x86, kvm: KVM paravirt kernels don't check for CPUID being unavailable
authorAlan Cox <alan@linux.intel.com>
Mon, 14 May 2012 17:41:09 +0000 (18:41 +0100)
committerH. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>
Mon, 14 May 2012 17:49:32 +0000 (10:49 -0700)
We set cpuid_level to -1 if there is no CPUID instruction (only
possible on i386).

Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@linux.intel.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20120514174059.30236.1064.stgit@bluebook
Resolves-bug: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12122
Cc: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
Cc: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>

arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_para.h

index 734c376..183922e 100644 (file)
@@ -170,6 +170,9 @@ static inline int kvm_para_available(void)
        unsigned int eax, ebx, ecx, edx;
        char signature[13];
 
+       if (boot_cpu_data.cpuid_level < 0)
+               return 0;       /* So we don't blow up on old processors */
+
        cpuid(KVM_CPUID_SIGNATURE, &eax, &ebx, &ecx, &edx);
        memcpy(signature + 0, &ebx, 4);
        memcpy(signature + 4, &ecx, 4);