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x86: kvmclock: zero initialize pvclock shared memory area
kernel might hung in pvclock_clocksource_read() due to
uninitialized memory might contain odd version value in
following cycle:
do {
version = __pvclock_read_cycles(src, &ret, &flags);
} while ((src->version & 1) || version != src->version);
if secondary kvmclock is accessed before it's registered with kvm.
Clear garbage in pvclock shared memory area right after it's
allocated to avoid this issue.
Ref: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=59521
Signed-off-by: Igor Mammedov <imammedo@redhat.com>
[See BZ for analysis. We may want a different fix for 3.11, but
this is the safest for now - Paolo]
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 3.8
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
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@ -242,6 +242,7 @@ void __init kvmclock_init(void)
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if (!mem)
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return;
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hv_clock = __va(mem);
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memset(hv_clock, 0, size);
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if (kvm_register_clock("boot clock")) {
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hv_clock = NULL;
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