From 3300880f800da048ff393c01e7cc3bdf57af5e93 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Pawan Gupta Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2019 12:28:57 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] 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 Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner Reviewed-by: Tony Luck Reviewed-by: Josh Poimboeuf Gbp-Pq: Topic bugfix/x86/taa Gbp-Pq: Name 0007-x86-tsx-Add-auto-option-to-the-tsx-cmdline-parameter.patch --- Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 3 +++ arch/x86/kernel/cpu/tsx.c | 7 ++++++- 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt index 226f7971281..1e1ea14bb9a 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -4840,6 +4840,9 @@ 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 04471c4378d..dda328ec2ba 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"); -- 2.30.2