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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2021-04-26 20:09:38 +0300
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2021-04-26 20:09:38 +0300
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Merge tag 'x86-splitlock-2021-04-26' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
Pull x86 bus lock detection updates from Thomas Gleixner: "Support for enhanced split lock detection: Newer CPUs provide a second mechanism to detect operations with lock prefix which go accross a cache line boundary. Such operations have to take bus lock which causes a system wide performance degradation when these operations happen frequently. The new mechanism is not using the #AC exception. It triggers #DB and is restricted to operations in user space. Kernel side split lock access can only be detected by the #AC based variant. Contrary to the #AC based mechanism the #DB based variant triggers _after_ the instruction was executed. The mechanism is CPUID enumerated and contrary to the #AC version which is based on the magic TEST_CTRL_MSR and model/family based enumeration on the way to become architectural" * tag 'x86-splitlock-2021-04-26' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: Documentation/admin-guide: Change doc for split_lock_detect parameter x86/traps: Handle #DB for bus lock x86/cpufeatures: Enumerate #DB for bus lock detection
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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
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@@ -5111,27 +5111,37 @@
spia_peddr=
split_lock_detect=
- [X86] Enable split lock detection
+ [X86] Enable split lock detection or bus lock detection
When enabled (and if hardware support is present), atomic
instructions that access data across cache line
- boundaries will result in an alignment check exception.
+ boundaries will result in an alignment check exception
+ for split lock detection or a debug exception for
+ bus lock detection.
off - not enabled
- warn - the kernel will emit rate limited warnings
+ warn - the kernel will emit rate-limited warnings
about applications triggering the #AC
- exception. This mode is the default on CPUs
- that supports split lock detection.
+ exception or the #DB exception. This mode is
+ the default on CPUs that support split lock
+ detection or bus lock detection. Default
+ behavior is by #AC if both features are
+ enabled in hardware.
fatal - the kernel will send SIGBUS to applications
- that trigger the #AC exception.
+ that trigger the #AC exception or the #DB
+ exception. Default behavior is by #AC if
+ both features are enabled in hardware.
If an #AC exception is hit in the kernel or in
firmware (i.e. not while executing in user mode)
the kernel will oops in either "warn" or "fatal"
mode.
+ #DB exception for bus lock is triggered only when
+ CPL > 0.
+
srbds= [X86,INTEL]
Control the Special Register Buffer Data Sampling
(SRBDS) mitigation.