[tip: x86/fred] x86/fred: No ESPFIX needed when FRED is enabled
From: tip-bot2 for H. Peter Anvin (Intel)
Date: Thu Jan 25 2024 - 13:25:22 EST
The following commit has been merged into the x86/fred branch of tip:
Commit-ID: bc49cef5e02ab95b5235acbbc4cb5bb6a0bdec7f
Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/bc49cef5e02ab95b5235acbbc4cb5bb6a0bdec7f
Author: H. Peter Anvin (Intel) <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Tue, 05 Dec 2023 02:50:08 -08:00
Committer: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
CommitterDate: Thu, 25 Jan 2024 19:10:31 +01:00
x86/fred: No ESPFIX needed when FRED is enabled
Because FRED always restores the full value of %rsp, ESPFIX is
no longer needed when it's enabled.
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin (Intel) <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Xin Li <xin3.li@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Shan Kang <shan.kang@xxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231205105030.8698-20-xin3.li@xxxxxxxxx
---
arch/x86/kernel/espfix_64.c | 8 ++++++++
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/espfix_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/espfix_64.c
index 16f9814..6726e04 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/espfix_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/espfix_64.c
@@ -106,6 +106,10 @@ void __init init_espfix_bsp(void)
pgd_t *pgd;
p4d_t *p4d;
+ /* FRED systems always restore the full value of %rsp */
+ if (cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_FRED))
+ return;
+
/* Install the espfix pud into the kernel page directory */
pgd = &init_top_pgt[pgd_index(ESPFIX_BASE_ADDR)];
p4d = p4d_alloc(&init_mm, pgd, ESPFIX_BASE_ADDR);
@@ -129,6 +133,10 @@ void init_espfix_ap(int cpu)
void *stack_page;
pteval_t ptemask;
+ /* FRED systems always restore the full value of %rsp */
+ if (cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_FRED))
+ return;
+
/* We only have to do this once... */
if (likely(per_cpu(espfix_stack, cpu)))
return; /* Already initialized */