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| author | Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com> | 2023-03-12 14:25:58 +0300 |
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| committer | Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com> | 2023-03-16 23:08:39 +0300 |
| commit | 6449dcb0cac738219d13c618af7fd8664735f99d (patch) | |
| tree | 246add8daa2a0ee4ab493b3a91c81bb0a4063ebd /arch/x86/Kconfig | |
| parent | 5ef495e55f07aa117fdd8e187c9901cefc02fe0a (diff) | |
| download | linux-6449dcb0cac738219d13c618af7fd8664735f99d.tar.xz | |
x86: CPUID and CR3/CR4 flags for Linear Address Masking
Enumerate Linear Address Masking and provide defines for CR3 and CR4
flags.
The new CONFIG_ADDRESS_MASKING option enables the feature support in
kernel.
Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Alexander Potapenko <glider@google.com>
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Tested-by: Alexander Potapenko <glider@google.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230312112612.31869-4-kirill.shutemov%40linux.intel.com
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/Kconfig')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/Kconfig | 11 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig index a825bf031f49..aa9f73f5d670 100644 --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig @@ -2290,6 +2290,17 @@ config RANDOMIZE_MEMORY_PHYSICAL_PADDING If unsure, leave at the default value. +config ADDRESS_MASKING + bool "Linear Address Masking support" + depends on X86_64 + help + Linear Address Masking (LAM) modifies the checking that is applied + to 64-bit linear addresses, allowing software to use of the + untranslated address bits for metadata. + + The capability can be used for efficient address sanitizers (ASAN) + implementation and for optimizations in JITs. + config HOTPLUG_CPU def_bool y depends on SMP |