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authorH. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>2009-01-23 17:20:50 -0800
committerH. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>2009-01-23 18:08:05 -0800
commitb38b0665905538e76e26f2a4c686179abb1f69f6 (patch)
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parent75a048119e76540d73132cfc8e0fa0c0a8bb6c83 (diff)
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x86: filter CPU features dependent on unavailable CPUID levels
Impact: Fixes potential crashes on misconfigured systems. Some CPU features require specific CPUID levels to be available in order to function, as they contain information about the operation of a specific feature. However, some BIOSes and virtualization software provide the ability to mask CPUID levels in order to support legacy operating systems. We try to enable such CPUID levels when we know how to do it, but for the remaining cases, filter out such CPU features when there is no way for us to support them. Do this in one place, in the CPUID code, with a table-driven approach. Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86')
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c47
1 files changed, 47 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
index 0f8656361e04..21f086b4c1a8 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
@@ -213,6 +213,49 @@ static inline void squash_the_stupid_serial_number(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
#endif
/*
+ * Some CPU features depend on higher CPUID levels, which may not always
+ * be available due to CPUID level capping or broken virtualization
+ * software. Add those features to this table to auto-disable them.
+ */
+struct cpuid_dependent_feature {
+ u32 feature;
+ u32 level;
+};
+static const struct cpuid_dependent_feature __cpuinitconst
+cpuid_dependent_features[] = {
+ { X86_FEATURE_MWAIT, 0x00000005 },
+ { X86_FEATURE_DCA, 0x00000009 },
+ { X86_FEATURE_XSAVE, 0x0000000d },
+ { 0, 0 }
+};
+
+static void __cpuinit filter_cpuid_features(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c, bool warn)
+{
+ const struct cpuid_dependent_feature *df;
+ for (df = cpuid_dependent_features; df->feature; df++) {
+ /*
+ * Note: cpuid_level is set to -1 if unavailable, but
+ * extended_extended_level is set to 0 if unavailable
+ * and the legitimate extended levels are all negative
+ * when signed; hence the weird messing around with
+ * signs here...
+ */
+ if (cpu_has(c, df->feature) &&
+ ((s32)df->feature < 0 ?
+ (u32)df->feature > (u32)c->extended_cpuid_level :
+ (s32)df->feature > (s32)c->cpuid_level)) {
+ clear_cpu_cap(c, df->feature);
+ if (warn)
+ printk(KERN_WARNING
+ "CPU: CPU feature %s disabled "
+ "due to lack of CPUID level 0x%x\n",
+ x86_cap_flags[df->feature],
+ df->level);
+ }
+ }
+}
+
+/*
* Naming convention should be: <Name> [(<Codename>)]
* This table only is used unless init_<vendor>() below doesn't set it;
* in particular, if CPUID levels 0x80000002..4 are supported, this isn't used
@@ -573,6 +616,7 @@ static void __init early_identify_cpu(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
c->cpu_index = boot_cpu_id;
#endif
+ filter_cpuid_features(c, false);
}
void __init early_cpu_init(void)
@@ -706,6 +750,9 @@ static void __cpuinit identify_cpu(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
* we do "generic changes."
*/
+ /* Filter out anything that depends on CPUID levels we don't have */
+ filter_cpuid_features(c, true);
+
/* If the model name is still unset, do table lookup. */
if (!c->x86_model_id[0]) {
char *p;
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