linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/4] x86, cpu: Add CPU flags for SMEP

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Message-ID: <4DD1D5EB.3070602@zytor.com>
Date:	Mon, 16 May 2011 18:56:59 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>
CC:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Asit K Mallick <asit.k.mallick@...el.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>,
	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/4] x86, cpu: Add CPU flags for SMEP

On 05/16/2011 02:34 PM, Fenghua Yu wrote:
> From: Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>
> 
> Add support for newly documented SMEP (Supervisor Mode Execution Protection) CPU
> feature flags.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>
> ---
>  arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h |    1 +
>  arch/x86/kernel/cpu/scattered.c   |    1 +
>  2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h
> index 50c0d30..e773f13 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h
> @@ -174,6 +174,7 @@
>  #define X86_FEATURE_PLN		(7*32+ 5) /* Intel Power Limit Notification */
>  #define X86_FEATURE_PTS		(7*32+ 6) /* Intel Package Thermal Status */
>  #define X86_FEATURE_DTS		(7*32+ 7) /* Digital Thermal Sensor */
> +#define X86_FEATURE_SMEP	(7*32+ 8) /* Supervisor Mode Execution Protection*/
>  
>  /* Virtualization flags: Linux defined, word 8 */
>  #define X86_FEATURE_TPR_SHADOW  (8*32+ 0) /* Intel TPR Shadow */
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/scattered.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/scattered.c
> index c7f64e6..2de3aea 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/scattered.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/scattered.c
> @@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ void __cpuinit init_scattered_cpuid_features(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
>  		{ X86_FEATURE_PTS,		CR_EAX, 6, 0x00000006, 0 },
>  		{ X86_FEATURE_APERFMPERF,	CR_ECX, 0, 0x00000006, 0 },
>  		{ X86_FEATURE_EPB,		CR_ECX, 3, 0x00000006, 0 },
> +		{ X86_FEATURE_SMEP,		CR_EBX, 7, 0x00000007, 0 },
>  		{ X86_FEATURE_XSAVEOPT,		CR_EAX,	0, 0x0000000d, 1 },
>  		{ X86_FEATURE_CPB,		CR_EDX, 9, 0x80000007, 0 },
>  		{ X86_FEATURE_NPT,		CR_EDX, 0, 0x8000000a, 0 },

The level 7 flags are not considered "scattered"; they have their own
word; please use it.

	-hpa

-- 
H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
I work for Intel.  I don't speak on their behalf.

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