linux-kernel - [patch 28/41] x86/cpu: Write the default PKRU value when enabling PKE

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Date:   Fri, 11 Jun 2021 18:15:51 +0200
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:     Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
        Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>,
        Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
        Yu-cheng Yu <yu-cheng.yu@...el.com>,
        Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Kan Liang <kan.liang@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: [patch 28/41] x86/cpu: Write the default PKRU value when enabling PKE

In preparation of making the PKRU management more independent from XSTATES,
write the default PKRU value into the hardware right after enabling PKRU in
CR4. This ensures that switch_to() and copy_thread() have the correct
setting for init task and the per CPU idle threads right away.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c |    2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
@@ -479,6 +479,8 @@ static __always_inline void setup_pku(st
 	}
 
 	cr4_set_bits(X86_CR4_PKE);
+	/* Load the default PKRU value */
+	pkru_write_default();
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_INTEL_MEMORY_PROTECTION_KEYS