linux.git/arch/x86/kernel/process.c, branch v4.12

arch: remove unused macro/function thread_saved_pc()

2017-06-28T23:13:57+00:00

The only user of thread_saved_pc() in non-arch-specific code was removed
in commit 8243d5597793 ("sched/core: Remove pointless printout in
sched_show_task()").  Remove the implementations as well.

Some architectures use thread_saved_pc() in their arch-specific code.
Leave their thread_saved_pc() intact.

Signed-off-by: Tobias Klauser 
Acked-by: Geert Uytterhoeven 
Cc: Ingo Molnar 
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

x86/arch_prctl: Add ARCH_[GET|SET]_CPUID

2017-03-20T15:10:34+00:00

Intel supports faulting on the CPUID instruction beginning with Ivy Bridge.
When enabled, the processor will fault on attempts to execute the CPUID
instruction with CPL>0. Exposing this feature to userspace will allow a
ptracer to trap and emulate the CPUID instruction.

When supported, this feature is controlled by toggling bit 0 of
MSR_MISC_FEATURES_ENABLES. It is documented in detail in Section 2.3.2 of
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/attachment.cgi?id=243991

Implement a new pair of arch_prctls, available on both x86-32 and x86-64.

ARCH_GET_CPUID: Returns the current CPUID state, either 0 if CPUID faulting
    is enabled (and thus the CPUID instruction is not available) or 1 if
    CPUID faulting is not enabled.

ARCH_SET_CPUID: Set the CPUID state to the second argument. If
    cpuid_enabled is 0 CPUID faulting will be activated, otherwise it will
    be deactivated. Returns ENODEV if CPUID faulting is not supported on
    this system.

The state of the CPUID faulting flag is propagated across forks, but reset
upon exec.

Signed-off-by: Kyle Huey 
Cc: Grzegorz Andrejczuk 
Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Radim Krčmář 
Cc: Peter Zijlstra 
Cc: Dave Hansen 
Cc: Andi Kleen 
Cc: linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Nadav Amit 
Cc: Robert O'Callahan 
Cc: Richard Weinberger 
Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" 
Cc: Borislav Petkov 
Cc: Andy Lutomirski 
Cc: Len Brown 
Cc: Shuah Khan 
Cc: user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
Cc: Jeff Dike 
Cc: Alexander Viro 
Cc: user-mode-linux-user@lists.sourceforge.net
Cc: David Matlack 
Cc: Boris Ostrovsky 
Cc: Dmitry Safonov 
Cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Paolo Bonzini 
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170320081628.18952-9-khuey@kylehuey.com
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner

x86/arch_prctl: Add do_arch_prctl_common()

2017-03-20T15:10:33+00:00

Add do_arch_prctl_common() to handle arch_prctls that are not specific to 64
bit mode. Call it from the syscall entry point, but not any of the other
callsites in the kernel, which all want one of the existing 64 bit only
arch_prctls.

Signed-off-by: Kyle Huey 
Cc: Grzegorz Andrejczuk 
Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Radim Krčmář 
Cc: Peter Zijlstra 
Cc: Dave Hansen 
Cc: Andi Kleen 
Cc: linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Nadav Amit 
Cc: Robert O'Callahan 
Cc: Richard Weinberger 
Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" 
Cc: Borislav Petkov 
Cc: Andy Lutomirski 
Cc: Len Brown 
Cc: Shuah Khan 
Cc: user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
Cc: Jeff Dike 
Cc: Alexander Viro 
Cc: user-mode-linux-user@lists.sourceforge.net
Cc: David Matlack 
Cc: Boris Ostrovsky 
Cc: Dmitry Safonov 
Cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Paolo Bonzini 
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170320081628.18952-6-khuey@kylehuey.com
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner

x86/process: Optimize TIF_NOTSC switch

2017-03-11T11:45:18+00:00

Provide and use a toggle helper instead of doing it with a branch.

x86_64: arch/x86/kernel/process.o
text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex
3008	   8577	     16	  11601	   2d51 Before
2976       8577      16	  11569	   2d31 After

i386: arch/x86/kernel/process.o
text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex
2925	   8673	      8	  11606	   2d56 Before
2893	   8673       8	  11574	   2d36 After

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner 
Cc: Peter Zijlstra 
Cc: Andy Lutomirski 
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170214081104.9244-4-khuey@kylehuey.com
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner

x86/process: Correct and optimize TIF_BLOCKSTEP switch

2017-03-11T11:45:18+00:00

The debug control MSR is "highly magical" as the blockstep bit can be
cleared by hardware under not well documented circumstances.

