Sean reported [1] the following splat when running KVM tests:
WARNING: CPU: 232 PID: 15391 at xfd_validate_state+0x65/0x70 Call Trace: <TASK> fpu__clear_user_states+0x9c/0x100 arch_do_signal_or_restart+0x142/0x210 exit_to_user_mode_loop+0x55/0x100 do_syscall_64+0x205/0x2c0 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x4b/0x53
Chao further identified [2] a reproducible scenarios involving signal delivery: a non-AMX task is preempted by an AMX-enabled task which modifies the XFD MSR.
When the non-AMX task resumes and reloads XSTATE with init values, a warning is triggered due to a mismatch between fpstate::xfd and the CPU's current XFD state. fpu__clear_user_states() does not currently re-synchronize the XFD state after such preemption.
Invoke xfd_update_state() which detects and corrects the mismatch if the dynamic feature is enabled.
This also benefits the sigreturn path, as fpu__restore_sig() may call fpu__clear_user_states() when the sigframe is inaccessible.
Fixes: 672365477ae8a ("x86/fpu: Update XFD state where required") Reported-by: Sean Christopherson seanjc@google.com Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/aDCo_SczQOUaB2rS@google.com [1] Tested-by: Chao Gao chao.gao@intel.com Signed-off-by: Chang S. Bae chang.seok.bae@intel.com Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/aDWbctO%2FRfTGiCg3@intel.com [2] --- arch/x86/kernel/fpu/core.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/core.c b/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/core.c index ea138583dd92..5fa782a2ae7c 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/core.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/core.c @@ -800,6 +800,9 @@ void fpu__clear_user_states(struct fpu *fpu) !fpregs_state_valid(fpu, smp_processor_id())) os_xrstor_supervisor(fpu->fpstate);
+ /* Ensure XFD state is in sync before reloading XSTATE */ + xfd_update_state(fpu->fpstate); + /* Reset user states in registers. */ restore_fpregs_from_init_fpstate(XFEATURE_MASK_USER_RESTORE);
On Mon, Jun 09, 2025 at 05:16:59PM -0700, Chang S. Bae wrote:
Sean reported [1] the following splat when running KVM tests:
WARNING: CPU: 232 PID: 15391 at xfd_validate_state+0x65/0x70 Call Trace:
<TASK> fpu__clear_user_states+0x9c/0x100 arch_do_signal_or_restart+0x142/0x210 exit_to_user_mode_loop+0x55/0x100 do_syscall_64+0x205/0x2c0 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x4b/0x53
Chao further identified [2] a reproducible scenarios involving signal delivery: a non-AMX task is preempted by an AMX-enabled task which modifies the XFD MSR.
When the non-AMX task resumes and reloads XSTATE with init values, a warning is triggered due to a mismatch between fpstate::xfd and the CPU's current XFD state. fpu__clear_user_states() does not currently re-synchronize the XFD state after such preemption.
Invoke xfd_update_state() which detects and corrects the mismatch if the dynamic feature is enabled.
This also benefits the sigreturn path, as fpu__restore_sig() may call fpu__clear_user_states() when the sigframe is inaccessible.
Fixes: 672365477ae8a ("x86/fpu: Update XFD state where required") Reported-by: Sean Christopherson seanjc@google.com Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/aDCo_SczQOUaB2rS@google.com [1] Tested-by: Chao Gao chao.gao@intel.com Signed-off-by: Chang S. Bae chang.seok.bae@intel.com Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/aDWbctO%2FRfTGiCg3@intel.com [2]
Reviewed-by: Chao Gao chao.gao@intel.com
Thanks for looking into this issue.
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