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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2016-05-26 03:37:33 +0300
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2016-05-26 03:37:33 +0300
commit2f7c3a18a2dc79ddf7b83ae199b099a675e1adb2 (patch)
treec43795eb48dc102b25ef2bfd78dfc075ff93feaa /arch/x86/kernel/cpu
parentf89eae4ee7e075e576bd4b4d2db901023421a3be (diff)
parentdc4fac84f8e66b147921ebdc385e767d5def7422 (diff)
downloadlinux-2f7c3a18a2dc79ddf7b83ae199b099a675e1adb2.tar.xz
Merge branch 'x86-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
Pull x86 fixes from Ingo Molnar: "Misc fixes: EFI, entry code, pkeys and MPX fixes, TASK_SIZE cleanups and a tsc frequency table fix" * 'x86-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: x86/mm: Switch from TASK_SIZE to TASK_SIZE_MAX in the page fault code x86/fsgsbase/64: Use TASK_SIZE_MAX for FSBASE/GSBASE upper limits x86/mm/mpx: Work around MPX erratum SKD046 x86/entry/64: Fix stack return address retrieval in thunk x86/efi: Fix 7-parameter efi_call()s x86/cpufeature, x86/mm/pkeys: Fix broken compile-time disabling of pkeys x86/tsc: Add missing Cherrytrail frequency to the table
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/kernel/cpu')
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c7
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c37
2 files changed, 44 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
index 6ef6ed9ccca6..0fe6953f421c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
#include <asm/mtrr.h>
#include <linux/numa.h>
#include <asm/asm.h>
+#include <asm/bugs.h>
#include <asm/cpu.h>
#include <asm/mce.h>
#include <asm/msr.h>
@@ -270,6 +271,8 @@ static inline void squash_the_stupid_serial_number(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
static __init int setup_disable_smep(char *arg)
{
setup_clear_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_SMEP);
+ /* Check for things that depend on SMEP being enabled: */
+ check_mpx_erratum(&boot_cpu_data);
return 1;
}
__setup("nosmep", setup_disable_smep);
@@ -310,6 +313,10 @@ static bool pku_disabled;
static __always_inline void setup_pku(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
{
+ /* check the boot processor, plus compile options for PKU: */
+ if (!cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_PKU))
+ return;
+ /* checks the actual processor's cpuid bits: */
if (!cpu_has(c, X86_FEATURE_PKU))
return;
if (pku_disabled)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c
index 8dae51fd3db1..6e2ffbebbcdb 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