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<title>Merge tag 'for-linus-6.5-rc1-tag' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/xen/tip</title>
<updated>2023-06-27T23:03:20+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2023-06-27T23:03:20+00:00</published>
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Pull xen updates from Juergen Gross:

 - three patches adding missing prototypes

 - a fix for finding the iBFT in a Xen dom0 for supporting diskless
   iSCSI boot

* tag 'for-linus-6.5-rc1-tag' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/xen/tip:
  x86: xen: add missing prototypes
  x86/xen: add prototypes for paravirt mmu functions
  iscsi_ibft: Fix finding the iBFT under Xen Dom 0
  xen: xen_debug_interrupt prototype to global header
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<pre>
Pull xen updates from Juergen Gross:

 - three patches adding missing prototypes

 - a fix for finding the iBFT in a Xen dom0 for supporting diskless
   iSCSI boot

* tag 'for-linus-6.5-rc1-tag' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/xen/tip:
  x86: xen: add missing prototypes
  x86/xen: add prototypes for paravirt mmu functions
  iscsi_ibft: Fix finding the iBFT under Xen Dom 0
  xen: xen_debug_interrupt prototype to global header
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<entry>
<title>iscsi_ibft: Fix finding the iBFT under Xen Dom 0</title>
<updated>2023-06-26T05:47:11+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Ross Lagerwall</name>
<email>ross.lagerwall@citrix.com</email>
</author>
<published>2023-06-05T10:28:40+00:00</published>
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To facilitate diskless iSCSI boot, the firmware can place a table of
configuration details in memory called the iBFT. The presence of this
table is not specified, nor is the precise location (and it's not in the
E820) so the kernel has to search for a magic marker to find it.

When running under Xen, Dom 0 does not have access to the entire host's
memory, only certain regions which are identity-mapped which means that
the pseudo-physical address in Dom0 == real host physical address.
Add the iBFT search bounds as a reserved region which causes it to be
identity-mapped in xen_set_identity_and_remap_chunk() which allows Dom0
access to the specific physical memory to correctly search for the iBFT
magic marker (and later access the full table).

This necessitates moving the call to reserve_ibft_region() somewhat
later so that it is called after e820__memory_setup() which is when the
Xen identity mapping adjustments are applied. The precise location of
the call is not too important so I've put it alongside dmi_setup() which
does similar scanning of memory for configuration tables.

Finally in the iBFT find code, instead of using isa_bus_to_virt() which
doesn't do the right thing under Xen, use early_memremap() like the
dmi_setup() code does.

The result of these changes is that it is possible to boot a diskless
Xen + Dom0 running off an iSCSI disk whereas previously it would fail to
find the iBFT and consequently, the iSCSI root disk.

Signed-off-by: Ross Lagerwall &lt;ross.lagerwall@citrix.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Juergen Gross &lt;jgross@suse.com&gt;
Acked-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk &lt;konrad@darnok.org&gt;
Acked-by: Dave Hansen &lt;dave.hansen@linux.intel.com&gt; # for x86
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230605102840.1521549-1-ross.lagerwall@citrix.com
Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross &lt;jgross@suse.com&gt;
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To facilitate diskless iSCSI boot, the firmware can place a table of
configuration details in memory called the iBFT. The presence of this
table is not specified, nor is the precise location (and it's not in the
E820) so the kernel has to search for a magic marker to find it.

When running under Xen, Dom 0 does not have access to the entire host's
memory, only certain regions which are identity-mapped which means that
the pseudo-physical address in Dom0 == real host physical address.
Add the iBFT search bounds as a reserved region which causes it to be
identity-mapped in xen_set_identity_and_remap_chunk() which allows Dom0
access to the specific physical memory to correctly search for the iBFT
magic marker (and later access the full table).

This necessitates moving the call to reserve_ibft_region() somewhat
later so that it is called after e820__memory_setup() which is when the
Xen identity mapping adjustments are applied. The precise location of
the call is not too important so I've put it alongside dmi_setup() which
does similar scanning of memory for configuration tables.

Finally in the iBFT find code, instead of using isa_bus_to_virt() which
doesn't do the right thing under Xen, use early_memremap() like the
dmi_setup() code does.

