linux-kernel - [PATCH v4 1/5] x86/cpufeature: add the cpu feature bit for LKGS

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Message-Id: <20221019102310.1543-2-xin3.li@intel.com>
Date:   Wed, 19 Oct 2022 03:23:06 -0700
From:   Xin Li <xin3.li@...el.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org
Cc:     tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...hat.com, bp@...en8.de,
        dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com, hpa@...or.com, peterz@...radead.org,
        brgerst@...il.com, chang.seok.bae@...el.com
Subject: [PATCH v4 1/5] x86/cpufeature: add the cpu feature bit for LKGS

From: "H. Peter Anvin (Intel)" <hpa@...or.com>

Add the CPU feature bit for LKGS (Load "Kernel" GS).

LKGS instruction is introduced with Intel FRED (flexible return and
event delivery) specificaton
https://cdrdv2.intel.com/v1/dl/getContent/678938.

LKGS behaves like the MOV to GS instruction except that it loads
the base address into the IA32_KERNEL_GS_BASE MSR instead of the
GS segment’s descriptor cache, which is exactly what Linux kernel
does to load a user level GS base.  Thus, with LKGS, there is no
need to SWAPGS away from the kernel GS base.

Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin (Intel) <hpa@...or.com>
Signed-off-by: Xin Li <xin3.li@...el.com>
---

Change since V2:
* add "" not to show "lkgs" in /proc/cpuinfo (Chang S. Bae).
---
 arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h       | 1 +
 tools/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h | 1 +
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h
index b71f4f2ecdd5..3dc1a48c2796 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h
@@ -308,6 +308,7 @@
 /* Intel-defined CPU features, CPUID level 0x00000007:1 (EAX), word 12 */
 #define X86_FEATURE_AVX_VNNI		(12*32+ 4) /* AVX VNNI instructions */
 #define X86_FEATURE_AVX512_BF16		(12*32+ 5) /* AVX512 BFLOAT16 instructions */
+#define X86_FEATURE_LKGS		(12*32+ 18) /* "" Load "kernel" (userspace) gs */
 
 /* AMD-defined CPU features, CPUID level 0x80000008 (EBX), word 13 */
 #define X86_FEATURE_CLZERO		(13*32+ 0) /* CLZERO instruction */
diff --git a/tools/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h b/tools/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h
index ef4775c6db01..9d45071d1730 100644
--- a/tools/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h
+++ b/tools/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h
@@ -308,6 +308,7 @@
 /* Intel-defined CPU features, CPUID level 0x00000007:1 (EAX), word 12 */
 #define X86_FEATURE_AVX_VNNI		(12*32+ 4) /* AVX VNNI instructions */
 #define X86_FEATURE_AVX512_BF16		(12*32+ 5) /* AVX512 BFLOAT16 instructions */
+#define X86_FEATURE_LKGS		(12*32+ 18) /* "" Load "kernel" (userspace) gs */
 
 /* AMD-defined CPU features, CPUID level 0x80000008 (EBX), word 13 */
 #define X86_FEATURE_CLZERO		(13*32+ 0) /* CLZERO instruction */
-- 
2.34.1