Re: [RFC PATCH] x86, hyperv: fix kernel panic when kexec on HyperV VM

From: Peter Zijlstra
Date: Wed Feb 27 2019 - 07:02:06 EST


On Tue, Feb 26, 2019 at 11:56:15PM +0800, Kairui Song wrote:
> arch/x86/hyperv/hv_init.c | 4 ++++
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/hyperv/hv_init.c b/arch/x86/hyperv/hv_init.c
> index 7abb09e2eeb8..92291c18d716 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/hyperv/hv_init.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/hyperv/hv_init.c
> @@ -406,6 +406,10 @@ void hyperv_cleanup(void)
> /* Reset our OS id */
> wrmsrl(HV_X64_MSR_GUEST_OS_ID, 0);
>
> + /* Cleanup page reference before reset the page */
> + hv_hypercall_pg = NULL;
> + wmb();

What do we need that SFENCE for? Any why does it lack a comment?

> +
> /* Reset the hypercall page */
> hypercall_msr.as_uint64 = 0;
> wrmsrl(HV_X64_MSR_HYPERCALL, hypercall_msr.as_uint64);
> --
> 2.20.1
>