linux-kernel - [PATCH v8 14/15] x86/split_lock: Disable split lock detection by kernel parameter "nosplit_lock

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Date:   Wed, 24 Apr 2019 12:33:01 -0700
From:   Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>
To:     "Thomas Gleixner" <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        "Ingo Molnar" <mingo@...hat.com>, "Borislav Petkov" <bp@...en8.de>,
        "H Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        "Paolo Bonzini" <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        "Dave Hansen" <dave.hansen@...el.com>,
        "Ashok Raj" <ashok.raj@...el.com>,
        "Peter Zijlstra" <peterz@...radead.org>,
        "Ravi V Shankar" <ravi.v.shankar@...el.com>,
        "Xiaoyao Li " <xiaoyao.li@...el.com>,
        "Christopherson Sean J" <sean.j.christopherson@...el.com>,
        "Kalle Valo" <kvalo@...eaurora.org>,
        "Michael Chan" <michael.chan@...adcom.com>
Cc:     "linux-kernel" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "x86" <x86@...nel.org>, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
        Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>
Subject: [PATCH v8 14/15] x86/split_lock: Disable split lock detection by kernel parameter "nosplit_lock_detect"

To work around or debug split lock issues, the kernel parameter
"nosplit_lock_detect" is introduced to disable the feature during boot
time.

Signed-off-by: Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>
---
 .../admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt         |  2 ++
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c                   | 25 ++++++++++++++++---
 2 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index 2b8ee90bb644..623a5f223ff1 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -3019,6 +3019,8 @@
 
 	nosoftlockup	[KNL] Disable the soft-lockup detector.
 
+	nosplit_lock_detect	[X86] Disable split lock detection
+
 	nosync		[HW,M68K] Disables sync negotiation for all devices.
 
 	nowatchdog	[KNL] Disable both lockup detectors, i.e.
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c
index 28cc6891ba48..959ebf25beda 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include <asm/microcode_intel.h>
 #include <asm/hwcap2.h>
 #include <asm/elf.h>
+#include <asm/cmdline.h>
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
 #include <linux/topology.h>
@@ -34,6 +35,8 @@
 DEFINE_PER_CPU(u64, msr_test_ctl_cache);
 EXPORT_PER_CPU_SYMBOL_GPL(msr_test_ctl_cache);
 
+static bool split_lock_detect_enable;
+
 /*
  * Just in case our CPU detection goes bad, or you have a weird system,
  * allow a way to override the automatic disabling of MPX.
@@ -659,9 +662,15 @@ static void init_intel_misc_features(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 
 static void split_lock_update_msr(void)
 {
-	/* Enable split lock detection */
-	msr_set_bit(MSR_TEST_CTL, TEST_CTL_SPLIT_LOCK_DETECT_SHIFT);
-	this_cpu_or(msr_test_ctl_cache, TEST_CTL_SPLIT_LOCK_DETECT);
+	if (split_lock_detect_enable) {
+		/* Enable split lock detection */
+		msr_set_bit(MSR_TEST_CTL, TEST_CTL_SPLIT_LOCK_DETECT_SHIFT);
+		this_cpu_or(msr_test_ctl_cache, TEST_CTL_SPLIT_LOCK_DETECT);
+	} else {
+		/* Disable split lock detection */
+		msr_clear_bit(MSR_TEST_CTL, TEST_CTL_SPLIT_LOCK_DETECT_SHIFT);
+		this_cpu_and(msr_test_ctl_cache, ~TEST_CTL_SPLIT_LOCK_DETECT);
+	}
 }
 
 static void init_split_lock_detect(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
@@ -1060,7 +1069,15 @@ cpu_dev_register(intel_cpu_dev);
 static void __init set_split_lock_detect(void)
 {
 	setup_force_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_SPLIT_LOCK_DETECT);
-	pr_info("enabled\n");
+
+	if (cmdline_find_option_bool(boot_command_line,
+				     "nosplit_lock_detect")) {
+		split_lock_detect_enable = false;
+		pr_info("disabled\n");
+	} else {
+		split_lock_detect_enable = true;
+		pr_info("enabled\n");
+	}
 }
 
 void __init cpu_set_core_cap_bits(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
-- 
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