[PATCH 08/32] x86/mce: Stop using 32-bit MSR interfaces

From: Juergen Gross

Date: Mon Jun 29 2026 - 02:09:09 EST


The 32-bit MSR interfaces rdmsr(), wrmsr() and rdmsr_safe() are
planned to be removed. Use the related 64-bit variants instead.

Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@xxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/amd.c | 87 ++++++++++++++++---------------
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/core.c | 2 +-
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/p5.c | 16 +++---
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/winchip.c | 10 ++--
4 files changed, 58 insertions(+), 57 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/amd.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/amd.c
index 36e0df4d1342..f916fb4c5d13 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/amd.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/amd.c
@@ -280,11 +280,11 @@ static void smca_configure(unsigned int bank, unsigned int cpu)
u8 *bank_counts = this_cpu_ptr(smca_bank_counts);
const struct smca_hwid *s_hwid;
unsigned int i, hwid_mcatype;
- u32 high, low;
+ struct msr val;
u32 smca_config = MSR_AMD64_SMCA_MCx_CONFIG(bank);

/* Set appropriate bits in MCA_CONFIG */
- if (!rdmsr_safe(smca_config, &low, &high)) {
+ if (!rdmsrq_safe(smca_config, &val.q)) {
/*
* OS is required to set the MCAX bit to acknowledge that it is
* now using the new MSR ranges and new registers under each
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ static void smca_configure(unsigned int bank, unsigned int cpu)
*
* MCA_CONFIG[MCAX] is bit 32 (0 in the high portion of the MSR.)
*/
- high |= BIT(0);
+ val.h |= BIT(0);

/*
* SMCA sets the Deferred Error Interrupt type per bank.
@@ -307,9 +307,9 @@ static void smca_configure(unsigned int bank, unsigned int cpu)
* APIC based interrupt. First, check that no interrupt has been
* set.
*/
- if ((low & BIT(5)) && !((high >> 5) & 0x3) && data->dfr_intr_en) {
+ if ((val.l & BIT(5)) && !((val.h >> 5) & 0x3) && data->dfr_intr_en) {
__set_bit(bank, data->dfr_intr_banks);
- high |= BIT(5);
+ val.h |= BIT(5);
}

/*
@@ -324,33 +324,33 @@ static void smca_configure(unsigned int bank, unsigned int cpu)
* The OS should set this to inform the platform that the OS is ready
* to handle the MCA Thresholding interrupt.
*/
- if ((low & BIT(10)) && data->thr_intr_en) {
+ if ((val.l & BIT(10)) && data->thr_intr_en) {
__set_bit(bank, data->thr_intr_banks);
- high |= BIT(8);
+ val.h |= BIT(8);
}

- this_cpu_ptr(mce_banks_array)[bank].lsb_in_status = !!(low & BIT(8));
+ this_cpu_ptr(mce_banks_array)[bank].lsb_in_status = !!(val.l & BIT(8));

- if (low & MCI_CONFIG_PADDRV)
+ if (val.l & MCI_CONFIG_PADDRV)
this_cpu_ptr(smca_banks)[bank].paddrv = 1;

- wrmsr(smca_config, low, high);
+ wrmsrq(smca_config, val.q);
}

- if (rdmsr_safe(MSR_AMD64_SMCA_MCx_IPID(bank), &low, &high)) {
+ if (rdmsrq_safe(MSR_AMD64_SMCA_MCx_IPID(bank), &val.q)) {
pr_warn("Failed to read MCA_IPID for bank %d\n", bank);
return;
}

- hwid_mcatype = HWID_MCATYPE(high & MCI_IPID_HWID,
- (high & MCI_IPID_MCATYPE) >> 16);
+ hwid_mcatype = HWID_MCATYPE(val.h & MCI_IPID_HWID,
+ (val.h & MCI_IPID_MCATYPE) >> 16);

for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(smca_hwid_mcatypes); i++) {
s_hwid = &smca_hwid_mcatypes[i];

if (hwid_mcatype == s_hwid->hwid_mcatype) {
this_cpu_ptr(smca_banks)[bank].hwid = s_hwid;
- this_cpu_ptr(smca_banks)[bank].id = low;
+ this_cpu_ptr(smca_banks)[bank].id = val.l;
this_cpu_ptr(smca_banks)[bank].sysfs_id = bank_counts[s_hwid->bank_type]++;
break;
}
@@ -432,50 +432,50 @@ static bool lvt_off_valid(struct threshold_block *b, int apic, u32 lo, u32 hi)
static void threshold_restart_block(void *_tr)
{
struct thresh_restart *tr = _tr;
- u32 hi, lo;
+ struct msr val;

