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Date:   Fri, 07 Jul 2017 08:38:27 -0500
From:   Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@....com>
To:     linux-arch@...r.kernel.org, linux-efi@...r.kernel.org,
        kvm@...r.kernel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org,
        kexec@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        kasan-dev@...glegroups.com, xen-devel@...ts.xen.org,
        linux-mm@...ck.org, iommu@...ts.linux-foundation.org
Cc:     Brijesh Singh <brijesh.singh@....com>,
        Toshimitsu Kani <toshi.kani@....com>,
        Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@...hat.com>,
        Matt Fleming <matt@...eblueprint.co.uk>,
        Alexander Potapenko <glider@...gle.com>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        Larry Woodman <lwoodman@...hat.com>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>,
        "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Andrey Ryabinin <aryabinin@...tuozzo.com>,
        Dave Young <dyoung@...hat.com>, Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>,
        Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@...gle.com>,
        Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH v9 02/38] x86/mm/pat: Set write-protect cache mode for full
 PAT support

For processors that support PAT, set the write-protect cache mode
(_PAGE_CACHE_MODE_WP) entry to the actual write-protect value (x05).

Acked-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
Signed-off-by: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@....com>
---
 arch/x86/mm/pat.c |    6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/pat.c b/arch/x86/mm/pat.c
index 4597950..88990ab 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/pat.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/pat.c
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ void init_cache_modes(void)
  * pat_init - Initialize PAT MSR and PAT table
  *
  * This function initializes PAT MSR and PAT table with an OS-defined value
- * to enable additional cache attributes, WC and WT.
+ * to enable additional cache attributes, WC, WT and WP.
  *
  * This function must be called on all CPUs using the specific sequence of
  * operations defined in Intel SDM. mtrr_rendezvous_handler() provides this
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ void pat_init(void)
 		 *      010    2    UC-: _PAGE_CACHE_MODE_UC_MINUS
 		 *      011    3    UC : _PAGE_CACHE_MODE_UC
 		 *      100    4    WB : Reserved
-		 *      101    5    WC : Reserved
+		 *      101    5    WP : _PAGE_CACHE_MODE_WP
 		 *      110    6    UC-: Reserved
 		 *      111    7    WT : _PAGE_CACHE_MODE_WT
 		 *
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ void pat_init(void)
 		 * corresponding types in the presence of PAT errata.
 		 */
 		pat = PAT(0, WB) | PAT(1, WC) | PAT(2, UC_MINUS) | PAT(3, UC) |
-		      PAT(4, WB) | PAT(5, WC) | PAT(6, UC_MINUS) | PAT(7, WT);
+		      PAT(4, WB) | PAT(5, WP) | PAT(6, UC_MINUS) | PAT(7, WT);
 	}
 
 	if (!boot_cpu_done) {

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