x86/mm: Introduce the 'no5lvl' kernel parameter

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>
This commit is contained in:
Kirill A. Shutemov 2018-05-18 13:35:25 +03:00 committed by Ingo Molnar
parent ed7588d5dc
commit 372fddf709
6 changed files with 35 additions and 7 deletions

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@ -2600,6 +2600,9 @@
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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@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
// 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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@ -365,6 +365,7 @@ ENTRY(startup_64)
* this function call.
*/
pushq %rsi
movq %rsi, %rdi /* real mode address */
call paging_prepare
popq %rsi

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@ -31,16 +31,23 @@ static char trampoline_save[TRAMPOLINE_32BIT_SIZE];
*/
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
@ -48,6 +55,7 @@ struct paging_config paging_prepare(void)
* 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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@ -1028,6 +1028,21 @@ static void __init early_identify_cpu(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
*/
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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@ -80,10 +80,11 @@ static unsigned int __head *fixup_int(void *ptr, unsigned long physaddr)
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;