index fafb75c6c592..6233ae35d0d9 100644 --- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_64.S +++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_64.S @@ -659,6 +659,7 @@ no_longmode: gdt64: .word gdt_end - gdt .quad 0 + .balign 8 gdt: .word gdt_end - gdt .long gdt