The result of these changes is that it is possible to boot a diskless
Xen + Dom0 running off an iSCSI disk whereas previously it would fail to
find the iBFT and consequently, the iSCSI root disk.

Signed-off-by: Ross Lagerwall &lt;ross.lagerwall@citrix.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Juergen Gross &lt;jgross@suse.com&gt;
Acked-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk &lt;konrad@darnok.org&gt;
Acked-by: Dave Hansen &lt;dave.hansen@linux.intel.com&gt; # for x86
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230605102840.1521549-1-ross.lagerwall@citrix.com
Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross &lt;jgross@suse.com&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>x86/mtrr: Support setting MTRR state for software defined MTRRs</title>
<updated>2023-06-01T13:04:32+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Juergen Gross</name>
<email>jgross@suse.com</email>
</author>
<published>2023-05-02T12:09:18+00:00</published>
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When running virtualized, MTRR access can be reduced (e.g. in Xen PV
guests or when running as a SEV-SNP guest under Hyper-V). Typically, the
hypervisor will not advertize the MTRR feature in CPUID data, resulting
in no MTRR memory type information being available for the kernel.

This has turned out to result in problems (Link tags below):

- Hyper-V SEV-SNP guests using uncached mappings where they shouldn't
- Xen PV dom0 mapping memory as WB which should be UC- instead

Solve those problems by allowing an MTRR static state override,
overwriting the empty state used today. In case such a state has been
set, don't call get_mtrr_state() in mtrr_bp_init().

The set state will only be used by mtrr_type_lookup(), as in all other
cases mtrr_enabled() is being checked, which will return false. Accept
the overwrite call only for selected cases when running as a guest.
Disable X86_FEATURE_MTRR in order to avoid any MTRR modifications by
just refusing them.

  [ bp: Massage. ]

Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross &lt;jgross@suse.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) &lt;bp@alien8.de&gt;
Tested-by: Michael Kelley &lt;mikelley@microsoft.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/4fe9541e-4d4c-2b2a-f8c8-2d34a7284930@nerdbynature.de/
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/BYAPR21MB16883ABC186566BD4D2A1451D7FE9@BYAPR21MB1688.namprd21.prod.outlook.com
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) &lt;bp@alien8.de&gt;
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When running virtualized, MTRR access can be reduced (e.g. in Xen PV
guests or when running as a SEV-SNP guest under Hyper-V). Typically, the
hypervisor will not advertize the MTRR feature in CPUID data, resulting
in no MTRR memory type information being available for the kernel.

This has turned out to result in problems (Link tags below):

- Hyper-V SEV-SNP guests using uncached mappings where they shouldn't
- Xen PV dom0 mapping memory as WB which should be UC- instead

Solve those problems by allowing an MTRR static state override,
overwriting the empty state used today. In case such a state has been
set, don't call get_mtrr_state() in mtrr_bp_init().

The set state will only be used by mtrr_type_lookup(), as in all other
cases mtrr_enabled() is being checked, which will return false. Accept
the overwrite call only for selected cases when running as a guest.
Disable X86_FEATURE_MTRR in order to avoid any MTRR modifications by
just refusing them.

  [ bp: Massage. ]

Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross &lt;jgross@suse.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) &lt;bp@alien8.de&gt;
Tested-by: Michael Kelley &lt;mikelley@microsoft.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/4fe9541e-4d4c-2b2a-f8c8-2d34a7284930@nerdbynature.de/
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/BYAPR21MB16883ABC186566BD4D2A1451D7FE9@BYAPR21MB1688.namprd21.prod.outlook.com
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) &lt;bp@alien8.de&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>x86/setup: Move duplicate boot_cpu_data definition out of the ifdeffery</title>
<updated>2023-01-11T11:45:16+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Yuntao Wang</name>
<email>ytcoode@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2022-06-01T12:29:14+00:00</published>
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Both the if and else blocks define an exact same boot_cpu_data variable, move
the duplicate variable definition out of the if/else block.

In addition, do some other minor cleanups.

  [ bp: Massage. ]

Signed-off-by: Yuntao Wang &lt;ytcoode@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) &lt;bp@alien8.de&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220601122914.820890-1-ytcoode@gmail.com
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Both the if and else blocks define an exact same boot_cpu_data variable, move
the duplicate variable definition out of the if/else block.

