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Subject[RFC 07/13] x86/mm: Add nopcid to turn off PCID
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The parameter is only present on x86_64 systems to save a few bytes,
as PCID is always disabled on x86_32.

Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
---
Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 2 ++
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 20 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index b34e55e00bae..2f61809706c5 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -2544,6 +2544,8 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
nopat [X86] Disable PAT (page attribute table extension of
pagetables) support.

+ nopcid [X86-64] Disable the PCID cpu feature.
+
norandmaps Don't use address space randomization. Equivalent to
echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/randomize_va_space

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
index 48196980c1c7..7e1fc53a4ba5 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
@@ -162,6 +162,24 @@ static int __init x86_mpx_setup(char *s)
}
__setup("nompx", x86_mpx_setup);

+#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
+static int __init x86_pcid_setup(char *s)
+{
+ /* require an exact match without trailing characters */
+ if (strlen(s))
+ return 0;
+
+ /* do not emit a message if the feature is not present */
+ if (!boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_PCID))
+ return 1;
+
+ setup_clear_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_PCID);
+ pr_info("nopcid: PCID feature disabled\n");
+ return 1;
+}
+__setup("nopcid", x86_pcid_setup);
+#endif
+
static int __init x86_noinvpcid_setup(char *s)
{
/* noinvpcid doesn't accept parameters */
--
2.5.0
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