[RFC PATCH 1/3] x86: Add another set of MSR accessor functions

From: Borislav Petkov
Date: Sun Feb 09 2014 - 08:48:58 EST


From: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx>

We very often need to set or clear a bit in an MSR as a result of doing
some sort of a hardware configuration. Add generic versions of that
repeated functionality in order to save us a bunch of duplicated code in
the early CPU vendor detection/config code.

Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/include/asm/msr.h | 2 +
arch/x86/lib/msr.c | 107 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
2 files changed, 108 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/msr.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/msr.h
index e139b13f2a33..de36f22eb0b9 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/msr.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/msr.h
@@ -214,6 +214,8 @@ do { \

struct msr *msrs_alloc(void);
void msrs_free(struct msr *msrs);
+int msr_set_bit(u32 msr, u8 bit);
+int msr_clear_bit(u32 msr, u8 bit);

#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
int rdmsr_on_cpu(unsigned int cpu, u32 msr_no, u32 *l, u32 *h);
diff --git a/arch/x86/lib/msr.c b/arch/x86/lib/msr.c
index 8f8eebdca7d4..ebab60c549ae 100644
--- a/arch/x86/lib/msr.c
+++ b/arch/x86/lib/msr.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ struct msr *msrs_alloc(void)

msrs = alloc_percpu(struct msr);
if (!msrs) {
- pr_warning("%s: error allocating msrs\n", __func__);
+ pr_warn("%s: error allocating msrs\n", __func__);
return NULL;
}

@@ -21,3 +21,108 @@ void msrs_free(struct msr *msrs)
free_percpu(msrs);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(msrs_free);
+
+/**
+ * Read an MSR with error handling
+ *
+ * @msr: MSR to read
+ * @m: value to read into
+ *
+ * It returns read data only on success, otherwise it doesn't change the output
+ * argument @m.
+ *
+ */
+int msr_read(u32 msr, struct msr *m)
+{
+ int err;
+ u64 val;
+
+ val = native_read_msr_safe(msr, &err);
+ if (err)
+ pr_warn("%s: Error reading MSR 0x%08x\n", __func__, msr);
+ else
+ m->q = val;
+
+ return err;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Write an MSR with error handling
+ *
+ * @msr: MSR to write
+ * @m: value to write
+ */
+int msr_write(u32 msr, struct msr *m)
+{
+ int err;
+
+ err = native_write_msr_safe(msr, m->l, m->h);
+ if (err)
+ pr_warn("%s: Error writing MSR 0x%08x\n", __func__, msr);
+
+ return err;
+}
+
+static int __flip_bit(u32 msr, u8 bit, bool set)
+{
+ struct msr m;
+
+ if (bit > 63)
+ return -1;
+
+ if (msr_read(msr, &m))
+ return -1;
+
+ if (set) {
+ if ((BIT_64(bit) | m.q) == m.q)
+ return 0;
+
+ m.q |= BIT_64(bit);
+ } else {
+ if ((m.q & ~BIT_64(bit)) == m.q)
+ return 0;
+
+ m.q &= ~BIT_64(bit);
+ }
+
+ if (msr_write(msr, &m))
+ return -1;
+
+ return 1;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Set @bit in a MSR @msr.
+ *
+ * Retval:
+ * < 0: An error was encountered.
+ * = 0: Bit was already set.
+ * > 0: Hardware accepted the MSR write.
+ */
+int msr_set_bit(u32 msr, u8 bit)
+{
+ int err = __flip_bit(msr, bit, true);
+ if (err < 0)
+ pr_err("%s: Error setting bit %d in MSR 0x%08x.\n",
+ __func__, bit, msr);
+
+ return err;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Clear @bit in a MSR @msr.
+ *
+ * Retval:
+ * < 0: An error was encountered.
+ * = 0: Bit was already cleared.
+ * > 0: Hardware accepted the MSR write.
+ */
+int msr_clear_bit(u32 msr, u8 bit)
+{
+ int err = __flip_bit(msr, bit, false);
+ if (err < 0)
+ pr_err("%s: Error clearing bit %d in MSR 0x%08x.\n",
+ __func__, bit, msr);
+
+ return err;
+}
--
1.8.5.2.192.g7794a68

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