linux-kernel - [PATCH v3 2/4] Add enabling of the R3 MWAIT during boot for KNL

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Message-Id: <1476367345-25628-3-git-send-email-grzegorz.andrejczuk@intel.com>
Date:   Thu, 13 Oct 2016 16:02:23 +0200
From:   Grzegorz Andrejczuk <grzegorz.andrejczuk@...el.com>
To:     tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...hat.com, hpa@...or.com, x86@...nel.org
Cc:     bp@...e.de, dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, lukasz.daniluk@...el.com,
        james.h.cownie@...el.com, jacob.jun.pan@...el.com,
        Grzegorz Andrejczuk <grzegorz.andrejczuk@...el.com>
Subject: [PATCH v3 2/4] Add enabling of the R3 MWAIT during boot for KNL

If processor is Intel Xeon Phi we enable user-level mwait feature.
Enabling this feature suppreses invalid-opcode error, when MONITOR/MWAIT
is called from ring 3.

Signed-off-by: Grzegorz Andrejczuk <grzegorz.andrejczuk@...el.com>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 31 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c
index fcd484d..464df22 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
 #include <asm/apic.h>
 #endif
 
+static int phi_r3mwait_disabled;
+
 /*
  * Just in case our CPU detection goes bad, or you have a weird system,
  * allow a way to override the automatic disabling of MPX.
@@ -61,6 +63,34 @@ void check_mpx_erratum(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 	}
 }
 
+static int __init phir3mwait_disable(char *__unused)
+{
+	phi_r3mwait_disabled = 1;
+
+	return 1;
+}
+__setup("phir3mwait=disable", phir3mwait_disable);
+
+static void __init probe_xeon_phi_r3mwait(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
+{
+	if (phi_r3mwait_disabled)
+		return;
+
+	/*
+	* Setting ring 3 MONITOR/MWAIT for all threads
+	* when CPU is Xeon Phi Family x200
+	* This can be disabled with phir3mwait=disable cmdline switch.
+	* We preserve the reserved values and set only 2nd bit.
+	*/
+	if (c->x86 == 6 && c->x86_model == INTEL_FAM6_XEON_PHI_KNL) {
+		u64 msr;
+
+		rdmsrl(MSR_PHI_MISC_THD_FEATURE, msr);
+		msr |= MSR_PHI_MISC_THD_FEATURE_R3MWAIT;
+		wrmsrl(MSR_PHI_MISC_THD_FEATURE, msr);
+	}
+}
+
 static void early_init_intel(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 {
 	u64 misc_enable;
@@ -211,6 +241,7 @@ static void early_init_intel(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 	}
 
 	check_mpx_erratum(c);
+	probe_xeon_phi_r3mwait(c);
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
-- 
2.5.1