[PATCH 4.4 28/43] x86/boot: Simplify kernel load address alignment check

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Mon Jul 16 2018 - 03:46:52 EST


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

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From: Alexander Kuleshov <kuleshovmail@xxxxxxxxx>

commit a4733143085d6c782ac1e6c85778655b6bac1d4e upstream

We are using %rax as temporary register to check the kernel
address alignment. We don't really have to since the TEST
instruction does not clobber the destination operand.

Suggested-by: Brian Gerst <brgerst@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Alexander Kuleshov <kuleshovmail@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Alexander Popov <alpopov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andrey Ryabinin <ryabinin.a.a@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1453531828-19291-1-git-send-email-kuleshovmail@xxxxxxxxx
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1453842730-28463-11-git-send-email-bp@xxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Srivatsa S. Bhat <srivatsa@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Matt Helsley (VMware) <matt.helsley@xxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Alexey Makhalov <amakhalov@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Bo Gan <ganb@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---

arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S | 4 +---
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

--- a/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S
@@ -76,9 +76,7 @@ startup_64:
subq $_text - __START_KERNEL_map, %rbp

/* Is the address not 2M aligned? */
- movq %rbp, %rax
- andl $~PMD_PAGE_MASK, %eax
- testl %eax, %eax
+ testl $~PMD_PAGE_MASK, %ebp
jnz bad_address

/*