perf/x86/intel/lbr: Zero the xstate buffer on allocation
authorThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Fri, 11 Jun 2021 13:03:16 +0000 (15:03 +0200)
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Thu, 24 Jun 2021 06:49:03 +0000 (08:49 +0200)
XRSTORS requires a valid xstate buffer to work correctly. XSAVES does not
guarantee to write a fully valid buffer according to the SDM:

  "XSAVES does not write to any parts of the XSAVE header other than the
   XSTATE_BV and XCOMP_BV fields."

XRSTORS triggers a #GP:

  "If bytes 63:16 of the XSAVE header are not all zero."

It's dubious at best how this can work at all when the buffer is not zeroed
before use.

Allocate the buffers with __GFP_ZERO to prevent XRSTORS failure.

Fixes: ce711ea3cab9 ("perf/x86/intel/lbr: Support XSAVES/XRSTORS for LBR context switch")
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/87wnr0wo2z.ffs@nanos.tec.linutronix.de
arch/x86/events/intel/lbr.c

index 4409d2c..e8453de 100644 (file)
@@ -731,7 +731,8 @@ void reserve_lbr_buffers(void)
                if (!kmem_cache || cpuc->lbr_xsave)
                        continue;
 
-               cpuc->lbr_xsave = kmem_cache_alloc_node(kmem_cache, GFP_KERNEL,
+               cpuc->lbr_xsave = kmem_cache_alloc_node(kmem_cache,
+                                                       GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO,
                                                        cpu_to_node(cpu));
        }
 }