In addition, do some other minor cleanups.

  [ bp: Massage. ]

Signed-off-by: Yuntao Wang &lt;ytcoode@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) &lt;bp@alien8.de&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220601122914.820890-1-ytcoode@gmail.com
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>Merge tag 'x86_cpu_for_v6.2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip</title>
<updated>2022-12-13T22:56:56+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2022-12-13T22:56:56+00:00</published>
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Pull x86 cpu updates from Borislav Petkov:

 - Split MTRR and PAT init code to accomodate at least Xen PV and TDX
   guests which do not get MTRRs exposed but only PAT. (TDX guests do
   not support the cache disabling dance when setting up MTRRs so they
   fall under the same category)

   This is a cleanup work to remove all the ugly workarounds for such
   guests and init things separately (Juergen Gross)

 - Add two new Intel CPUs to the list of CPUs with "normal" Energy
   Performance Bias, leading to power savings

 - Do not do bus master arbitration in C3 (ARB_DISABLE) on modern
   Centaur CPUs

* tag 'x86_cpu_for_v6.2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (26 commits)
  x86/mtrr: Make message for disabled MTRRs more descriptive
  x86/pat: Handle TDX guest PAT initialization
  x86/cpuid: Carve out all CPUID functionality
  x86/cpu: Switch to cpu_feature_enabled() for X86_FEATURE_XENPV
  x86/cpu: Remove X86_FEATURE_XENPV usage in setup_cpu_entry_area()
  x86/cpu: Drop 32-bit Xen PV guest code in update_task_stack()
  x86/cpu: Remove unneeded 64-bit dependency in arch_enter_from_user_mode()
  x86/cpufeatures: Add X86_FEATURE_XENPV to disabled-features.h
  x86/acpi/cstate: Optimize ARB_DISABLE on Centaur CPUs
  x86/mtrr: Simplify mtrr_ops initialization
  x86/cacheinfo: Switch cache_ap_init() to hotplug callback
  x86: Decouple PAT and MTRR handling
  x86/mtrr: Add a stop_machine() handler calling only cache_cpu_init()
  x86/mtrr: Let cache_aps_delayed_init replace mtrr_aps_delayed_init
  x86/mtrr: Get rid of __mtrr_enabled bool
  x86/mtrr: Simplify mtrr_bp_init()
  x86/mtrr: Remove set_all callback from struct mtrr_ops
  x86/mtrr: Disentangle MTRR init from PAT init
  x86/mtrr: Move cache control code to cacheinfo.c
  x86/mtrr: Split MTRR-specific handling from cache dis/enabling
  ...
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<pre>
Pull x86 cpu updates from Borislav Petkov:

 - Split MTRR and PAT init code to accomodate at least Xen PV and TDX
   guests which do not get MTRRs exposed but only PAT. (TDX guests do
   not support the cache disabling dance when setting up MTRRs so they
   fall under the same category)

   This is a cleanup work to remove all the ugly workarounds for such
   guests and init things separately (Juergen Gross)

 - Add two new Intel CPUs to the list of CPUs with "normal" Energy
   Performance Bias, leading to power savings

 - Do not do bus master arbitration in C3 (ARB_DISABLE) on modern
   Centaur CPUs

* tag 'x86_cpu_for_v6.2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (26 commits)
  x86/mtrr: Make message for disabled MTRRs more descriptive
  x86/pat: Handle TDX guest PAT initialization
  x86/cpuid: Carve out all CPUID functionality
  x86/cpu: Switch to cpu_feature_enabled() for X86_FEATURE_XENPV
  x86/cpu: Remove X86_FEATURE_XENPV usage in setup_cpu_entry_area()
  x86/cpu: Drop 32-bit Xen PV guest code in update_task_stack()
  x86/cpu: Remove unneeded 64-bit dependency in arch_enter_from_user_mode()
  x86/cpufeatures: Add X86_FEATURE_XENPV to disabled-features.h
  x86/acpi/cstate: Optimize ARB_DISABLE on Centaur CPUs
  x86/mtrr: Simplify mtrr_ops initialization
  x86/cacheinfo: Switch cache_ap_init() to hotplug callback
  x86: Decouple PAT and MTRR handling
  x86/mtrr: Add a stop_machine() handler calling only cache_cpu_init()
  x86/mtrr: Let cache_aps_delayed_init replace mtrr_aps_delayed_init
  x86/mtrr: Get rid of __mtrr_enabled bool
  x86/mtrr: Simplify mtrr_bp_init()
  x86/mtrr: Remove set_all callback from struct mtrr_ops
  x86/mtrr: Disentangle MTRR init from PAT init
  x86/mtrr: Move cache control code to cacheinfo.c
  x86/mtrr: Split MTRR-specific handling from cache dis/enabling
  ...
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>Merge tag 'x86_boot_for_v6.2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip</title>
<updated>2022-12-13T22:45:29+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2022-12-13T22:45:29+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux.git/commit/?id=4eb77fa102ebc2a48d61941fd0293b0aeed00fee'/>
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Pull x86 boot updates from Borislav Petkov:
 "A  of early boot cleanups and fixes.

