Backport of commit id 26bef1318adc1b3a530ecc807ef99346db2aa8b0 to kernel 3.12 Before we do an EMMS in the AMD FXSAVE information leak workaround we need to clear any pending exceptions, otherwise we trap with a floating-point exception inside this code. Reported-by: halfdog Tested-by: Borislav Petkov Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/CA%2B55aFxQnY_PCG_n4=0w-VG=YLXL-yr7oMxyy0WU2gCBAf3ydg@mail.gmail.com Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin Signed-off-by: Arindam Nath diff -Naur a/arch/x86/include/asm/fpu-internal.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/fpu-internal.h --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/fpu-internal.h 2013-11-04 05:11:51.000000000 +0530 +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/fpu-internal.h 2014-04-09 16:51:26.665126690 +0530 @@ -293,12 +293,13 @@ /* AMD K7/K8 CPUs don't save/restore FDP/FIP/FOP unless an exception is pending. Clear the x87 state here by setting it to fixed values. "m" is a random variable that should be in L1 */ - alternative_input( - ASM_NOP8 ASM_NOP2, - "emms\n\t" /* clear stack tags */ - "fildl %P[addr]", /* set F?P to defined value */ - X86_FEATURE_FXSAVE_LEAK, - [addr] "m" (tsk->thread.fpu.has_fpu)); + if (unlikely(static_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_FXSAVE_LEAK))) { + asm volatile( + "fnclex\n\t" + "emms\n\t" + "fildl %P[addr]" /* set F?P to defined value */ + : : [addr] "m" (tsk->thread.fpu.has_fpu)); + } return fpu_restore_checking(&tsk->thread.fpu); }