Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] x86/amd_node: Avoid divide by zero on virtualized systems
Jason Andryuk <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | org.kernel.vger.stable,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel |
|---|---|
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Hi,
On 2026-08-14 17:42, Jason Andryuk wrote:
> On a virtualized system, the number of nodes does not have a
> relationship to the number of roots. A Xen PVH dom0 can calculate
> roots_per_node as 0, which crashes with a divide by zero in:
>
> if (count++ % roots_per_node)
>
> The issue is seen with Xen, but it could affect other systems.
>
> Change roots_per_node == 0 to 1 to allow the system to boot. Print a
> warning when this is performed for non-virtualized systems.
>
> Fixes: 0a4b61d9c2e4 ("x86/amd_node: Fix AMD root device caching")
> Cc: [email protected]
> Suggested-by: Borislav Petkov <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Jason Andryuk <[email protected]>
Any feedback here?
Thanks,
Jason
> ---
> v2:
> Print as a warning instead of error
> Use "!" instead of "== 0".
>
> X86_FEATURE_XENPV is only for PV, but this is observed with a PVH dom0.
> ---
> arch/x86/kernel/amd_node.c | 5 +++++
> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/amd_node.c b/arch/x86/kernel/amd_node.c
> index 0be01725a2a4..c3e214925d9c 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/amd_node.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/amd_node.c
> @@ -287,6 +287,11 @@ static int __init amd_smn_init(void)
> return -ENOMEM;
>
> roots_per_node = num_roots / num_nodes;
> + if (!roots_per_node) {
> + if (!cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_HYPERVISOR))
> + pr_warn(FW_BUG "Error detecting roots per node.");
> + roots_per_node = 1;
> + }
>
> count = 0;
> node = 0;