Commit-ID: 2032f1f96ee0da600633c6c627b9c0a2e0f8b8a6
Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/2032f1f96ee0da600633c6c627b9c0a2e0f8b8a6
Author: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Wed, 8 May 2019 03:02:31 -0700
Committer: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Sat, 22 Jun 2019 11:38:56 +0200
x86/cpu: Enable FSGSBASE on 64bit by default and add a chicken bit
Now that FSGSBASE is fully supported, remove unsafe_fsgsbase, enable
FSGSBASE by default, and add nofsgsbase to disable it.
Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Chang S. Bae <chang.seok.bae@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ravi Shankar <ravi.v.shankar@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/1557309753-24073-17-git-send-email-chang.seok.bae@xxxxxxxxx
---
Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 3 +--
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c | 32 +++++++++++--------------
2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index b0fa5273b0fc..35bc3c3574c6 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -2857,8 +2857,7 @@
no5lvl [X86-64] Disable 5-level paging mode. Forces
kernel to use 4-level paging instead.
- unsafe_fsgsbase [X86] Allow FSGSBASE instructions. This will be
- replaced with a nofsgsbase flag.
+ nofsgsbase [X86] Disables FSGSBASE instructions.
no_console_suspend
[HW] Never suspend the console
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
index 71defe2d1b7c..1305f16b6105 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
@@ -366,21 +366,21 @@ out:
cr4_clear_bits(X86_CR4_UMIP);
}
-/*
- * Temporary hack: FSGSBASE is unsafe until a few kernel code paths are
- * updated. This allows us to get the kernel ready incrementally.
- *
- * Once all the pieces are in place, these will go away and be replaced with
- * a nofsgsbase chicken flag.
- */
-static bool unsafe_fsgsbase;
-
-static __init int setup_unsafe_fsgsbase(char *arg)
+static __init int x86_nofsgsbase_setup(char *arg)
{
- unsafe_fsgsbase = true;
+ /* Require an exact match without trailing characters. */
+ if (strlen(arg))
+ return 0;
+
+ /* Do not emit a message if the feature is not present. */
+ if (!boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_FSGSBASE))
+ return 1;
+
+ setup_clear_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_FSGSBASE);
+ pr_info("FSGSBASE disabled via kernel command line\n");
return 1;
}
-__setup("unsafe_fsgsbase", setup_unsafe_fsgsbase);
+__setup("nofsgsbase", x86_nofsgsbase_setup);
/*
* Protection Keys are not available in 32-bit mode.
@@ -1387,12 +1387,8 @@ static void identify_cpu(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
setup_umip(c);
/* Enable FSGSBASE instructions if available. */
- if (cpu_has(c, X86_FEATURE_FSGSBASE)) {
- if (unsafe_fsgsbase)
- cr4_set_bits(X86_CR4_FSGSBASE);
- else
- clear_cpu_cap(c, X86_FEATURE_FSGSBASE);
- }
+ if (cpu_has(c, X86_FEATURE_FSGSBASE))
+ cr4_set_bits(X86_CR4_FSGSBASE);
/*
* The vendor-specific functions might have changed features.
|