So a task switch relying on the bit set by the previous task (according to
the previous tasks thread flags) can trip over this and not update the flag
for the next task.

To fix this its required to handle DEBUGCTLMSR_BTF when either the previous
or the next or both tasks have the TIF_BLOCKSTEP flag set.

While at it avoid branching within the TIF_BLOCKSTEP case and evaluating
boot_cpu_data twice in kernels without CONFIG_X86_DEBUGCTLMSR.

x86_64: arch/x86/kernel/process.o
text	data	bss	dec	 hex
3024    8577    16      11617    2d61	Before
3008	8577	16	11601	 2d51	After

i386: No change

[ tglx: Made the shift value explicit, use a local variable to make the
code readable and massaged changelog]

Originally-by: Thomas Gleixner 
Signed-off-by: Kyle Huey 
Cc: Peter Zijlstra 
Cc: Andy Lutomirski 
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170214081104.9244-3-khuey@kylehuey.com
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner

x86/process: Optimize TIF checks in __switch_to_xtra()

2017-03-11T11:45:17+00:00

Help the compiler to avoid reevaluating the thread flags for each checked
bit by reordering the bit checks and providing an explicit xor for
evaluation.

With default defconfigs for each arch,

x86_64: arch/x86/kernel/process.o
text       data     bss     dec     hex
3056       8577      16   11649    2d81	Before
3024	   8577      16	  11617	   2d61	After

i386: arch/x86/kernel/process.o
text       data     bss     dec     hex
2957	   8673	      8	  11638	   2d76	Before
2925	   8673       8	  11606	   2d56	After

Originally-by: Thomas Gleixner 
Signed-off-by: Kyle Huey 
Cc: Peter Zijlstra 
Cc: Andy Lutomirski 
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170214081104.9244-2-khuey@kylehuey.com
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner

Merge tag 'kvm-4.11-2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvm

2017-03-04T19:36:19+00:00

Pull more KVM updates from Radim Krčmář:
 "Second batch of KVM changes for the 4.11 merge window:

  PPC:
   - correct assumption about ASDR on POWER9
   - fix MMIO emulation on POWER9

  x86:
   - add a simple test for ioperm
   - cleanup TSS (going through KVM tree as the whole undertaking was
     caused by VMX's use of TSS)
   - fix nVMX interrupt delivery
   - fix some performance counters in the guest

  ... and two cleanup patches"

* tag 'kvm-4.11-2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvm:
  KVM: nVMX: Fix pending events injection
  x86/kvm/vmx: remove unused variable in segment_base()
  selftests/x86: Add a basic selftest for ioperm
  x86/asm: Tidy up TSS limit code
  kvm: convert kvm.users_count from atomic_t to refcount_t
  KVM: x86: never specify a sample period for virtualized in_tx_cp counters
  KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Don't use ASDR for real-mode HPT faults on POWER9
  KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Fix software walk of guest process page tables

sched/headers: Prepare for new header dependencies before moving code to

2017-03-02T07:42:36+00:00

We are going to split  out of , which
will have to be picked up from other headers and a couple of .c files.

Create a trivial placeholder  file that just
maps to  to make this patch obviously correct and
bisectable.

Include the new header in the files that are going to need it.

Acked-by: Linus Torvalds 
Cc: Mike Galbraith 
Cc: Peter Zijlstra 
Cc: Thomas Gleixner 
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

sched/headers: Prepare for new header dependencies before moving code to

2017-03-02T07:42:35+00:00

We are going to split  out of , which
will have to be picked up from other headers and a couple of .c files.

Create a trivial placeholder  file that just
maps to  to make this patch obviously correct and
bisectable.

Include the new header in the files that are going to need it.

Acked-by: Linus Torvalds 
Cc: Mike Galbraith 
Cc: Peter Zijlstra 
Cc: Thomas Gleixner 
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

sched/headers: Prepare for new header dependencies before moving code to

2017-03-02T07:42:34+00:00

We are going to split  out of , which
will have to be picked up from other headers and a couple of .c files.

Create a trivial placeholder  file that just
maps to  to make this patch obviously correct and
bisectable.

Include the new header in the files that are going to need it.

Acked-by: Linus Torvalds 
Cc: Mike Galbraith 
Cc: Peter Zijlstra 
Cc: Thomas Gleixner 
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar