linux-kernel - [PATCH v4 09/10] x86/mm: Enable CR4.PCIDE on supported systems

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Date:   Thu, 29 Jun 2017 08:53:21 -0700
From:   Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
To:     x86@...nel.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>,
        "linux-mm@...ck.org" <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
        Nadav Amit <nadav.amit@...il.com>,
        Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>,
        Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...ux.intel.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>,
        Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>
Subject: [PATCH v4 09/10] x86/mm: Enable CR4.PCIDE on supported systems

We can use PCID if the CPU has PCID and PGE and we're not on Xen.

By itself, this has no effect.  The next patch will start using
PCID.

Reviewed-by: Nadav Amit <nadav.amit@...il.com>
Reviewed-by: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>
Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>
Cc: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>
Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
---
 arch/x86/include/asm/tlbflush.h |  8 ++++++++
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c    | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 arch/x86/xen/enlighten_pv.c     |  6 ++++++
 3 files changed, 36 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/tlbflush.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/tlbflush.h
index 06e997a36d49..6397275008db 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/tlbflush.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/tlbflush.h
@@ -243,6 +243,14 @@ static inline void __flush_tlb_all(void)
 		__flush_tlb_global();
 	else
 		__flush_tlb();
+
+	/*
+	 * Note: if we somehow had PCID but not PGE, then this wouldn't work --
+	 * we'd end up flushing kernel translations for the current ASID but
+	 * we might fail to flush kernel translations for other cached ASIDs.
+	 *
+	 * To avoid this issue, we force PCID off if PGE is off.
+	 */
 }
 
 static inline void __flush_tlb_one(unsigned long addr)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
index 904485e7b230..b95cd94ca97b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
@@ -329,6 +329,25 @@ static __always_inline void setup_smap(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 	}
 }
 
+static void setup_pcid(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
+{
+	if (cpu_has(c, X86_FEATURE_PCID)) {
+		if (cpu_has(c, X86_FEATURE_PGE)) {
+			cr4_set_bits(X86_CR4_PCIDE);
+		} else {
+			/*
+			 * flush_tlb_all(), as currently implemented, won't
+			 * work if PCID is on but PGE is not.  Since that
+			 * combination doesn't exist on real hardware, there's
+			 * no reason to try to fully support it, but it's
+			 * polite to avoid corrupting data if we're on
+			 * an improperly configured VM.
+			 */
+			clear_cpu_cap(c, X86_FEATURE_PCID);
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 /*
  * Protection Keys are not available in 32-bit mode.
  */
@@ -1143,6 +1162,9 @@ static void identify_cpu(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 	setup_smep(c);
 	setup_smap(c);
 
+	/* Set up PCID */
+	setup_pcid(c);
+
 	/*
 	 * The vendor-specific functions might have changed features.
 	 * Now we do "generic changes."
diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten_pv.c b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten_pv.c
index f33eef4ebd12..a136aac543c3 100644
--- a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten_pv.c
+++ b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten_pv.c
@@ -295,6 +295,12 @@ static void __init xen_init_capabilities(void)
 	setup_clear_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_ACC);
 	setup_clear_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_X2APIC);
 
+	/*
+	 * Xen PV would need some work to support PCID: CR3 handling as well
+	 * as xen_flush_tlb_others() would need updating.
+	 */
+	setup_clear_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_PCID);
+
 	if (!xen_initial_domain())
 		setup_clear_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_ACPI);
 
-- 
2.9.4