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Jan Kiszka authored
commit 0924ab2c upstream User space may create the PIT and forgets about setting up the irqchips. In that case, firing PIT IRQs will crash the host: BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000128 IP: [<ffffffffa10f6280>] kvm_set_irq+0x30/0x170 [kvm] ... Call Trace: [<ffffffffa11228c1>] pit_do_work+0x51/0xd0 [kvm] [<ffffffff81071431>] process_one_work+0x111/0x4d0 [<ffffffff81071bb2>] worker_thread+0x152/0x340 [<ffffffff81075c8e>] kthread+0x7e/0x90 [<ffffffff815a4474>] kernel_thread_helper+0x4/0x10 Prevent this by checking the irqchip mode before starting a timer. We can't deny creating the PIT if the irqchips aren't set up yet as current user land expects this order to work. Signed-off-by: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com> Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com> [dannf: backported to Debian's 2.6.32] Signed-off-by: Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu>
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