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x86/mm: Introduce the 'no5lvl' kernel parameter
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This kernel parameter allows to force kernel to use 4-level paging even
if hardware and kernel support 5-level paging.

The option may be useful to work around regressions related to 5-level
paging.

Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180518103528.59260-5-kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
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kiryl authored and Ingo Molnar committed May 19, 2018
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3 changes: 3 additions & 0 deletions Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
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emulation library even if a 387 maths coprocessor
is present.

no5lvl [X86-64] Disable 5-level paging mode. Forces
kernel to use 4-level paging instead.

no_console_suspend
[HW] Never suspend the console
Disable suspending of consoles during suspend and
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion arch/x86/boot/compressed/cmdline.c
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// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
#include "misc.h"

#if CONFIG_EARLY_PRINTK || CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_BASE
#if CONFIG_EARLY_PRINTK || CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_BASE || CONFIG_X86_5LEVEL

static unsigned long fs;
static inline void set_fs(unsigned long seg)
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1 change: 1 addition & 0 deletions arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_64.S
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* this function call.
*/
pushq %rsi
movq %rsi, %rdi /* real mode address */
call paging_prepare
popq %rsi

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12 changes: 10 additions & 2 deletions arch/x86/boot/compressed/pgtable_64.c
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*/
unsigned long *trampoline_32bit __section(.data);

struct paging_config paging_prepare(void)
extern struct boot_params *boot_params;
int cmdline_find_option_bool(const char *option);

struct paging_config paging_prepare(void *rmode)
{
struct paging_config paging_config = {};
unsigned long bios_start, ebda_start;

/* Initialize boot_params. Required for cmdline_find_option_bool(). */
boot_params = rmode;

/*
* Check if LA57 is desired and supported.
*
* There are two parts to the check:
* There are several parts to the check:
* - if the kernel supports 5-level paging: CONFIG_X86_5LEVEL=y
* - if user asked to disable 5-level paging: no5lvl in cmdline
* - if the machine supports 5-level paging:
* + CPUID leaf 7 is supported
* + the leaf has the feature bit set
*
* That's substitute for boot_cpu_has() in early boot code.
*/
if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_X86_5LEVEL) &&
!cmdline_find_option_bool("no5lvl") &&
native_cpuid_eax(0) >= 7 &&
(native_cpuid_ecx(7) & (1 << (X86_FEATURE_LA57 & 31)))) {
paging_config.l5_required = 1;
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15 changes: 15 additions & 0 deletions arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
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*/
setup_clear_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_PCID);
#endif

/*
* Later in the boot process pgtable_l5_enabled() relies on
* cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_LA57). If 5-level paging is not
* enabled by this point we need to clear the feature bit to avoid
* false-positives at the later stage.
*
* pgtable_l5_enabled() can be false here for several reasons:
* - 5-level paging is disabled compile-time;
* - it's 32-bit kernel;
* - machine doesn't support 5-level paging;
* - user specified 'no5lvl' in kernel command line.
*/
if (!pgtable_l5_enabled())
setup_clear_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_LA57);
}

void __init early_cpu_init(void)
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9 changes: 5 additions & 4 deletions arch/x86/kernel/head64.c
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static bool __head check_la57_support(unsigned long physaddr)
{
if (native_cpuid_eax(0) < 7)
return false;

if (!(native_cpuid_ecx(7) & (1 << (X86_FEATURE_LA57 & 31))))
/*
* 5-level paging is detected and enabled at kernel decomression
* stage. Only check if it has been enabled there.
*/
if (!(native_read_cr4() & X86_CR4_LA57))
return false;

*fixup_int(&__pgtable_l5_enabled, physaddr) = 1;
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