[tip: sched/core] x86/speculation: Add __update_spec_ctrl() helper

From: tip-bot2 for Waiman Long
Date: Wed Oct 04 2023 - 11:47:25 EST


The following commit has been merged into the sched/core branch of tip:

Commit-ID: aaa3e6678978b5e2b5c6e80e439fc4db9bbdb375
Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/aaa3e6678978b5e2b5c6e80e439fc4db9bbdb375
Author: Waiman Long <longman@xxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Thu, 27 Jul 2023 14:45:57 -04:00
Committer: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
CommitterDate: Wed, 04 Oct 2023 13:48:48 +02:00

x86/speculation: Add __update_spec_ctrl() helper

Add a new __update_spec_ctrl() helper which is a variant of
update_spec_ctrl() that can be used in a noinstr function.

Suggested-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Waiman Long <longman@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230727184600.26768-2-longman@xxxxxxxxxx
---
arch/x86/include/asm/spec-ctrl.h | 11 +++++++++++
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/spec-ctrl.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/spec-ctrl.h
index cb0386f..c648502 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/spec-ctrl.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/spec-ctrl.h
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@

#include <linux/thread_info.h>
#include <asm/nospec-branch.h>
+#include <asm/msr.h>

/*
* On VMENTER we must preserve whatever view of the SPEC_CTRL MSR
@@ -76,6 +77,16 @@ static inline u64 ssbd_tif_to_amd_ls_cfg(u64 tifn)
return (tifn & _TIF_SSBD) ? x86_amd_ls_cfg_ssbd_mask : 0ULL;
}

+/*
+ * This can be used in noinstr functions & should only be called in bare
+ * metal context.
+ */
+static __always_inline void __update_spec_ctrl(u64 val)
+{
+ __this_cpu_write(x86_spec_ctrl_current, val);
+ native_wrmsrl(MSR_IA32_SPEC_CTRL, val);
+}
+
#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
extern void speculative_store_bypass_ht_init(void);
#else