[PATCH v2 1/4] x86, cpu: Add CPU flags for SMEP

From: Fenghua Yu
Date: Mon May 16 2011 - 17:47:59 EST


From: Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@xxxxxxxxx>

Add support for newly documented SMEP (Supervisor Mode Execution Protection) CPU
feature flags.

Signed-off-by: Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@xxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h | 1 +
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/scattered.c | 1 +
2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h
index 50c0d30..e773f13 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h
@@ -174,6 +174,7 @@
#define X86_FEATURE_PLN (7*32+ 5) /* Intel Power Limit Notification */
#define X86_FEATURE_PTS (7*32+ 6) /* Intel Package Thermal Status */
#define X86_FEATURE_DTS (7*32+ 7) /* Digital Thermal Sensor */
+#define X86_FEATURE_SMEP (7*32+ 8) /* Supervisor Mode Execution Protection*/

/* Virtualization flags: Linux defined, word 8 */
#define X86_FEATURE_TPR_SHADOW (8*32+ 0) /* Intel TPR Shadow */
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/scattered.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/scattered.c
index c7f64e6..2de3aea 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/scattered.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/scattered.c
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ void __cpuinit init_scattered_cpuid_features(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
{ X86_FEATURE_PTS, CR_EAX, 6, 0x00000006, 0 },
{ X86_FEATURE_APERFMPERF, CR_ECX, 0, 0x00000006, 0 },
{ X86_FEATURE_EPB, CR_ECX, 3, 0x00000006, 0 },
+ { X86_FEATURE_SMEP, CR_EBX, 7, 0x00000007, 0 },
{ X86_FEATURE_XSAVEOPT, CR_EAX, 0, 0x0000000d, 1 },
{ X86_FEATURE_CPB, CR_EDX, 9, 0x80000007, 0 },
{ X86_FEATURE_NPT, CR_EDX, 0, 0x8000000a, 0 },
--
1.7.2

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