[PATCH v2 04/12] x86/cpu: Enable LASS during CPU initialization

From: Alexander Shishkin
Date: Tue May 30 2023 - 07:44:24 EST


From: Sohil Mehta <sohil.mehta@xxxxxxxxx>

Being a security feature, enable LASS by default if the platform
supports it.

Signed-off-by: Sohil Mehta <sohil.mehta@xxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c | 7 +++++++
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
index 80710a68ef7d..315cc67ba93a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
@@ -413,6 +413,12 @@ static __always_inline void setup_umip(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
cr4_clear_bits(X86_CR4_UMIP);
}

+static __always_inline void setup_lass(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
+{
+ if (cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_LASS))
+ cr4_set_bits(X86_CR4_LASS);
+}
+
/* These bits should not change their value after CPU init is finished. */
static const unsigned long cr4_pinned_mask =
X86_CR4_SMEP | X86_CR4_SMAP | X86_CR4_UMIP |
@@ -1859,6 +1865,7 @@ static void identify_cpu(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
setup_smep(c);
setup_smap(c);
setup_umip(c);
+ setup_lass(c);

/* Enable FSGSBASE instructions if available. */
if (cpu_has(c, X86_FEATURE_FSGSBASE)) {
--
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