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<title>x86_32, entry: Do syscall exit work on badsys (CVE-2014-4508)</title>
<updated>2014-07-01T03:01:34+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Andy Lutomirski</name>
<email>luto@amacapital.net</email>
</author>
<published>2014-06-23T21:22:15+00:00</published>
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commit 554086d85e71f30abe46fc014fea31929a7c6a8a upstream.

The bad syscall nr paths are their own incomprehensible route
through the entry control flow.  Rearrange them to work just like
syscalls that return -ENOSYS.

This fixes an OOPS in the audit code when fast-path auditing is
enabled and sysenter gets a bad syscall nr (CVE-2014-4508).

This has probably been broken since Linux 2.6.27:
af0575bba0 i386 syscall audit fast-path

Cc: Roland McGrath &lt;roland@redhat.com&gt;
Reported-by: Toralf Förster &lt;toralf.foerster@gmx.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski &lt;luto@amacapital.net&gt;
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/e09c499eade6fc321266dd6b54da7beb28d6991c.1403558229.git.luto@amacapital.net
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin &lt;hpa@linux.intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;

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commit 554086d85e71f30abe46fc014fea31929a7c6a8a upstream.

The bad syscall nr paths are their own incomprehensible route
through the entry control flow.  Rearrange them to work just like
syscalls that return -ENOSYS.

This fixes an OOPS in the audit code when fast-path auditing is
enabled and sysenter gets a bad syscall nr (CVE-2014-4508).

This has probably been broken since Linux 2.6.27:
af0575bba0 i386 syscall audit fast-path

Cc: Roland McGrath &lt;roland@redhat.com&gt;
Reported-by: Toralf Förster &lt;toralf.foerster@gmx.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski &lt;luto@amacapital.net&gt;
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/e09c499eade6fc321266dd6b54da7beb28d6991c.1403558229.git.luto@amacapital.net
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin &lt;hpa@linux.intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;

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<entry>
<title>x86-32, espfix: Remove filter for espfix32 due to race</title>
<updated>2014-07-01T03:01:33+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>H. Peter Anvin</name>
<email>hpa@linux.intel.com</email>
</author>
<published>2014-04-30T21:03:25+00:00</published>
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commit 246f2d2ee1d715e1077fc47d61c394569c8ee692 upstream.

It is not safe to use LAR to filter when to go down the espfix path,
because the LDT is per-process (rather than per-thread) and another
thread might change the descriptors behind our back.  Fortunately it
is always *safe* (if a bit slow) to go down the espfix path, and a
32-bit LDT stack segment is extremely rare.

Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin &lt;hpa@linux.intel.com&gt;
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1398816946-3351-1-git-send-email-hpa@linux.intel.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;

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commit 246f2d2ee1d715e1077fc47d61c394569c8ee692 upstream.

It is not safe to use LAR to filter when to go down the espfix path,
because the LDT is per-process (rather than per-thread) and another
thread might change the descriptors behind our back.  Fortunately it
is always *safe* (if a bit slow) to go down the espfix path, and a
32-bit LDT stack segment is extremely rare.

Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin &lt;hpa@linux.intel.com&gt;
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1398816946-3351-1-git-send-email-hpa@linux.intel.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;

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</entry>
<entry>
<title>x86/Sandy Bridge: mark arrays in __init functions as __initconst</title>
<updated>2014-06-07T23:02:09+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>H. Peter Anvin</name>
<email>hpa@linux.intel.com</email>
</author>
<published>2013-01-14T04:36:39+00:00</published>
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commit 91c90db1aa92a50fa1d7f289502b49ddb46a90d3 upstream.

commit ab3cd8670e0b3fcde7f029e1503ed3c5138e9571 upstream.

Mark static arrays as __initconst so they get removed when the init
sections are flushed.

Reported-by: Mathias Krause &lt;minipli@googlemail.com&gt;
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/75F4BEE6-CB0E-4426-B40B-697451677738@googlemail.com
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin &lt;hpa@linux.intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings &lt;ben@decadent.org.uk&gt;
Cc: Rui Xiang &lt;rui.xiang@huawei.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;

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commit 91c90db1aa92a50fa1d7f289502b49ddb46a90d3 upstream.

commit ab3cd8670e0b3fcde7f029e1503ed3c5138e9571 upstream.

