All pieces of the puzzle are in place and we can now allow to boot with
CONFIG_X86_5LEVEL=y on a machine without la57 support.
Kernel will detect that la57 is missing and fold p4d at runtime.
Update documentation and Kconfig option description to reflect the
change.
Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/x86/x86_64/5level-paging.txt | 9 +++------
arch/x86/Kconfig | 4 ++--
arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.c | 16 ----------------
arch/x86/include/asm/required-features.h | 8 +-------
4 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 31 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/x86/x86_64/5level-paging.txt b/Documentation/x86/x86_64/5level-paging.txt
index 087251a0d99c..2432a5ef86d9 100644
--- a/Documentation/x86/x86_64/5level-paging.txt
+++ b/Documentation/x86/x86_64/5level-paging.txt
@@ -20,12 +20,9 @@ Documentation/x86/x86_64/mm.txt
CONFIG_X86_5LEVEL=y enables the feature.
-So far, a kernel compiled with the option enabled will be able to boot
-only on machines that supports the feature -- see for 'la57' flag in
-/proc/cpuinfo.
-
-The plan is to implement boot-time switching between 4- and 5-level paging
-in the future.
+Kernel with CONFIG_X86_5LEVEL=y still able to boot on 4-level hardware.
+In this case additional page table level -- p4d -- will be folded at
+runtime.
== User-space and large virtual address space ==
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index 0d780a3ee924..40140378c3e6 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -1481,8 +1481,8 @@ config X86_5LEVEL
It will be supported by future Intel CPUs.
- Note: a kernel with this option enabled can only be booted
- on machines that support the feature.
+ A kernel with the option enabled can be booted on machines that
+ support 4- or 5-level paging.
See Documentation/x86/x86_64/5level-paging.txt for more
information.
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.c b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.c
index 98761a1576ce..b50c42455e25 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.c
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.c
@@ -169,16 +169,6 @@ void __puthex(unsigned long value)
}
}
-static bool l5_supported(void)
-{
- /* Check if leaf 7 is supported. */
- if (native_cpuid_eax(0) < 7)
- return 0;
-
- /* Check if la57 is supported. */
- return native_cpuid_ecx(7) & (1 << (X86_FEATURE_LA57 & 31));
-}
-
#if CONFIG_X86_NEED_RELOCS
static void handle_relocations(void *output, unsigned long output_len,
unsigned long virt_addr)
@@ -372,12 +362,6 @@ asmlinkage __visible void *extract_kernel(void *rmode, memptr heap,
console_init();
debug_putstr("early console in extract_kernel\n");
- if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_X86_5LEVEL) && !l5_supported()) {
- error("This linux kernel as configured requires 5-level paging\n"
- "This CPU does not support the required 'cr4.la57' feature\n"
- "Unable to boot - please use a kernel appropriate for your CPU\n");
- }
-
free_mem_ptr = heap; /* Heap */
free_mem_end_ptr = heap + BOOT_HEAP_SIZE;
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/required-features.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/required-features.h
index fb3a6de7440b..6847d85400a8 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/required-features.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/required-features.h
@@ -53,12 +53,6 @@
# define NEED_MOVBE 0
#endif
-#ifdef CONFIG_X86_5LEVEL
-# define NEED_LA57 (1<<(X86_FEATURE_LA57 & 31))
-#else
-# define NEED_LA57 0
-#endif
-
#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
#ifdef CONFIG_PARAVIRT
/* Paravirtualized systems may not have PSE or PGE available */
@@ -104,7 +98,7 @@
#define REQUIRED_MASK13 0
#define REQUIRED_MASK14 0
#define REQUIRED_MASK15 0
-#define REQUIRED_MASK16 (NEED_LA57)
+#define REQUIRED_MASK16 0
#define REQUIRED_MASK17 0
#define REQUIRED_MASK18 0
#define REQUIRED_MASK_CHECK BUILD_BUG_ON_ZERO(NCAPINTS != 19)
--
2.15.1
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