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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c | 43 |
2 files changed, 46 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index a37b5bb03e51..acf467d44e39 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -976,6 +976,9 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. See Documentation/x86/intel_mpx.txt for more information about the feature. + nopku [X86] Disable Memory Protection Keys CPU feature found + in some Intel CPUs. + eagerfpu= [X86] on enable eager fpu restore off disable eager fpu restore diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c index a719ad7551d2..4fac2634ba19 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c @@ -304,6 +304,48 @@ static __always_inline void setup_smap(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c) } /* + * Protection Keys are not available in 32-bit mode. + */ +static bool pku_disabled; + +static __always_inline void setup_pku(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c) +{ + if (!cpu_has(c, X86_FEATURE_PKU)) + return; + if (pku_disabled) + return; + + cr4_set_bits(X86_CR4_PKE); + /* + * Seting X86_CR4_PKE will cause the X86_FEATURE_OSPKE + * cpuid bit to be set. We need to ensure that we + * update that bit in this CPU's "cpu_info". + */ + get_cpu_cap(c); +} + +#ifdef CONFIG_X86_INTEL_MEMORY_PROTECTION_KEYS +static __init int setup_disable_pku(char *arg) +{ + /* + * Do not clear the X86_FEATURE_PKU bit. All of the + * runtime checks are against OSPKE so clearing the + * bit does nothing. + * + * This way, we will see "pku" in cpuinfo, but not + * "ospke", which is exactly what we want. It shows + * that the CPU has PKU, but the OS has not enabled it. + * This happens to be exactly how a system would look + * if we disabled the config option. + */ + pr_info("x86: 'nopku' specified, disabling Memory Protection Keys\n"); + pku_disabled = true; + return 1; +} +__setup("nopku", setup_disable_pku); +#endif /* CONFIG_X86_64 */ + +/* * 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. @@ -960,6 +1002,7 @@ static void identify_cpu(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c) init_hypervisor(c); x86_init_rdrand(c); x86_init_cache_qos(c); + setup_pku(c); /* * Clear/Set all flags overriden by options, need do it |
