[PATCH 4.18 34/34] x86/fpu: Fix i486 + no387 boot crash by only saving FPU registers on context switch if there is an FPU

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Thu Nov 08 2018 - 17:10:18 EST


4.18-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

commit 2224d616528194b02424c91c2ee254b3d29942c3 upstream.

Booting an i486 with "no387 nofxsr" ends with with the following crash:

math_emulate: 0060:c101987d
Kernel panic - not syncing: Math emulation needed in kernel

on the first context switch in user land.

The reason is that copy_fpregs_to_fpstate() tries FNSAVE which does not work
as the FPU is turned off.

This bug was introduced in:

f1c8cd0176078 ("x86/fpu: Change fpu->fpregs_active users to fpu->fpstate_active")

Add a check for X86_FEATURE_FPU before trying to save FPU registers (we
have such a check in switch_fpu_finish() already).

Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Fixes: f1c8cd0176078 ("x86/fpu: Change fpu->fpregs_active users to fpu->fpstate_active")
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20181016202525.29437-4-bigeasy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

---
arch/x86/include/asm/fpu/internal.h | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/fpu/internal.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/fpu/internal.h
@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@ static inline void fpregs_activate(struc
static inline void
switch_fpu_prepare(struct fpu *old_fpu, int cpu)
{
- if (old_fpu->initialized) {
+ if (static_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_FPU) && old_fpu->initialized) {
if (!copy_fpregs_to_fpstate(old_fpu))
old_fpu->last_cpu = -1;
else