From: Alan Cox Date: Mon, 14 May 2012 17:41:09 +0000 (+0100) Subject: x86, kvm: KVM paravirt kernels don't check for CPUID being unavailable X-Git-Url: http://git.alex.org.uk x86, kvm: KVM paravirt kernels don't check for CPUID being unavailable We set cpuid_level to -1 if there is no CPUID instruction (only possible on i386). Signed-off-by: Alan Cox 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 Cc: Marcelo Tosatti Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin --- diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_para.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_para.h index 734c376..183922e 100644 --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_para.h +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_para.h @@ -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);