In some hardware implementations, coherency between the encrypted and unencrypted mappings of the same physical page is enforced. In such a system, it is not required for software to flush the page from all CPU caches in the system prior to changing the value of the C-bit for the page. Suggested-by: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Krish Sadhukhan <krish.sadhukhan@xxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/x86/mm/pat/set_memory.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/pat/set_memory.c b/arch/x86/mm/pat/set_memory.c index d1b2a889f035..78d5511c5edd 100644 --- a/arch/x86/mm/pat/set_memory.c +++ b/arch/x86/mm/pat/set_memory.c @@ -1999,7 +1999,7 @@ static int __set_memory_enc_dec(unsigned long addr, int numpages, bool enc) /* * Before changing the encryption attribute, we need to flush caches. */ - cpa_flush(&cpa, 1); + cpa_flush(&cpa, !this_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_HW_CACHE_COHERENCY)); ret = __change_page_attr_set_clr(&cpa, 1); -- 2.18.4
