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authorPawan Gupta <pawan.kumar.gupta@linux.intel.com>2019-10-23 13:28:57 +0300
committerThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>2019-10-28 10:37:00 +0300
commit7531a3596e3272d1f6841e0d601a614555dc6b65 (patch)
treeb58244f08cec9c20ff369094032e2ceea595e335
parente1d38b63acd843cfdd4222bf19a26700fd5c699e (diff)
downloadlinux-7531a3596e3272d1f6841e0d601a614555dc6b65.tar.xz
x86/tsx: Add "auto" option to the tsx= cmdline parameter
Platforms which are not affected by X86_BUG_TAA may want the TSX feature enabled. Add "auto" option to the TSX cmdline parameter. When tsx=auto disable TSX when X86_BUG_TAA is present, otherwise enable TSX. More details on X86_BUG_TAA can be found here: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/admin-guide/hw-vuln/tsx_async_abort.html [ bp: Extend the arg buffer to accommodate "auto\0". ] Signed-off-by: Pawan Gupta <pawan.kumar.gupta@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Reviewed-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
-rw-r--r--Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt3
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/cpu/tsx.c7
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index af4b1d95b08f..6e548cddb6c3 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -4869,6 +4869,9 @@
update. This new MSR allows for the reliable
deactivation of the TSX functionality.)
+ auto - Disable TSX if X86_BUG_TAA is present,
+ otherwise enable TSX on the system.
+
Not specifying this option is equivalent to tsx=off.
See Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/tsx_async_abort.rst
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/tsx.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/tsx.c
index 04471c4378d8..dda328ec2ba1 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/tsx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/tsx.c
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ static bool __init tsx_ctrl_is_supported(void)
void __init tsx_init(void)
{
- char arg[4] = {};
+ char arg[5] = {};
int ret;
if (!tsx_ctrl_is_supported())
@@ -87,6 +87,11 @@ void __init tsx_init(void)
tsx_ctrl_state = TSX_CTRL_ENABLE;
} else if (!strcmp(arg, "off")) {
tsx_ctrl_state = TSX_CTRL_DISABLE;
+ } else if (!strcmp(arg, "auto")) {
+ if (boot_cpu_has_bug(X86_BUG_TAA))
+ tsx_ctrl_state = TSX_CTRL_DISABLE;
+ else
+ tsx_ctrl_state = TSX_CTRL_ENABLE;
} else {
tsx_ctrl_state = TSX_CTRL_DISABLE;
pr_err("tsx: invalid option, defaulting to off\n");