/* sysfs write might race against an offline operation */
if (!this_cpu_read(threshold_banks) && !tr->set_lvt_off)
return;

- rdmsr(tr->b->address, lo, hi);
+ rdmsrq(tr->b->address, val.q);

/*
* Reset error count and overflow bit.
* This is done during init or after handling an interrupt.
*/
- if (hi & MASK_OVERFLOW_HI || tr->set_lvt_off) {
- hi &= ~(MASK_ERR_COUNT_HI | MASK_OVERFLOW_HI);
- hi |= THRESHOLD_MAX - tr->b->threshold_limit;
+ if (val.h & MASK_OVERFLOW_HI || tr->set_lvt_off) {
+ val.h &= ~(MASK_ERR_COUNT_HI | MASK_OVERFLOW_HI);
+ val.h |= THRESHOLD_MAX - tr->b->threshold_limit;
} else if (tr->old_limit) { /* change limit w/o reset */
- int new_count = (hi & THRESHOLD_MAX) +
+ int new_count = (val.h & THRESHOLD_MAX) +
(tr->old_limit - tr->b->threshold_limit);

- hi = (hi & ~MASK_ERR_COUNT_HI) |
+ val.h = (val.h & ~MASK_ERR_COUNT_HI) |
(new_count & THRESHOLD_MAX);
}

/* clear IntType */
- hi &= ~MASK_INT_TYPE_HI;
+ val.h &= ~MASK_INT_TYPE_HI;

if (!tr->b->interrupt_capable)
goto done;

if (tr->set_lvt_off) {
- if (lvt_off_valid(tr->b, tr->lvt_off, lo, hi)) {
+ if (lvt_off_valid(tr->b, tr->lvt_off, val.l, val.h)) {
/* set new lvt offset */
- hi &= ~MASK_LVTOFF_HI;
- hi |= tr->lvt_off << 20;
+ val.h &= ~MASK_LVTOFF_HI;
+ val.h |= tr->lvt_off << 20;
}
}

if (tr->b->interrupt_enable)
- hi |= INT_TYPE_APIC;
+ val.h |= INT_TYPE_APIC;

done:

- hi |= MASK_COUNT_EN_HI;
- wrmsr(tr->b->address, lo, hi);
+ val.h |= MASK_COUNT_EN_HI;
+ wrmsrq(tr->b->address, val.q);
}

static void threshold_restart_bank(unsigned int bank, bool intr_en)
@@ -726,7 +726,8 @@ static void smca_enable_interrupt_vectors(void)
void mce_amd_feature_init(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
{
unsigned int bank, block, cpu = smp_processor_id();
- u32 low = 0, high = 0, address = 0;
+ struct msr val = { .q = 0 };
+ u32 address = 0;
int offset = -1;

amd_apply_cpu_quirks(c);
@@ -746,21 +747,21 @@ void mce_amd_feature_init(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
disable_err_thresholding(c, bank);

for (block = 0; block < NR_BLOCKS; ++block) {
- address = get_block_address(address, low, high, bank, block, cpu);
+ address = get_block_address(address, val.l, val.h, bank, block, cpu);
if (!address)
break;

- if (rdmsr_safe(address, &low, &high))
+ if (rdmsrq_safe(address, &val.q))
break;

- if (!(high & MASK_VALID_HI))
+ if (!(val.h & MASK_VALID_HI))
continue;

- if (!(high & MASK_CNTP_HI) ||
- (high & MASK_LOCKED_HI))
+ if (!(val.h & MASK_CNTP_HI) ||
+ (val.h & MASK_LOCKED_HI))
continue;

- offset = prepare_threshold_block(bank, block, address, offset, high);
+ offset = prepare_threshold_block(bank, block, address, offset, val.h);
}
}
}
@@ -1083,24 +1084,24 @@ static int allocate_threshold_blocks(unsigned int cpu, struct threshold_bank *tb
u32 address)
{
struct threshold_block *b = NULL;
- u32 low, high;
+ struct msr val;
int err;

if ((bank >= this_cpu_read(mce_num_banks)) || (block >= NR_BLOCKS))
return 0;

- if (rdmsr_safe(address, &low, &high))
+ if (rdmsrq_safe(address, &val.q))
return 0;

- if (!(high & MASK_VALID_HI)) {
+ if (!(val.h & MASK_VALID_HI)) {
if (block)
goto recurse;
else
return 0;
}