Mark static arrays as __initconst so they get removed when the init
sections are flushed.

Reported-by: Mathias Krause &lt;minipli@googlemail.com&gt;
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/75F4BEE6-CB0E-4426-B40B-697451677738@googlemail.com
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin &lt;hpa@linux.intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings &lt;ben@decadent.org.uk&gt;
Cc: Rui Xiang &lt;rui.xiang@huawei.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;

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</entry>
<entry>
<title>ptrace/x86: Partly fix set_task_blockstep()-&gt;update_debugctlmsr() logic</title>
<updated>2014-06-07T23:02:09+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Oleg Nesterov</name>
<email>oleg@redhat.com</email>
</author>
<published>2012-08-11T16:06:42+00:00</published>
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commit 95cf00fa5d5e2a200a2c044c84bde8389a237e02 upstream.

Afaics the usage of update_debugctlmsr() and TIF_BLOCKSTEP in
step.c was always very wrong.

1. update_debugctlmsr() was simply unneeded. The child sleeps
   TASK_TRACED, __switch_to_xtra(next_p =&gt; child) should notice
   TIF_BLOCKSTEP and set/clear DEBUGCTLMSR_BTF after resume if
   needed.

2. It is wrong. The state of DEBUGCTLMSR_BTF bit in CPU register
   should always match the state of current's TIF_BLOCKSTEP bit.

3. Even get_debugctlmsr() + update_debugctlmsr() itself does not
   look right. Irq can change other bits in MSR_IA32_DEBUGCTLMSR
   register or the caller can be preempted in between.

4. It is not safe to play with TIF_BLOCKSTEP if task != current.
   DEBUGCTLMSR_BTF and TIF_BLOCKSTEP should always match each
   other if the task is running. The tracee is stopped but it
   can be SIGKILL'ed right before set/clear_tsk_thread_flag().

However, now that uprobes uses user_enable_single_step(current)
we can't simply remove update_debugctlmsr(). So this patch adds
the additional "task == current" check and disables irqs to avoid
the race with interrupts/preemption.

Unfortunately this patch doesn't solve the last problem, we need
another fix. Probably we should teach ptrace_stop() to set/clear
single/block stepping after resume.

And afaics there is yet another problem: perf can play with
MSR_IA32_DEBUGCTLMSR from nmi, this obviously means that even
__switch_to_xtra() has problems.

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov &lt;oleg@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings &lt;ben@decadent.org.uk&gt;
Cc: Rui Xiang &lt;rui.xiang@huawei.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;

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commit 95cf00fa5d5e2a200a2c044c84bde8389a237e02 upstream.

Afaics the usage of update_debugctlmsr() and TIF_BLOCKSTEP in
step.c was always very wrong.

1. update_debugctlmsr() was simply unneeded. The child sleeps
   TASK_TRACED, __switch_to_xtra(next_p =&gt; child) should notice
   TIF_BLOCKSTEP and set/clear DEBUGCTLMSR_BTF after resume if
   needed.

2. It is wrong. The state of DEBUGCTLMSR_BTF bit in CPU register
   should always match the state of current's TIF_BLOCKSTEP bit.

3. Even get_debugctlmsr() + update_debugctlmsr() itself does not
   look right. Irq can change other bits in MSR_IA32_DEBUGCTLMSR
   register or the caller can be preempted in between.

4. It is not safe to play with TIF_BLOCKSTEP if task != current.
   DEBUGCTLMSR_BTF and TIF_BLOCKSTEP should always match each
   other if the task is running. The tracee is stopped but it
   can be SIGKILL'ed right before set/clear_tsk_thread_flag().

However, now that uprobes uses user_enable_single_step(current)
we can't simply remove update_debugctlmsr(). So this patch adds
the additional "task == current" check and disables irqs to avoid
the race with interrupts/preemption.

