[PATCH] book3s_hv_rmhandlers:Pass the correct trap argument to kvmhv_commence_exit

Sam Bobroff sam.bobroff at au1.ibm.com
Fri Aug 14 15:07:28 AEST 2015


On Thu, May 21, 2015 at 01:57:04PM +0530, Gautham R. Shenoy wrote:
> In guest_exit_cont we call kvmhv_commence_exit which expects the trap
> number as the argument. However r3 doesn't contain the trap number at
> this point and as a result we would be calling the function with a
> spurious trap number.
> 
> Fix this by copying r12 into r3 before calling kvmhv_commence_exit as
> r12 contains the trap number
> 
> Signed-off-by: Gautham R. Shenoy <ego at linux.vnet.ibm.com>

Hi Gautham,

I agree with your logic: r3 is quite clearly corrupted in that path. So:

Reviewed-by: Sam Bobroff <sam.bobroff at au1.ibm.com>

Just one comment: Do you have a case of this causing some visible problem due
to the corrupted trap number? (I'll test the patch if you do.)

Cheers,
Sam.



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