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authorGravatar Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org> 2020-05-28 16:13:58 -0400
committerGravatar Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> 2020-06-18 15:47:05 +0200
commitb745cfba44c152c34363eea9e052367b6b1d652b (patch)
tree3a05088df5cc44941b1d2a3ed664ebe785dec091
parentx86/entry/64: Handle FSGSBASE enabled paranoid entry/exit (diff)
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x86/cpu: Enable FSGSBASE on 64bit by default and add a chicken bit
Now that FSGSBASE is fully supported, remove unsafe_fsgsbase, enable FSGSBASE by default, and add nofsgsbase to disable it. Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Chang S. Bae <chang.seok.bae@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Reviewed-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/1557309753-24073-17-git-send-email-chang.seok.bae@intel.com Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200528201402.1708239-13-sashal@kernel.org
-rw-r--r--Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt3
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c32
2 files changed, 15 insertions, 20 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index 7308db7308ba..8c0d045f1dc7 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -3079,8 +3079,7 @@
no5lvl [X86-64] Disable 5-level paging mode. Forces
kernel to use 4-level paging instead.
- unsafe_fsgsbase [X86] Allow FSGSBASE instructions. This will be
- replaced with a nofsgsbase flag.
+ nofsgsbase [X86] Disables FSGSBASE instructions.
no_console_suspend
[HW] Never suspend the console
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
index 7438a318e5aa..18857ceb6bce 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
@@ -441,21 +441,21 @@ static void __init setup_cr_pinning(void)
static_key_enable(&cr_pinning.key);
}
-/*
- * Temporary hack: FSGSBASE is unsafe until a few kernel code paths are
- * updated. This allows us to get the kernel ready incrementally.
- *
- * Once all the pieces are in place, these will go away and be replaced with
- * a nofsgsbase chicken flag.
- */
-static bool unsafe_fsgsbase;
-
-static __init int setup_unsafe_fsgsbase(char *arg)
+static __init int x86_nofsgsbase_setup(char *arg)
{
- unsafe_fsgsbase = true;
+ /* Require an exact match without trailing characters. */
+ if (strlen(arg))
+ return 0;
+
+ /* Do not emit a message if the feature is not present. */
+ if (!boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_FSGSBASE))
+ return 1;
+
+ setup_clear_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_FSGSBASE);
+ pr_info("FSGSBASE disabled via kernel command line\n");
return 1;
}
-__setup("unsafe_fsgsbase", setup_unsafe_fsgsbase);
+__setup("nofsgsbase", x86_nofsgsbase_setup);
/*
* Protection Keys are not available in 32-bit mode.
@@ -1512,12 +1512,8 @@ static void identify_cpu(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
setup_umip(c);
/* Enable FSGSBASE instructions if available. */
- if (cpu_has(c, X86_FEATURE_FSGSBASE)) {
- if (unsafe_fsgsbase)
- cr4_set_bits(X86_CR4_FSGSBASE);
- else
- clear_cpu_cap(c, X86_FEATURE_FSGSBASE);
- }
+ if (cpu_has(c, X86_FEATURE_FSGSBASE))
+ cr4_set_bits(X86_CR4_FSGSBASE);
/*
* The vendor-specific functions might have changed features.