Unfortunately this patch doesn't solve the last problem, we need
another fix. Probably we should teach ptrace_stop() to set/clear
single/block stepping after resume.

And afaics there is yet another problem: perf can play with
MSR_IA32_DEBUGCTLMSR from nmi, this obviously means that even
__switch_to_xtra() has problems.

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov &lt;oleg@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings &lt;ben@decadent.org.uk&gt;
Cc: Rui Xiang &lt;rui.xiang@huawei.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;

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</entry>
<entry>
<title>ptrace/x86: Introduce set_task_blockstep() helper</title>
<updated>2014-06-07T23:02:09+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Oleg Nesterov</name>
<email>oleg@redhat.com</email>
</author>
<published>2012-08-03T15:31:46+00:00</published>
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commit 848e8f5f0ad3169560c516fff6471be65f76e69f upstream.

No functional changes, preparation for the next fix and for uprobes
single-step fixes.

Move the code playing with TIF_BLOCKSTEP/DEBUGCTLMSR_BTF into the
new helper, set_task_blockstep().

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov &lt;oleg@redhat.com&gt;
Acked-by: Srikar Dronamraju &lt;srikar@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings &lt;ben@decadent.org.uk&gt;
Cc: Rui Xiang &lt;rui.xiang@huawei.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;

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commit 848e8f5f0ad3169560c516fff6471be65f76e69f upstream.

No functional changes, preparation for the next fix and for uprobes
single-step fixes.

Move the code playing with TIF_BLOCKSTEP/DEBUGCTLMSR_BTF into the
new helper, set_task_blockstep().

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov &lt;oleg@redhat.com&gt;
Acked-by: Srikar Dronamraju &lt;srikar@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings &lt;ben@decadent.org.uk&gt;
Cc: Rui Xiang &lt;rui.xiang@huawei.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;

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</entry>
<entry>
<title>x86 get_unmapped_area: Access mmap_legacy_base through mm_struct member</title>
<updated>2014-06-07T23:02:09+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Radu Caragea</name>
<email>sinaelgl@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2013-08-21T17:55:59+00:00</published>
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commit 41aacc1eea645c99edbe8fbcf78a97dc9b862adc upstream.

This is the updated version of df54d6fa5427 ("x86 get_unmapped_area():
use proper mmap base for bottom-up direction") that only randomizes the
mmap base address once.

Signed-off-by: Radu Caragea &lt;sinaelgl@gmail.com&gt;
Reported-and-tested-by: Jeff Shorey &lt;shoreyjeff@gmail.com&gt;
Cc: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Cc: Michel Lespinasse &lt;walken@google.com&gt;
Cc: Oleg Nesterov &lt;oleg@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Rik van Riel &lt;riel@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@elte.hu&gt;
Cc: Adrian Sendroiu &lt;molecula2788@gmail.com&gt;
Cc: Greg KH &lt;greg@kroah.com&gt;
Cc: Kamal Mostafa &lt;kamal@canonical.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
[bwh: Backported to 3.2: adjust context]
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings &lt;ben@decadent.org.uk&gt;
Cc: Rui Xiang &lt;rui.xiang@huawei.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;

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commit 41aacc1eea645c99edbe8fbcf78a97dc9b862adc upstream.

This is the updated version of df54d6fa5427 ("x86 get_unmapped_area():
use proper mmap base for bottom-up direction") that only randomizes the
mmap base address once.

Signed-off-by: Radu Caragea &lt;sinaelgl@gmail.com&gt;
Reported-and-tested-by: Jeff Shorey &lt;shoreyjeff@gmail.com&gt;
Cc: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Cc: Michel Lespinasse &lt;walken@google.com&gt;
Cc: Oleg Nesterov &lt;oleg@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Rik van Riel &lt;riel@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@elte.hu&gt;
Cc: Adrian Sendroiu &lt;molecula2788@gmail.com&gt;
Cc: Greg KH &lt;greg@kroah.com&gt;
Cc: Kamal Mostafa &lt;kamal@canonical.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
[bwh: Backported to 3.2: adjust context]
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings &lt;ben@decadent.org.uk&gt;
Cc: Rui Xiang &lt;rui.xiang@huawei.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;

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</entry>
<entry>
<title>x86/apic: Disable I/O APIC before shutdown of the local APIC</title>
<updated>2014-06-07T23:02:08+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Fenghua Yu</name>
<email>fenghua.yu@intel.com</email>
</author>
<published>2013-10-24T01:30:12+00:00</published>
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commit 522e66464467543c0d88d023336eec4df03ad40b upstream.

