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authorH. Peter Anvin (Intel) <hpa@zytor.com>2021-05-20 00:21:51 +0300
committerThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>2021-05-21 13:36:45 +0300
commit283fa3b6483a84aeb62f1b97c2ec7c02eb2f5882 (patch)
tree4ac6f53fae6809c9afe18ab6699fcf606f555067 /arch/x86/include/asm/desc.h
parent8ec9069a432c873e52e6f4ce1496f282a4299604 (diff)
downloadlinux-283fa3b6483a84aeb62f1b97c2ec7c02eb2f5882.tar.xz
x86: Add native_[ig]dt_invalidate()
In some places, the native forms of descriptor table invalidation is required. Rather than open-coding them, add explicitly native functions to invalidate the GDT and IDT. Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin (Intel) <hpa@zytor.com> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210519212154.511983-6-hpa@zytor.com
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diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/desc.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/desc.h
index b8429ae50b71..400c17862870 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/desc.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/desc.h
@@ -224,6 +224,26 @@ static inline void store_idt(struct desc_ptr *dtr)
asm volatile("sidt %0":"=m" (*dtr));
}
+static inline void native_gdt_invalidate(void)
+{
+ const struct desc_ptr invalid_gdt = {
+ .address = 0,
+ .size = 0
+ };
+
+ native_load_gdt(&invalid_gdt);
+}
+
+static inline void native_idt_invalidate(void)
+{
+ const struct desc_ptr invalid_idt = {
+ .address = 0,
+ .size = 0
+ };
+
+ native_load_idt(&invalid_idt);
+}
+
/*
* The LTR instruction marks the TSS GDT entry as busy. On 64-bit, the GDT is
* a read-only remapping. To prevent a page fault, the GDT is switched to the