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Message-Id: <20230731064133.3881-7-xin3.li@intel.com>
Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2023 23:41:33 -0700
From: Xin Li <xin3.li@...el.com>
To: linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
linux-edac@...r.kernel.org, linux-hyperv@...r.kernel.org,
kvm@...r.kernel.org, xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>, x86@...nel.org,
"H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
"K . Y . Srinivasan" <kys@...rosoft.com>,
Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>,
Wei Liu <wei.liu@...nel.org>, Dexuan Cui <decui@...rosoft.com>,
Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@...cent.com>,
Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>,
Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>,
Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@...nel.org>,
Oleksandr Tyshchenko <oleksandr_tyshchenko@...m.com>,
Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...nel.org>,
"Paul E . McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>,
Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
Kim Phillips <kim.phillips@....com>,
Xin Li <xin3.li@...el.com>,
Hyeonggon Yoo <42.hyeyoo@...il.com>,
"Liam R . Howlett" <Liam.Howlett@...cle.com>,
Sebastian Reichel <sebastian.reichel@...labora.com>,
"Kirill A . Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>,
Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@...gle.com>,
Pawan Gupta <pawan.kumar.gupta@...ux.intel.com>,
Jiaxi Chen <jiaxi.chen@...ux.intel.com>,
Babu Moger <babu.moger@....com>,
Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com>,
Sandipan Das <sandipan.das@....com>,
Lai Jiangshan <jiangshanlai@...il.com>,
Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>,
Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@...el.com>,
Daniel Sneddon <daniel.sneddon@...ux.intel.com>,
Breno Leitao <leitao@...ian.org>,
Nikunj A Dadhania <nikunj@....com>,
Brian Gerst <brgerst@...il.com>,
Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@...gle.com>,
Alexander Potapenko <glider@...gle.com>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
"Eric W . Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>,
Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>,
Ze Gao <zegao2021@...il.com>, Fei Li <fei1.li@...el.com>,
Conghui <conghui.chen@...el.com>,
Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@...el.com>,
"Jason A . Donenfeld" <Jason@...c4.com>,
Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
Jacob Pan <jacob.jun.pan@...ux.intel.com>,
Jiapeng Chong <jiapeng.chong@...ux.alibaba.com>,
Jane Malalane <jane.malalane@...rix.com>,
David Woodhouse <dwmw@...zon.co.uk>,
Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>,
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>,
Yantengsi <siyanteng@...ngson.cn>,
Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu>,
Sathvika Vasireddy <sv@...ux.ibm.com>
Subject: [PATCH v9 36/36] x86/fred: Disable FRED by default in its early stage
Disable FRED by default in its early stage.
To enable FRED, a new kernel command line option "fred" needs to be added.
Tested-by: Shan Kang <shan.kang@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: Xin Li <xin3.li@...el.com>
---
Changes since v7:
* Add a log message when FRED is enabled.
---
Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 4 ++++
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c | 3 +++
arch/x86/kernel/fred.c | 3 +++
3 files changed, 10 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index a1457995fd41..cb12decfcdc0 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -1513,6 +1513,10 @@
Warning: use of this parameter will taint the kernel
and may cause unknown problems.
+ fred
+ Forcefully enable flexible return and event delivery,
+ which is otherwise disabled by default.
+
ftrace=[tracer]
[FTRACE] will set and start the specified tracer
as early as possible in order to facilitate early
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
index b34a8a138755..38cf4f64a56e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
@@ -1451,6 +1451,9 @@ static void __init cpu_parse_early_param(void)
char *argptr = arg, *opt;
int arglen, taint = 0;
+ if (!cmdline_find_option_bool(boot_command_line, "fred"))
+ setup_clear_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_FRED);
+
#ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
if (cmdline_find_option_bool(boot_command_line, "no387"))
#ifdef CONFIG_MATH_EMULATION
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/fred.c b/arch/x86/kernel/fred.c
index 7fdf79c964a8..a4a726ea9fc2 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/fred.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/fred.c
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@
void cpu_init_fred_exceptions(void)
{
+ /* When FRED is enabled by default, this log message may not needed */
+ pr_info("Initialize FRED on CPU%d\n", smp_processor_id());
+
wrmsrl(MSR_IA32_FRED_CONFIG,
/* Reserve for CALL emulation */
FRED_CONFIG_REDZONE |
--
2.34.1
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