Re: [PATCH] kvm-unit-tests: Fix GCC's 4.8 labels as values for nVMX tests.

[Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com>]

On 2014-02-24 16:25, Marius Vlad wrote:
> Commit 3b1274463fa8d074dd3bc77efe25b59a4ddd491e uses GCCs extension
> labels as values to handle exceptions, but GCC 4.8 ``mistakingly''
> uses the next body function as a jump label, for functions which
> do not return. Fixed by returning a int value for those functions.
> 
> See http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.emulators.kvm.devel/119186
> 
> Signed-off-by: Marius Vlad <mv@sec.uni-passau.de>
> ---
>  x86/vmx.c | 10 +++++-----
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/x86/vmx.c b/x86/vmx.c
> index fe950e6..0c895af 100644
> --- a/x86/vmx.c
> +++ b/x86/vmx.c
> @@ -548,7 +548,7 @@ static void exception_handler(struct ex_regs *regs)
>  	regs->rip = (u64)exception_return;
>  }
>  
> -static int test_for_exception(unsigned int ex, void (*func)(void))
> +static int test_for_exception(unsigned int ex, int (*func)(void))
>  {
>  	handle_exception(ex, exception_handler);
>  	exception = false;
> @@ -557,23 +557,23 @@ static int test_for_exception(unsigned int ex, void (*func)(void))
>  	return exception;
>  }
>  
> -static void do_vmxon_off(void)
> +static int do_vmxon_off(void)
>  {
>  	exception_return = &&resume;
>  	barrier();
>  	vmx_on();
>  	vmx_off();
>  resume:
> -	return;
> +	return 0;
>  }
>  
> -static void do_write_feature_control(void)
> +static int do_write_feature_control(void)
>  {
>  	exception_return = &&resume;
>  	barrier();
>  	wrmsr(MSR_IA32_FEATURE_CONTROL, 0);
>  resume:
> -	return;
> +	return 0;
>  }
>  
>  static int test_vmx_feature_control(void)
> 

Argh, getting old. I remembered that issue but forgot that I already had
a fix for this queued:

http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.emulators.kvm.devel/117866

I don't mind which version to pick, but maybe Paolo has mine already in
his queue.

Sorry for the duplicate work.

Jan

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