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| -rw-r--r-- | arch/i386/xen/enlighten.c | 12 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/i386/xen/enlighten.c b/arch/i386/xen/enlighten.c index 031dc1dcf81..42756771b8e 100644 --- a/arch/i386/xen/enlighten.c +++ b/arch/i386/xen/enlighten.c @@ -291,6 +291,18 @@ static void xen_load_tls(struct thread_struct *t, unsigned int cpu) load_TLS_descriptor(t, cpu, 2); xen_mc_issue(PARAVIRT_LAZY_CPU); + + /* + * XXX sleazy hack: If we're being called in a lazy-cpu zone, + * it means we're in a context switch, and %gs has just been + * saved. This means we can zero it out to prevent faults on + * exit from the hypervisor if the next process has no %gs. + * Either way, it has been saved, and the new value will get + * loaded properly. This will go away as soon as Xen has been + * modified to not save/restore %gs for normal hypercalls. + */ + if (xen_get_lazy_mode() == PARAVIRT_LAZY_CPU) + loadsegment(gs, 0); } static void xen_write_ldt_entry(struct desc_struct *dt, int entrynum, |