linux-kernel - [RESEND PATCH v2 2/4] x86/umip: Inform that UMIP has been enabled

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Date:   Mon, 13 Nov 2017 22:29:43 -0800
From:   Ricardo Neri <ricardo.neri-calderon@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc:     Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>, Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        "Ravi V. Shankar" <ravi.v.shankar@...el.com>, x86@...nel.org,
        ricardo.neri@...el.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Ricardo Neri <ricardo.neri-calderon@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: [RESEND PATCH v2 2/4] x86/umip: Inform that UMIP has been enabled

Let us have an indication that this feature has been enabled.

Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
Cc: Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>
Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
Cc: Ravi V. Shankar <ravi.v.shankar@...el.com>
Cc: x86@...nel.org
Suggested-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Signed-off-by: Ricardo Neri <ricardo.neri-calderon@...ux.intel.com>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
index 13ae9e5..fa998ca 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
@@ -341,6 +341,8 @@ static __always_inline void setup_umip(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 
 	cr4_set_bits(X86_CR4_UMIP);
 
+	pr_info("x86/cpu: Activated the Intel User Mode Instruction Prevention (UMIP) CPU feature\n");
+
 	return;
 
 out:
-- 
2.7.4