[PATCH 1/5] x86, mm, pat: Set WT to PA4 slot of PAT MSR

From: Toshi Kani
Date: Thu Sep 04 2014 - 14:47:43 EST


This patch sets WT to the PA4 slot in the PAT MSR when the processor
is not affected by the PAT errata. The upper 4 slots of the PAT MSR
are continued to be unused on the following Intel processors.

errata cpuid
--------------------------------------
Pentium 2, A52 family 0x6, model 0x5
Pentium 3, E27 family 0x6, model 0x7
Pentium M, Y26 family 0x6, model 0x9
Pentium 4, N46 family 0xf, model 0x0

For these affected processors, _PAGE_CACHE_MODE_WT is redirected to UC-
per the default setup in __cachemode2pte_tbl[].

Signed-off-by: Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@xxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/mm/pat.c | 47 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------
1 file changed, 32 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/pat.c b/arch/x86/mm/pat.c
index feb4d30..b1891dc 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/pat.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/pat.c
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ void pat_init(void)
{
u64 pat;
bool boot_cpu = !boot_pat_state;
+ struct cpuinfo_x86 *c = &boot_cpu_data;

if (!pat_enabled)
return;
@@ -152,21 +153,37 @@ void pat_init(void)
}
}

- /* Set PWT to Write-Combining. All other bits stay the same */
- /*
- * PTE encoding used in Linux:
- * PAT
- * |PCD
- * ||PWT
- * |||
- * 000 WB _PAGE_CACHE_WB
- * 001 WC _PAGE_CACHE_WC
- * 010 UC- _PAGE_CACHE_UC_MINUS
- * 011 UC _PAGE_CACHE_UC
- * PAT bit unused
- */
- pat = PAT(0, WB) | PAT(1, WC) | PAT(2, UC_MINUS) | PAT(3, UC) |
- PAT(4, WB) | PAT(5, WC) | PAT(6, UC_MINUS) | PAT(7, UC);
+ if ((c->x86_vendor == X86_VENDOR_INTEL) &&
+ (((c->x86 == 0x6) &&
+ ((c->x86_model == 0x5) ||
+ (c->x86_model == 0x7) ||
+ (c->x86_model == 0x9))) ||
+ ((c->x86 == 0xf) && (c->x86_model == 0x0)))) {
+ /*
+ * Upper four PAT entries are not usable on the following
+ * Intel processors.
+ *
+ * errata cpuid
+ * --------------------------------------
+ * Pentium 2, A52 family 0x6, model 0x5
+ * Pentium 3, E27 family 0x6, model 0x7
+ * Pentium M, Y26 family 0x6, model 0x9
+ * Pentium 4, N46 family 0xf, model 0x0
+ *
+ * PAT 0:WB, 1:WC, 2:UC-, 3:UC, 4-7:unusable
+ *
+ * NOTE: When WT or WP is used, it is redirected * to UC-
+ * per the default setup in __cachemode2pte_tbl[].
+ */
+ pat = PAT(0, WB) | PAT(1, WC) | PAT(2, UC_MINUS) | PAT(3, UC) |
+ PAT(4, WB) | PAT(5, WC) | PAT(6, UC_MINUS) | PAT(7, UC);
+ } else {
+ /*
+ * PAT 0:WB, 1:WC, 2:UC-, 3:UC, 4:WT, 5-7:reserved
+ */
+ pat = PAT(0, WB) | PAT(1, WC) | PAT(2, UC_MINUS) | PAT(3, UC) |
+ PAT(4, WT) | PAT(5, WC) | PAT(6, UC_MINUS) | PAT(7, UC);
+ }

/* Boot CPU check */
if (!boot_pat_state)
--
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