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Date:   Wed, 5 Jul 2017 03:32:43 -0700
From:   tip-bot for Andy Lutomirski <tipbot@...or.com>
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Subject: [tip:x86/mm] x86/mm: Add the 'nopcid' boot option to turn off PCID

Commit-ID:  0790c9aad84901ca1bdc14746175549c8b5da215
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/0790c9aad84901ca1bdc14746175549c8b5da215
Author:     Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
AuthorDate: Thu, 29 Jun 2017 08:53:20 -0700
Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
CommitDate: Wed, 5 Jul 2017 10:52:57 +0200

x86/mm: Add the 'nopcid' boot option to turn off PCID

The parameter is only present on x86_64 systems to save a few bytes,
as PCID is always disabled on x86_32.

Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
Reviewed-by: Nadav Amit <nadav.amit@...il.com>
Reviewed-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...ux.intel.com>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>
Cc: linux-mm@...ck.org
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/8bbb2e65bcd249a5f18bfb8128b4689f08ac2b60.1498751203.git.luto@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
---
 Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt |  2 ++
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c                    | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index 9b0b3de..7037a0f 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -2657,6 +2657,8 @@
 	nopat		[X86] Disable PAT (page attribute table extension of
 			pagetables) support.
 
+	nopcid		[X86-64] Disable the PCID cpu feature.
+
 	norandmaps	Don't use address space randomization.  Equivalent to
 			echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/randomize_va_space
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
index c8b3987..904485e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
@@ -168,6 +168,24 @@ static int __init x86_mpx_setup(char *s)
 }
 __setup("nompx", x86_mpx_setup);
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
+static int __init x86_pcid_setup(char *s)
+{
+	/* require an exact match without trailing characters */
+	if (strlen(s))
+		return 0;
+
+	/* do not emit a message if the feature is not present */
+	if (!boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_PCID))
+		return 1;
+
+	setup_clear_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_PCID);
+	pr_info("nopcid: PCID feature disabled\n");
+	return 1;
+}
+__setup("nopcid", x86_pcid_setup);
+#endif
+
 static int __init x86_noinvpcid_setup(char *s)
 {
 	/* noinvpcid doesn't accept parameters */