- if (!(high & MASK_CNTP_HI) ||
- (high & MASK_LOCKED_HI))
+ if (!(val.h & MASK_CNTP_HI) ||
+ (val.h & MASK_LOCKED_HI))
goto recurse;

b = kzalloc_obj(struct threshold_block);
@@ -1112,7 +1113,7 @@ static int allocate_threshold_blocks(unsigned int cpu, struct threshold_bank *tb
b->cpu = cpu;
b->address = address;
b->interrupt_enable = 0;
- b->interrupt_capable = lvt_interrupt_supported(bank, high);
+ b->interrupt_capable = lvt_interrupt_supported(bank, val.h);
b->threshold_limit = get_thr_limit();

if (b->interrupt_capable) {
@@ -1124,13 +1125,13 @@ static int allocate_threshold_blocks(unsigned int cpu, struct threshold_bank *tb

list_add(&b->miscj, &tb->miscj);

- mce_threshold_block_init(b, (high & MASK_LVTOFF_HI) >> 20);
+ mce_threshold_block_init(b, (val.h & MASK_LVTOFF_HI) >> 20);

err = kobject_init_and_add(&b->kobj, &threshold_ktype, tb->kobj, get_name(cpu, bank, b));
if (err)
goto out_free;
recurse:
- address = get_block_address(address, low, high, bank, ++block, cpu);
+ address = get_block_address(address, val.l, val.h, bank, ++block, cpu);
if (!address)
return 0;

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/core.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/core.c
index 9bba1e2f03af..017aaf57ba47 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/core.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/core.c
@@ -1866,7 +1866,7 @@ static void __mcheck_cpu_init_generic(void)

rdmsrq(MSR_IA32_MCG_CAP, cap);
if (cap & MCG_CTL_P)
- wrmsr(MSR_IA32_MCG_CTL, 0xffffffff, 0xffffffff);
+ wrmsrq(MSR_IA32_MCG_CTL, ~0ULL);
}

static void __mcheck_cpu_init_prepare_banks(void)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/p5.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/p5.c
index 2272ad53fc33..eb99f384d747 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/p5.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/p5.c
@@ -23,16 +23,16 @@ int mce_p5_enabled __read_mostly;
/* Machine check handler for Pentium class Intel CPUs: */
noinstr void pentium_machine_check(struct pt_regs *regs)
{
- u32 loaddr, hi, lotype;
+ u64 addr, type;

instrumentation_begin();
- rdmsr(MSR_IA32_P5_MC_ADDR, loaddr, hi);
- rdmsr(MSR_IA32_P5_MC_TYPE, lotype, hi);
+ rdmsrq(MSR_IA32_P5_MC_ADDR, addr);
+ rdmsrq(MSR_IA32_P5_MC_TYPE, type);

pr_emerg("CPU#%d: Machine Check Exception: 0x%8X (type 0x%8X).\n",
- smp_processor_id(), loaddr, lotype);
+ smp_processor_id(), (u32)addr, (u32)type);

- if (lotype & (1<<5)) {
+ if (type & (1<<5)) {
pr_emerg("CPU#%d: Possible thermal failure (CPU on fire ?).\n",
smp_processor_id());
}
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ noinstr void pentium_machine_check(struct pt_regs *regs)
/* Set up machine check reporting for processors with Intel style MCE: */
void intel_p5_mcheck_init(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
{
- u32 l, h;
+ u64 q;

/* Default P5 to off as its often misconnected: */
if (!mce_p5_enabled)
@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@ void intel_p5_mcheck_init(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
return;

/* Read registers before enabling: */
- rdmsr(MSR_IA32_P5_MC_ADDR, l, h);
- rdmsr(MSR_IA32_P5_MC_TYPE, l, h);
+ rdmsrq(MSR_IA32_P5_MC_ADDR, q);
+ rdmsrq(MSR_IA32_P5_MC_TYPE, q);
pr_info("Intel old style machine check architecture supported.\n");

/* Enable MCE: */
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/winchip.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/winchip.c
index 6c99f2941909..7040243533d9 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/winchip.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/winchip.c
@@ -28,12 +28,12 @@ noinstr void winchip_machine_check(struct pt_regs *regs)
/* Set up machine check reporting on the Winchip C6 series */
void winchip_mcheck_init(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
{
- u32 lo, hi;
+ struct msr val;

- rdmsr(MSR_IDT_FCR1, lo, hi);
- lo |= (1<<2); /* Enable EIERRINT (int 18 MCE) */
- lo &= ~(1<<4); /* Enable MCE */
- wrmsr(MSR_IDT_FCR1, lo, hi);
+ rdmsrq(MSR_IDT_FCR1, val.q);
+ val.l |= (1<<2); /* Enable EIERRINT (int 18 MCE) */
+ val.l &= ~(1<<4); /* Enable MCE */
+ wrmsrq(MSR_IDT_FCR1, val.q);

cr4_set_bits(X86_CR4_MCE);

--
2.54.0