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| author | Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> | 2010-05-10 11:59:37 +0200 |
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| committer | Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> | 2010-05-10 14:20:42 +0200 |
| commit | dbb6be6d5e974c42bbecd183effaa0df69e1dd8b (patch) | |
| tree | 5735cb47e70853d057a9881dd0ce44b83e88fa63 /drivers/lguest/x86/core.c | |
| parent | 6a867a395558a7f882d041783e4cdea6744ca2bf (diff) | |
| parent | b57f95a38233a2e73b679bea4a5453a1cc2a1cc9 (diff) | |
Merge branch 'linus' into timers/core
Reason: Further posix_cpu_timer patches depend on mainline changes
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/lguest/x86/core.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/lguest/x86/core.c | 12 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/lguest/x86/core.c b/drivers/lguest/x86/core.c index fb2b7ef7868..b4eb675a807 100644 --- a/drivers/lguest/x86/core.c +++ b/drivers/lguest/x86/core.c @@ -288,6 +288,18 @@ static int emulate_insn(struct lg_cpu *cpu) insn = lgread(cpu, physaddr, u8); /* + * Around 2.6.33, the kernel started using an emulation for the + * cmpxchg8b instruction in early boot on many configurations. This + * code isn't paravirtualized, and it tries to disable interrupts. + * Ignore it, which will Mostly Work. + */ + if (insn == 0xfa) { + /* "cli", or Clear Interrupt Enable instruction. Skip it. */ + cpu->regs->eip++; + return 1; + } + + /* * 0x66 is an "operand prefix". It means it's using the upper 16 bits * of the eax register. */ |