In reboot and crash path, when we shut down the local APIC, the I/O APIC is
still active. This may cause issues because external interrupts
can still come in and disturb the local APIC during shutdown process.

To quiet external interrupts, disable I/O APIC before shutdown local APIC.

Signed-off-by: Fenghua Yu &lt;fenghua.yu@intel.com&gt;
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1382578212-4677-1-git-send-email-fenghua.yu@intel.com
[ I suppose the 'issue' is a hang during shutdown. It's a fine change nevertheless. ]
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
[bwh: Backported to 3.2: adjust context]
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings &lt;ben@decadent.org.uk&gt;
Cc: Rui Xiang &lt;rui.xiang@huawei.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;

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commit 522e66464467543c0d88d023336eec4df03ad40b upstream.

In reboot and crash path, when we shut down the local APIC, the I/O APIC is
still active. This may cause issues because external interrupts
can still come in and disturb the local APIC during shutdown process.

To quiet external interrupts, disable I/O APIC before shutdown local APIC.

Signed-off-by: Fenghua Yu &lt;fenghua.yu@intel.com&gt;
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1382578212-4677-1-git-send-email-fenghua.yu@intel.com
[ I suppose the 'issue' is a hang during shutdown. It's a fine change nevertheless. ]
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
[bwh: Backported to 3.2: adjust context]
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings &lt;ben@decadent.org.uk&gt;
Cc: Rui Xiang &lt;rui.xiang@huawei.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;

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</entry>
<entry>
<title>x86-64, modify_ldt: Make support for 16-bit segments a runtime option</title>
<updated>2014-06-07T23:02:03+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2014-05-14T23:33:54+00:00</published>
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commit fa81511bb0bbb2b1aace3695ce869da9762624ff upstream.

Checkin:

b3b42ac2cbae x86-64, modify_ldt: Ban 16-bit segments on 64-bit kernels

disabled 16-bit segments on 64-bit kernels due to an information
leak.  However, it does seem that people are genuinely using Wine to
run old 16-bit Windows programs on Linux.

A proper fix for this ("espfix64") is coming in the upcoming merge
window, but as a temporary fix, create a sysctl to allow the
administrator to re-enable support for 16-bit segments.

It adds a "/proc/sys/abi/ldt16" sysctl that defaults to zero (off). If
you hit this issue and care about your old Windows program more than
you care about a kernel stack address information leak, you can do

   echo 1 &gt; /proc/sys/abi/ldt16

as root (add it to your startup scripts), and you should be ok.

The sysctl table is only added if you have COMPAT support enabled on
x86-64, but I assume anybody who runs old windows binaries very much
does that ;)

Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin &lt;hpa@linux.intel.com&gt;
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/CA%2B55aFw9BPoD10U1LfHbOMpHWZkvJTkMcfCs9s3urPr1YyWBxw@mail.gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;

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commit fa81511bb0bbb2b1aace3695ce869da9762624ff upstream.

Checkin:

b3b42ac2cbae x86-64, modify_ldt: Ban 16-bit segments on 64-bit kernels

disabled 16-bit segments on 64-bit kernels due to an information
leak.  However, it does seem that people are genuinely using Wine to
run old 16-bit Windows programs on Linux.

A proper fix for this ("espfix64") is coming in the upcoming merge
window, but as a temporary fix, create a sysctl to allow the
administrator to re-enable support for 16-bit segments.

It adds a "/proc/sys/abi/ldt16" sysctl that defaults to zero (off). If
you hit this issue and care about your old Windows program more than
you care about a kernel stack address information leak, you can do

   echo 1 &gt; /proc/sys/abi/ldt16

as root (add it to your startup scripts), and you should be ok.

