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Message-ID: <20180313124956.z426zmsr4xl6zomx@node.shutemov.name>
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2018 15:49:56 +0300
From: "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill@...temov.name>
To: Kai Huang <kai.huang@...ux.intel.com>
Cc: dave.hansen@...el.com, peterz@...radead.org, hpa@...or.com,
mingo@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, tglx@...utronix.de,
torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com,
thomas.lendacky@....com, linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [tip:x86/mm] x86/tme: Detect if TME and MKTME is activated by
BIOS
On Tue, Mar 13, 2018 at 03:12:02PM +1300, Kai Huang wrote:
> It seems setup_pku() will call get_cpu_cap to restore c->x86_phys_bits
> later? In which case I think you need to change setup_pku as well.
Thanks for catching this.
I think setup_pku() shouldn't call get_cpu_cap().
Any objections against this:
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
index 348cf4821240..ce10d8ae4cd6 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
@@ -362,6 +362,8 @@ static bool pku_disabled;
static __always_inline void setup_pku(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
{
+ u32 eax, ebx, ecx, edx;
+
/* check the boot processor, plus compile options for PKU: */
if (!cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_PKU))
return;
@@ -377,7 +379,8 @@ static __always_inline void setup_pku(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
* cpuid bit to be set. We need to ensure that we
* update that bit in this CPU's "cpu_info".
*/
- get_cpu_cap(c);
+ cpuid_count(0x00000007, 0, &eax, &ebx, &ecx, &edx);
+ c->x86_capability[CPUID_7_ECX] = ecx;
}
#ifdef CONFIG_X86_INTEL_MEMORY_PROTECTION_KEYS
> And for the comments here, I think it can be refined. It is true that
> VM guest needs to know bits of physical address, but this info is not
> used only by VM. I think the reason we need to update is this is simply
> the fact.
Fair enough. Like this?
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c
index e8ddc6dcfd53..ac45ba7398d9 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c
@@ -612,11 +612,8 @@ static void detect_tme(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
#endif
/*
- * Exclude KeyID bits from physical address bits.
- *
- * We have to do this even if we are not going to use KeyID bits
- * ourself. VM guests still have to know that these bits are not usable
- * for physical address.
+ * KeyID bits effectively lower number of physical address bits.
+ * Let's update cpuinfo_x86::x86_phys_bits to reflect the fact.
*/
c->x86_phys_bits -= keyid_bits;
}
--
Kirill A. Shutemov
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