   - Do some spring cleaning to the compressed boot code by moving the
     EFI mixed-mode code to a separate compilation unit, the AMD memory
     encryption early code where it belongs and fixing up build
     dependencies. Make the deprecated EFI handover protocol optional
     with the goal of removing it at some point (Ard Biesheuvel)

   - Skip realmode init code on Xen PV guests as it is not needed there

   - Remove an old 32-bit PIC code compiler workaround"

* tag 'x86_boot_for_v6.2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  x86/boot: Remove x86_32 PIC using %ebx workaround
  x86/boot: Skip realmode init code when running as Xen PV guest
  x86/efi: Make the deprecated EFI handover protocol optional
  x86/boot/compressed: Only build mem_encrypt.S if AMD_MEM_ENCRYPT=y
  x86/boot/compressed: Adhere to calling convention in get_sev_encryption_bit()
  x86/boot/compressed: Move startup32_check_sev_cbit() out of head_64.S
  x86/boot/compressed: Move startup32_check_sev_cbit() into .text
  x86/boot/compressed: Move startup32_load_idt() out of head_64.S
  x86/boot/compressed: Move startup32_load_idt() into .text section
  x86/boot/compressed: Pull global variable reference into startup32_load_idt()
  x86/boot/compressed: Avoid touching ECX in startup32_set_idt_entry()
  x86/boot/compressed: Simplify IDT/GDT preserve/restore in the EFI thunk
  x86/boot/compressed, efi: Merge multiple definitions of image_offset into one
  x86/boot/compressed: Move efi32_pe_entry() out of head_64.S
  x86/boot/compressed: Move efi32_entry out of head_64.S
  x86/boot/compressed: Move efi32_pe_entry into .text section
  x86/boot/compressed: Move bootargs parsing out of 32-bit startup code
  x86/boot/compressed: Move 32-bit entrypoint code into .text section
  x86/boot/compressed: Rename efi_thunk_64.S to efi-mixed.S
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<pre>
Pull x86 boot updates from Borislav Petkov:
 "A  of early boot cleanups and fixes.

   - Do some spring cleaning to the compressed boot code by moving the
     EFI mixed-mode code to a separate compilation unit, the AMD memory
     encryption early code where it belongs and fixing up build
     dependencies. Make the deprecated EFI handover protocol optional
     with the goal of removing it at some point (Ard Biesheuvel)

   - Skip realmode init code on Xen PV guests as it is not needed there

   - Remove an old 32-bit PIC code compiler workaround"

