linux-kernel - Re: [tip:x86/urgent] x86, AMD: Disable wrongly set X86_FEATURE_LAHF

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Message-ID: <20090816064132.GA16278@elte.hu>
Date:	Sun, 16 Aug 2009 08:41:32 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	mingo@...hat.com, hpa@...or.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	kjwinchester@...il.com, tglx@...utronix.de, borislav.petkov@....com
Cc:	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [tip:x86/urgent] x86, AMD: Disable wrongly set
	X86_FEATURE_LAHF_LM CPUID bit


* tip-bot for Borislav Petkov <borislav.petkov@....com> wrote:

> Commit-ID:  c74cb13b94118ec89e48849806356b67caa5ff86
> Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/c74cb13b94118ec89e48849806356b67caa5ff86
> Author:     Borislav Petkov <borislav.petkov@....com>
> AuthorDate: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 14:06:34 +0200
> Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
> CommitDate: Sat, 15 Aug 2009 18:43:59 +0200
> 
> x86, AMD: Disable wrongly set X86_FEATURE_LAHF_LM CPUID bit
> 
> fbd8b1819e80ac5a176d085fdddc3a34d1499318 turns off the bit for
> /proc/cpuinfo. However, a proper/full fix would be to additionally
> turn off the bit in the CPUID output so that future callers get
> correct CPU features info.
> 
> Do that by basically reversing what the BIOS wrongfully does at boot.
> 
> Tested-by: Kevin Winchester <kjwinchester@...il.com>
> Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <borislav.petkov@....com>
> Cc: kjwinchester@...il.com
> Cc: mikpe@...uu.se
> Cc: brgerst@...il.com
> LKML-Reference: <1250251594-8348-2-git-send-email-borislav.petkov@....com>
> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
> 
> 
> ---
>  arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c |   12 +++++++++++-
>  1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c
> index 63fddcd..0ee63dd 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c
> @@ -404,9 +404,19 @@ static void __cpuinit init_amd(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
>  		/*
>  		 * Some BIOSes incorrectly force this feature, but only K8
>  		 * revision D (model = 0x14) and later actually support it.
> +		 * (AMD Erratum #110, docId: 25759).
>  		 */
> -		if (c->x86_model < 0x14)
> +		if (c->x86_model < 0x14 && cpu_has(c, X86_FEATURE_LAHF_LM)) {
> +			u64 val;
> +
>  			clear_cpu_cap(c, X86_FEATURE_LAHF_LM);
> +			if (!rdmsrl_amd_safe(0xc001100d, &val)) {
> +				val &= ~(1ULL << 32);
> +				wrmsr_amd_safe(0xc001100d, (u32) val,
> +							   (u32)(val >> 32));
> +			}
> +		}
> +
>  	}
>  	if (c->x86 == 0x10 || c->x86 == 0x11)
>  		set_cpu_cap(c, X86_FEATURE_REP_GOOD);

-tip testing found this build bug caused by this patch:

arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c: In function ‘init_amd’:
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c:417: error: implicit declaration of function ‘wrmsr_amd_safe’

	Ingo
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