Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | From | Andi Kleen <> | Subject | [PATCH 5/8] x86: Make old K8 swapgs workaround conditional | Date | Fri, 10 Apr 2015 08:50:30 -0700 |
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From: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Every gs selector/index reload always paid an extra MFENCE between the two SWAPGS. This was to work around an old bug in early K8 steppings. All other CPUs don't need the extra mfence. Patch the extra MFENCE only in for K8.
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com> --- arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h | 1 + arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c | 3 +++ arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S | 10 +++++++++- 3 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h index 90a5485..c695fad 100644 --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h @@ -255,6 +255,7 @@ #define X86_BUG_11AP X86_BUG(5) /* Bad local APIC aka 11AP */ #define X86_BUG_FXSAVE_LEAK X86_BUG(6) /* FXSAVE leaks FOP/FIP/FOP */ #define X86_BUG_CLFLUSH_MONITOR X86_BUG(7) /* AAI65, CLFLUSH required before MONITOR */ +#define X86_BUG_SWAPGS_MFENCE X86_BUG(8) /* SWAPGS may need MFENCE */ #if defined(__KERNEL__) && !defined(__ASSEMBLY__) diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c index a220239..e7f5667 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c @@ -551,6 +551,9 @@ static void init_amd_k8(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c) if ((level >= 0x0f48 && level < 0x0f50) || level >= 0x0f58) set_cpu_cap(c, X86_FEATURE_REP_GOOD); + /* Early steppings needed a mfence on swapgs. */ + set_cpu_cap(c, X86_BUG_SWAPGS_MFENCE); + /* * Some BIOSes incorrectly force this feature, but only K8 revision D * (model = 0x14) and later actually support it. diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S b/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S index 0b74ab0..bb44292 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S @@ -1212,13 +1212,21 @@ ENTRY(native_load_gs_index) SWAPGS gs_change: movl %edi,%gs -2: mfence /* workaround */ +2: ASM_NOP3 /* may be replaced with mfence */ SWAPGS popfq_cfi ret CFI_ENDPROC END(native_load_gs_index) + /* Early K8 systems needed an mfence after swapgs to workaround a bug */ + .section .altinstr_replacement,"ax" +3: mfence + .previous + .section .altinstructions,"a" + altinstruction_entry 2b,3b,X86_BUG_SWAPGS_MFENCE,3,3 + .previous + _ASM_EXTABLE(gs_change,bad_gs) .section .fixup,"ax" /* running with kernelgs */ -- 1.9.3
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