[43/93] KVM: PIT: control word is write-only
[Posted February 20, 2010 by corbet]
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| Greg KH <gregkh-AT-suse.de> |
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| linux-kernel-AT-vger.kernel.org, stable-AT-kernel.org |
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| [43/93] KVM: PIT: control word is write-only |
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| Fri, 19 Feb 2010 08:29:36 -0800 |
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| stable-review-AT-kernel.org, torvalds-AT-linux-foundation.org,
akpm-AT-linux-foundation.org, alan-AT-lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk,
Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti-AT-redhat.com> |
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2.6.32-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know.
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From: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>
commit ee73f656a604d5aa9df86a97102e4e462dd79924 upstream.
PIT control word (address 0x43) is write-only, reads are undefined.
Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
---
arch/x86/kvm/i8254.c | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/i8254.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/i8254.c
@@ -465,6 +465,9 @@ static int pit_ioport_read(struct kvm_io
return -EOPNOTSUPP;
addr &= KVM_PIT_CHANNEL_MASK;
+ if (addr == 3)
+ return 0;
+
s = &pit_state->channels[addr];
mutex_lock(&pit_state->lock);
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