summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>2016-06-08 14:02:16 +0300
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>2016-06-08 14:02:16 +0300
commit8e8c668927b029f6ccc350eb1aa936864cc4eb6f (patch)
treef91ec6d49e2b01de5b4b3d517209d13b216a3f0f /arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c
parentf0133acc7d4835cfbb86393b7d2a4fba7519585b (diff)
parent970442c599b22ccd644ebfe94d1d303bf6f87c05 (diff)
downloadlinux-8e8c668927b029f6ccc350eb1aa936864cc4eb6f.tar.xz
Merge branch 'x86/urgent' into x86/cpu, to pick up dependency
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c')
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c43
1 files changed, 40 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c
index 5354080f76c3..c1a89bc026ac 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c
@@ -25,6 +25,41 @@
#include <asm/apic.h>
#endif
+/*
+ * Just in case our CPU detection goes bad, or you have a weird system,
+ * allow a way to override the automatic disabling of MPX.
+ */
+static int forcempx;
+
+static int __init forcempx_setup(char *__unused)
+{
+ forcempx = 1;
+
+ return 1;
+}
+__setup("intel-skd-046-workaround=disable", forcempx_setup);
+
+void check_mpx_erratum(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
+{
+ if (forcempx)
+ return;
+ /*
+ * Turn off the MPX feature on CPUs where SMEP is not
+ * available or disabled.
+ *
+ * Works around Intel Erratum SKD046: "Branch Instructions
+ * May Initialize MPX Bound Registers Incorrectly".
+ *
+ * This might falsely disable MPX on systems without
+ * SMEP, like Atom processors without SMEP. But there
+ * is no such hardware known at the moment.
+ */
+ if (cpu_has(c, X86_FEATURE_MPX) && !cpu_has(c, X86_FEATURE_SMEP)) {
+ setup_clear_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_MPX);
+ pr_warn("x86/mpx: Disabling MPX since SMEP not present\n");
+ }
+}
+
static void early_init_intel(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
{
u64 misc_enable;
@@ -173,6 +208,8 @@ static void early_init_intel(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
if (edx & (1U << 28))
c->x86_coreid_bits = get_count_order((ebx >> 16) & 0xff);
}
+
+ check_mpx_erratum(c);
}
#ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
@@ -233,7 +270,7 @@ static void intel_workarounds(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
* The Quark is also family 5, but does not have the same bug.
*/
clear_cpu_bug(c, X86_BUG_F00F);
- if (!paravirt_enabled() && c->x86 == 5 && c->x86_model < 9) {
+ if (c->x86 == 5 && c->x86_model < 9) {
static int f00f_workaround_enabled;
set_cpu_bug(c, X86_BUG_F00F);
@@ -280,7 +317,7 @@ static void intel_workarounds(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
* integrated APIC (see 11AP erratum in "Pentium Processor
* Specification Update").
*/
- if (cpu_has_apic && (c->x86<<8 | c->x86_model<<4) == 0x520 &&
+ if (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_APIC) && (c->x86<<8 | c->x86_model<<4) == 0x520 &&
(c->x86_mask < 0x6 || c->x86_mask == 0xb))
set_cpu_bug(c, X86_BUG_11AP);
@@ -335,7 +372,7 @@ static int intel_num_cpu_cores(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
{
unsigned int eax, ebx, ecx, edx;
- if (c->cpuid_level < 4)
+ if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SMP) || c->cpuid_level < 4)
return 1;
/* Intel has a non-standard dependency on %ecx for this CPUID level. */