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1 files changed, 40 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c
index 8dae51fd3db1..c1a89bc026ac 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c
@@ -25,6 +25,41 @@
#include <asm/apic.h>
#endif
+/*
+ * Just in case our CPU detection goes bad, or you have a weird system,
+ * allow a way to override the automatic disabling of MPX.
+ */
+static int forcempx;
+
+static int __init forcempx_setup(char *__unused)
+{
+ forcempx = 1;
+
+ return 1;
+}
+__setup("intel-skd-046-workaround=disable", forcempx_setup);
+
+void check_mpx_erratum(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
+{
+ if (forcempx)
+ return;
+ /*
+ * Turn off the MPX feature on CPUs where SMEP is not
+ * available or disabled.
+ *
+ * Works around Intel Erratum SKD046: "Branch Instructions
+ * May Initialize MPX Bound Registers Incorrectly".
+ *
+ * This might falsely disable MPX on systems without
+ * SMEP, like Atom processors without SMEP. But there
+ * is no such hardware known at the moment.
+ */
+ if (cpu_has(c, X86_FEATURE_MPX) && !cpu_has(c, X86_FEATURE_SMEP)) {
+ setup_clear_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_MPX);
+ pr_warn("x86/mpx: Disabling MPX since SMEP not present\n");
+ }
+}
+
static void early_init_intel(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
{
u64 misc_enable;
@@ -173,6 +208,8 @@ static void early_init_intel(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
if (edx & (1U << 28))
c->x86_coreid_bits = get_count_order((ebx >> 16) & 0xff);
}
+
+ check_mpx_erratum(c);
}
#ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
@@ -263,15 +300,14 @@ static void intel_workarounds(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
}
/*
- * P4 Xeon errata 037 workaround.
+ * P4 Xeon erratum 037 workaround.
* Hardware prefetcher may cause stale data to be loaded into the cache.
*/
if ((c->x86 == 15) && (c->x86_model == 1) && (c->x86_mask == 1)) {
if (msr_set_bit(MSR_IA32_MISC_ENABLE,
- MSR_IA32_MISC_ENABLE_PREFETCH_DISABLE_BIT)
- > 0) {
+ MSR_IA32_MISC_ENABLE_PREFETCH_DISABLE_BIT) > 0) {
pr_info("CPU: C0 stepping P4 Xeon detected.\n");
- pr_info("CPU: Disabling hardware prefetching (Errata 037)\n");
+ pr_info("CPU: Disabling hardware prefetching (Erratum 037)\n");
}
}