@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ kmmio_fault(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long addr)
* 32-bit mode:
*
* Sometimes AMD Athlon/Opteron CPUs report invalid exceptions on prefetch.
- * Check that here and ignore it.
+ * Check that here and ignore it. This is AMD erratum #91.
*
* 64-bit mode:
*
@@ -83,11 +83,7 @@ check_prefetch_opcode(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned char *instr,
#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
case 0x40:
/*
- * In AMD64 long mode 0x40..0x4F are valid REX prefixes
- * Need to figure out under what instruction mode the
- * instruction was issued. Could check the LDT for lm,
- * but for now it's good enough to assume that long
- * mode only uses well known segments or kernel.
+ * In 64-bit mode 0x40..0x4F are valid REX prefixes
*/
return (!user_mode(regs) || user_64bit_mode(regs));
#endif
@@ -127,20 +123,31 @@ is_prefetch(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long error_code, unsigned long addr)
instr = (void *)convert_ip_to_linear(current, regs);
max_instr = instr + 15;
- if (user_mode(regs) && instr >= (unsigned char *)TASK_SIZE_MAX)
- return 0;
+ /*
+ * This code has historically always bailed out if IP points to a
+ * not-present page (e.g. due to a race). No one has ever
+ * complained about this.
+ */
+ pagefault_disable();
while (instr < max_instr) {
unsigned char opcode;
- if (get_kernel_nofault(opcode, instr))
- break;
+ if (user_mode(regs)) {
+ if (get_user(opcode, instr))
+ break;
+ } else {
+ if (get_kernel_nofault(opcode, instr))
+ break;
+ }
instr++;
if (!check_prefetch_opcode(regs, instr, opcode, &prefetch))
break;
}
+
+ pagefault_enable();
return prefetch;
}