Patch "x86/idt: Mark IDT tables __initconst" has been added to the 4.14-stable tree

[<gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled

    x86/idt: Mark IDT tables __initconst

to the 4.14-stable tree which can be found at:
    http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary

The filename of the patch is:
     x86-idt-mark-idt-tables-__initconst.patch
and it can be found in the queue-4.14 subdirectory.

If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@vger.kernel.org> know about it.


>From 327867faa4d66628fcd92a843adb3345736a5313 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2017 16:18:21 -0800
Subject: x86/idt: Mark IDT tables __initconst

From: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>

commit 327867faa4d66628fcd92a843adb3345736a5313 upstream.

const variables must use __initconst, not __initdata.

Fix this up for the IDT tables, which got it consistently wrong.

Fixes: 16bc18d895ce ("x86/idt: Move 32-bit idt_descr to C code")
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20171222001821.2157-7-andi@firstfloor.org
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>

---
 arch/x86/kernel/idt.c |   12 ++++++------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

--- a/arch/x86/kernel/idt.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/idt.c
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ struct idt_data {
  * Early traps running on the DEFAULT_STACK because the other interrupt
  * stacks work only after cpu_init().
  */
-static const __initdata struct idt_data early_idts[] = {
+static const __initconst struct idt_data early_idts[] = {
 	INTG(X86_TRAP_DB,		debug),
 	SYSG(X86_TRAP_BP,		int3),
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ static const __initdata struct idt_data
  * the traps which use them are reinitialized with IST after cpu_init() has
  * set up TSS.
  */
-static const __initdata struct idt_data def_idts[] = {
+static const __initconst struct idt_data def_idts[] = {
 	INTG(X86_TRAP_DE,		divide_error),
 	INTG(X86_TRAP_NMI,		nmi),
 	INTG(X86_TRAP_BR,		bounds),
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ static const __initdata struct idt_data
 /*
  * The APIC and SMP idt entries
  */
-static const __initdata struct idt_data apic_idts[] = {
+static const __initconst struct idt_data apic_idts[] = {
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
 	INTG(RESCHEDULE_VECTOR,		reschedule_interrupt),
 	INTG(CALL_FUNCTION_VECTOR,	call_function_interrupt),
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ static const __initdata struct idt_data
  * Early traps running on the DEFAULT_STACK because the other interrupt
  * stacks work only after cpu_init().
  */
-static const __initdata struct idt_data early_pf_idts[] = {
+static const __initconst struct idt_data early_pf_idts[] = {
 	INTG(X86_TRAP_PF,		page_fault),
 };
 
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ static const __initdata struct idt_data
  * Override for the debug_idt. Same as the default, but with interrupt
  * stack set to DEFAULT_STACK (0). Required for NMI trap handling.
  */
-static const __initdata struct idt_data dbg_idts[] = {
+static const __initconst struct idt_data dbg_idts[] = {
 	INTG(X86_TRAP_DB,	debug),
 	INTG(X86_TRAP_BP,	int3),
 };
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ gate_desc debug_idt_table[IDT_ENTRIES] _
  * The exceptions which use Interrupt stacks. They are setup after
  * cpu_init() when the TSS has been initialized.
  */
-static const __initdata struct idt_data ist_idts[] = {
+static const __initconst struct idt_data ist_idts[] = {
 	ISTG(X86_TRAP_DB,	debug,		DEBUG_STACK),
 	ISTG(X86_TRAP_NMI,	nmi,		NMI_STACK),
 	SISTG(X86_TRAP_BP,	int3,		DEBUG_STACK),


Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from ak@linux.intel.com are

queue-4.14/module-add-retpoline-tag-to-vermagic.patch
queue-4.14/x86-idt-mark-idt-tables-__initconst.patch
queue-4.14/x86-retpoline-fill-rsb-on-context-switch-for-affected-cpus.patch
queue-4.14/x86-retpoline-add-lfence-to-the-retpoline-rsb-filling-rsb-macros.patch
queue-4.14/x86-intel_rdt-cqm-prevent-use-after-free.patch