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From: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>
To: kvm <kvm@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: Jason Wang <jasowang@redhat.com>
Subject: KVM: PIT: control word is write-only
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2010 17:28:41 -0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100129192840.GA17352@amt.cnet> (raw)


PIT control word (address 0x43) is write-only, reads are undefined.

Cc: stable@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/i8254.c b/arch/x86/kvm/i8254.c
index caad189..6a74246 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/i8254.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/i8254.c
@@ -467,6 +467,9 @@ static int pit_ioport_read(struct kvm_io_device *this,
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
 	addr &= KVM_PIT_CHANNEL_MASK;
+	if (addr == 3)
+		return 0;
+
 	s = &pit_state->channels[addr];
 
 	mutex_lock(&pit_state->lock);

             reply	other threads:[~2010-01-29 19:29 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-01-29 19:28 Marcelo Tosatti [this message]
2010-02-01  8:21 ` KVM: PIT: control word is write-only Jason Wang

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