linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/7] x86/cpufeature: Add 5-level paging detection

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Message-Id: <20170306204514.1852-2-kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com>
Date:   Mon,  6 Mar 2017 23:45:08 +0300
From:   "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, x86@...nel.org,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc:     Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
        linux-arch@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: [PATCH 1/7] x86/cpufeature: Add 5-level paging detection

Look for 'la57' in /proc/cpuinfo to see if your machine supports 5-level
paging.

Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>
---
 arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h
index 4e7772387c6e..b04bb6dfed7f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h
@@ -289,7 +289,8 @@
 #define X86_FEATURE_PKU		(16*32+ 3) /* Protection Keys for Userspace */
 #define X86_FEATURE_OSPKE	(16*32+ 4) /* OS Protection Keys Enable */
 #define X86_FEATURE_AVX512_VPOPCNTDQ (16*32+14) /* POPCNT for vectors of DW/QW */
-#define X86_FEATURE_RDPID	(16*32+ 22) /* RDPID instruction */
+#define X86_FEATURE_LA57	(16*32+16) /* 5-level page tables */
+#define X86_FEATURE_RDPID	(16*32+22) /* RDPID instruction */
 
 /* AMD-defined CPU features, CPUID level 0x80000007 (ebx), word 17 */
 #define X86_FEATURE_OVERFLOW_RECOV (17*32+0) /* MCA overflow recovery support */
-- 
2.11.0