Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] x86/cpu: allow reducing x86_phys_bits during early_identify_cpu()

From: Kirill A . Shutemov
Date: Thu Feb 01 2024 - 03:41:58 EST


On Thu, Feb 01, 2024 at 12:09:01AM +0100, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> In commit fbf6449f84bf ("x86/sev-es: Set x86_virt_bits to the correct
> value straight away, instead of a two-phase approach"), the initialization
> of c->x86_phys_bits was moved after this_cpu->c_early_init(c). This is
> incorrect because early_init_amd() expected to be able to reduce the
> value according to the contents of CPUID leaf 0x8000001f.
>
> Fortunately, the bug was negated by init_amd()'s call to early_init_amd(),
> which does reduce x86_phys_bits in the end. However, this is very
> late in the boot process and, most notably, the wrong value is used for
> x86_phys_bits when setting up MTRRs.
>
> To fix this, call get_cpu_address_sizes() as soon as X86_FEATURE_CPUID is
> set/cleared, and c->extended_cpuid_level is retrieved.
>
> Fixes: fbf6449f84bf ("x86/sev-es: Set x86_virt_bits to the correct value straight away, instead of a two-phase approach")
> Cc: Adam Dunlap <acdunlap@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Xiaoyao Li <xiaoyao.li@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Kai Huang <kai.huang@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: x86@xxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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