linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5/7] x86: Make old K8 swapgs workaround conditional

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Date:	Tue, 29 Apr 2014 21:57:23 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>, x86@...nel.org
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/7] x86: Make old K8 swapgs workaround conditional

On 04/28/2014 03:12 PM, Andi Kleen wrote:
> From: Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
> 
> Every gs selector/index reload always paid an extra MFENCE
> between the two SWAPGS. This was to work around an old
> bug in early K8 steppings.  All other CPUs don't need the extra
> mfence. Patch the extra MFENCE only in for K8.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
> ---
>  arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h |  1 +
>  arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c         |  3 +++
>  arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S        | 10 +++++++++-
>  3 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h
> index 89270b4..eb4bb46 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h
> @@ -102,6 +102,7 @@
>  #define X86_FEATURE_APERFMPERF	(3*32+28) /* APERFMPERF */
>  #define X86_FEATURE_EAGER_FPU	(3*32+29) /* "eagerfpu" Non lazy FPU restore */
>  #define X86_FEATURE_NONSTOP_TSC_S3 (3*32+30) /* TSC doesn't stop in S3 state */
> +#define X86_FEATURE_SWAPGS_MFENCE (3*32+31) /* SWAPGS may need MFENCE */
>  

Nitpick: should be an X86_BUG_ instead.

	-hpa


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