linux-kernel - [GIT pull] x86 fix for 4.15

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Date:   Sun, 21 Jan 2018 12:39:14 +0100 (CET)
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Subject: [GIT pull] x86 fix for 4.15

Linus,

please pull the latest x86-urgent-for-linus git tree from:

   git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git x86-urgent-for-linus

A single fix for the WBINVD issue introduced by the SME support which
causes kexec fails on non AMD/SME capable CPUs. Issue WBINVD only when the
CPU has SME and avoid doing so in a loop.

Thanks,

	tglx

------------------>
Tom Lendacky (1):
      x86/mm: Rework wbinvd, hlt operation in stop_this_cpu()


 arch/x86/kernel/process.c | 25 +++++++++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
index 832a6acd730f..cb368c2a22ab 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
@@ -380,19 +380,24 @@ void stop_this_cpu(void *dummy)
 	disable_local_APIC();
 	mcheck_cpu_clear(this_cpu_ptr(&cpu_info));
 
+	/*
+	 * Use wbinvd on processors that support SME. This provides support
+	 * for performing a successful kexec when going from SME inactive
+	 * to SME active (or vice-versa). The cache must be cleared so that
+	 * if there are entries with the same physical address, both with and
+	 * without the encryption bit, they don't race each other when flushed
+	 * and potentially end up with the wrong entry being committed to
+	 * memory.
+	 */
+	if (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_SME))
+		native_wbinvd();
 	for (;;) {
 		/*
-		 * Use wbinvd followed by hlt to stop the processor. This
-		 * provides support for kexec on a processor that supports
-		 * SME. With kexec, going from SME inactive to SME active
-		 * requires clearing cache entries so that addresses without
-		 * the encryption bit set don't corrupt the same physical
-		 * address that has the encryption bit set when caches are
-		 * flushed. To achieve this a wbinvd is performed followed by
-		 * a hlt. Even if the processor is not in the kexec/SME
-		 * scenario this only adds a wbinvd to a halting processor.
+		 * Use native_halt() so that memory contents don't change
+		 * (stack usage and variables) after possibly issuing the
+		 * native_wbinvd() above.
 		 */
-		asm volatile("wbinvd; hlt" : : : "memory");
+		native_halt();
 	}
 }