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-rw-r--r--tools/testing/selftests/x86/fsgsbase.c12
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/x86/fsgsbase.c b/tools/testing/selftests/x86/fsgsbase.c
index 7161cfc2e60b..8c780cce941d 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/x86/fsgsbase.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/x86/fsgsbase.c
@@ -392,8 +392,8 @@ static void set_gs_and_switch_to(unsigned long local,
local = read_base(GS);
/*
- * Signal delivery seems to mess up weird selectors. Put it
- * back.
+ * Signal delivery is quite likely to change a selector
+ * of 1, 2, or 3 back to 0 due to IRET being defective.
*/
asm volatile ("mov %0, %%gs" : : "rm" (force_sel));
} else {
@@ -411,6 +411,14 @@ static void set_gs_and_switch_to(unsigned long local,
if (base == local && sel_pre_sched == sel_post_sched) {
printf("[OK]\tGS/BASE remained 0x%hx/0x%lx\n",
sel_pre_sched, local);
+ } else if (base == local && sel_pre_sched >= 1 && sel_pre_sched <= 3 &&
+ sel_post_sched == 0) {
+ /*
+ * IRET is misdesigned and will squash selectors 1, 2, or 3
+ * to zero. Don't fail the test just because this happened.
+ */
+ printf("[OK]\tGS/BASE changed from 0x%hx/0x%lx to 0x%hx/0x%lx because IRET is defective\n",
+ sel_pre_sched, local, sel_post_sched, base);
} else {
nerrs++;
printf("[FAIL]\tGS/BASE changed from 0x%hx/0x%lx to 0x%hx/0x%lx\n",