[PATCH v2 06/12] x86/cpufeatures: Add a CPU feature bit for MSR immediate form instructions

[Juergen Gross]

From: "Xin Li (Intel)" <xin@xxxxxxxxx>

The immediate form of MSR access instructions are primarily motivated
by performance, not code size: by having the MSR number in an immediate,
it is available *much* earlier in the pipeline, which allows the
hardware much more leeway about how a particular MSR is handled.

Use a scattered CPU feature bit for MSR immediate form instructions.

Suggested-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) <bp@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Xin Li (Intel) <xin@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@xxxxxxxx>
---
V2:
- new patch, taken from the RFC v2 MSR refactor series by Xin Li
---
 arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h | 1 +
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/scattered.c    | 1 +
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h
index 751ca35386b0..625635767085 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h
@@ -496,6 +496,7 @@
 #define X86_FEATURE_TSA_L1_NO		(21*32+12) /* AMD CPU not vulnerable to TSA-L1 */
 #define X86_FEATURE_CLEAR_CPU_BUF_VM	(21*32+13) /* Clear CPU buffers using VERW before VMRUN */
 #define X86_FEATURE_IBPB_EXIT_TO_USER	(21*32+14) /* Use IBPB on exit-to-userspace, see VMSCAPE bug */
+#define X86_FEATURE_MSR_IMM		(21*32+15) /* MSR immediate form instructions */
 
 /*
  * BUG word(s)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/scattered.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/scattered.c
index 6b868afb26c3..cf4ae822bcc0 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/scattered.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/scattered.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ static const struct cpuid_bit cpuid_bits[] = {
 	{ X86_FEATURE_APERFMPERF,		CPUID_ECX,  0, 0x00000006, 0 },
 	{ X86_FEATURE_EPB,			CPUID_ECX,  3, 0x00000006, 0 },
 	{ X86_FEATURE_INTEL_PPIN,		CPUID_EBX,  0, 0x00000007, 1 },
+	{ X86_FEATURE_MSR_IMM,			CPUID_ECX,  5, 0x00000007, 1 },
 	{ X86_FEATURE_APX,			CPUID_EDX, 21, 0x00000007, 1 },
 	{ X86_FEATURE_RRSBA_CTRL,		CPUID_EDX,  2, 0x00000007, 2 },
 	{ X86_FEATURE_BHI_CTRL,			CPUID_EDX,  4, 0x00000007, 2 },
-- 
2.51.0