The sysctl table is only added if you have COMPAT support enabled on
x86-64, but I assume anybody who runs old windows binaries very much
does that ;)

Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin &lt;hpa@linux.intel.com&gt;
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/CA%2B55aFw9BPoD10U1LfHbOMpHWZkvJTkMcfCs9s3urPr1YyWBxw@mail.gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;

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</entry>
<entry>
<title>x86-64, modify_ldt: Ban 16-bit segments on 64-bit kernels</title>
<updated>2014-05-06T14:51:42+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>H. Peter Anvin</name>
<email>hpa@linux.intel.com</email>
</author>
<published>2014-03-16T22:31:54+00:00</published>
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commit b3b42ac2cbae1f3cecbb6229964a4d48af31d382 upstream.

The IRET instruction, when returning to a 16-bit segment, only
restores the bottom 16 bits of the user space stack pointer.  We have
a software workaround for that ("espfix") for the 32-bit kernel, but
it relies on a nonzero stack segment base which is not available in
32-bit mode.

Since 16-bit support is somewhat crippled anyway on a 64-bit kernel
(no V86 mode), and most (if not quite all) 64-bit processors support
virtualization for the users who really need it, simply reject
attempts at creating a 16-bit segment when running on top of a 64-bit
kernel.

Cc: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin &lt;hpa@linux.intel.com&gt;
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-kicdm89kzw9lldryb1br9od0@git.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;

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commit b3b42ac2cbae1f3cecbb6229964a4d48af31d382 upstream.

The IRET instruction, when returning to a 16-bit segment, only
restores the bottom 16 bits of the user space stack pointer.  We have
a software workaround for that ("espfix") for the 32-bit kernel, but
it relies on a nonzero stack segment base which is not available in
32-bit mode.

Since 16-bit support is somewhat crippled anyway on a 64-bit kernel
(no V86 mode), and most (if not quite all) 64-bit processors support
virtualization for the users who really need it, simply reject
attempts at creating a 16-bit segment when running on top of a 64-bit
kernel.

Cc: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin &lt;hpa@linux.intel.com&gt;
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-kicdm89kzw9lldryb1br9od0@git.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;

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<title>x86/amd/numa: Fix northbridge quirk to assign correct NUMA node</title>
<updated>2014-03-24T04:37:05+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Daniel J Blueman</name>
<email>daniel@numascale.com</email>
</author>
<published>2014-03-13T11:43:01+00:00</published>
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commit 847d7970defb45540735b3fb4e88471c27cacd85 upstream.

For systems with multiple servers and routed fabric, all
northbridges get assigned to the first server. Fix this by also
using the node reported from the PCI bus. For single-fabric
systems, the northbriges are on PCI bus 0 by definition, which
are on NUMA node 0 by definition, so this is invarient on most
systems.

Tested on fam10h and fam15h single and multi-fabric systems and
candidate for stable.

Signed-off-by: Daniel J Blueman &lt;daniel@numascale.com&gt;
Acked-by: Steffen Persvold &lt;sp@numascale.com&gt;
Acked-by: Borislav Petkov &lt;bp@suse.de&gt;
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1394710981-3596-1-git-send-email-daniel@numascale.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;

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commit 847d7970defb45540735b3fb4e88471c27cacd85 upstream.

For systems with multiple servers and routed fabric, all
northbridges get assigned to the first server. Fix this by also
using the node reported from the PCI bus. For single-fabric
systems, the northbriges are on PCI bus 0 by definition, which
are on NUMA node 0 by definition, so this is invarient on most
systems.

Tested on fam10h and fam15h single and multi-fabric systems and
candidate for stable.

Signed-off-by: Daniel J Blueman &lt;daniel@numascale.com&gt;
Acked-by: Steffen Persvold &lt;sp@numascale.com&gt;
Acked-by: Borislav Petkov &lt;bp@suse.de&gt;
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1394710981-3596-1-git-send-email-daniel@numascale.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;

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