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x86/cpu: Add 'unsafe_fsgsbase' to enable CR4.FSGSBASE 

This is temporary.  It will allow the next few patches to be tested
incrementally.

Setting unsafe_fsgsbase is a root hole.  Don't do it.

Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Chang S. Bae <chang.seok.bae@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Reviewed-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
Cc: Ravi Shankar <ravi.v.shankar@intel.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/1557309753-24073-4-git-send-email-chang.seok.bae@intel.com
alistair/sunxi64-5.4-dsi
Andy Lutomirski 2019-05-08 03:02:18 -07:00 committed by Thomas Gleixner
parent 1b6858d5a2
commit b64ed19b93
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Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
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@ -2857,6 +2857,9 @@
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.
no_console_suspend
[HW] Never suspend the console
Disable suspending of consoles during suspend and

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arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
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@ -366,6 +366,22 @@ 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)
{
unsafe_fsgsbase = true;
return 1;
}
__setup("unsafe_fsgsbase", setup_unsafe_fsgsbase);
/*
* Protection Keys are not available in 32-bit mode.
*/
@ -1370,6 +1386,14 @@ static void identify_cpu(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
setup_smap(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);
}
/*
* The vendor-specific functions might have changed features.
* Now we do "generic changes."