* tag 'x86_boot_for_v6.2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  x86/boot: Remove x86_32 PIC using %ebx workaround
  x86/boot: Skip realmode init code when running as Xen PV guest
  x86/efi: Make the deprecated EFI handover protocol optional
  x86/boot/compressed: Only build mem_encrypt.S if AMD_MEM_ENCRYPT=y
  x86/boot/compressed: Adhere to calling convention in get_sev_encryption_bit()
  x86/boot/compressed: Move startup32_check_sev_cbit() out of head_64.S
  x86/boot/compressed: Move startup32_check_sev_cbit() into .text
  x86/boot/compressed: Move startup32_load_idt() out of head_64.S
  x86/boot/compressed: Move startup32_load_idt() into .text section
  x86/boot/compressed: Pull global variable reference into startup32_load_idt()
  x86/boot/compressed: Avoid touching ECX in startup32_set_idt_entry()
  x86/boot/compressed: Simplify IDT/GDT preserve/restore in the EFI thunk
  x86/boot/compressed, efi: Merge multiple definitions of image_offset into one
  x86/boot/compressed: Move efi32_pe_entry() out of head_64.S
  x86/boot/compressed: Move efi32_entry out of head_64.S
  x86/boot/compressed: Move efi32_pe_entry into .text section
  x86/boot/compressed: Move bootargs parsing out of 32-bit startup code
  x86/boot/compressed: Move 32-bit entrypoint code into .text section
  x86/boot/compressed: Rename efi_thunk_64.S to efi-mixed.S
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>x86/boot: Skip realmode init code when running as Xen PV guest</title>
<updated>2022-11-25T11:05:22+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Juergen Gross</name>
<email>jgross@suse.com</email>
</author>
<published>2022-11-23T11:45:23+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux.git/commit/?id=f1e525009493cbd569e7c8dd7d58157855f8658d'/>
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When running as a Xen PV guest there is no need for setting up the
realmode trampoline, as realmode isn't supported in this environment.

Trying to setup the trampoline has been proven to be problematic in
some cases, especially when trying to debug early boot problems with
Xen requiring to keep the EFI boot-services memory mapped (some
firmware variants seem to claim basically all memory below 1Mb for boot
services).

Introduce new x86_platform_ops operations for that purpose, which can
be set to a NOP by the Xen PV specific kernel boot code.

  [ bp: s/call_init_real_mode/do_init_real_mode/ ]

Fixes: 084ee1c641a0 ("x86, realmode: Relocator for realmode code")
Suggested-by: H. Peter Anvin &lt;hpa@zytor.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross &lt;jgross@suse.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov &lt;bp@suse.de&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221123114523.3467-1-jgross@suse.com
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<pre>
When running as a Xen PV guest there is no need for setting up the
realmode trampoline, as realmode isn't supported in this environment.

Trying to setup the trampoline has been proven to be problematic in
some cases, especially when trying to debug early boot problems with
Xen requiring to keep the EFI boot-services memory mapped (some
firmware variants seem to claim basically all memory below 1Mb for boot
services).

Introduce new x86_platform_ops operations for that purpose, which can
be set to a NOP by the Xen PV specific kernel boot code.

  [ bp: s/call_init_real_mode/do_init_real_mode/ ]

Fixes: 084ee1c641a0 ("x86, realmode: Relocator for realmode code")
Suggested-by: H. Peter Anvin &lt;hpa@zytor.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross &lt;jgross@suse.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov &lt;bp@suse.de&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221123114523.3467-1-jgross@suse.com
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>efi: memmap: Move EFI fake memmap support into x86 arch tree</title>
<updated>2022-11-18T08:14:09+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Ard Biesheuvel</name>
<email>ardb@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2022-10-01T16:38:15+00:00</published>
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The EFI fake memmap support is specific to x86, which manipulates the
EFI memory map in various different ways after receiving it from the EFI
stub. On other architectures, we have managed to push back on this, and
the EFI memory map is kept pristine.

So let's move the fake memmap code into the x86 arch tree, where it
arguably belongs.

Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel &lt;ardb@kernel.org&gt;
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The EFI fake memmap support is specific to x86, which manipulates the
EFI memory map in various different ways after receiving it from the EFI
stub. On other architectures, we have managed to push back on this, and
the EFI memory map is kept pristine.

So let's move the fake memmap code into the x86 arch tree, where it
arguably belongs.

Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel &lt;ardb@kernel.org&gt;
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<title>x86: Decouple PAT and MTRR handling</title>
<updated>2022-11-10T12:12:45+00:00</updated>
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<name>Juergen Gross</name>
<email>jgross@suse.com</email>
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<published>2022-11-02T07:47:10+00:00</published>
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Today, PAT is usable only with MTRR being active, with some nasty tweaks
to make PAT usable when running as a Xen PV guest which doesn't support
MTRR.

The reason for this coupling is that both PAT MSR changes and MTRR
changes require a similar sequence and so full PAT support was added
using the already available MTRR handling.

Xen PV PAT handling can work without MTRR, as it just needs to consume
the PAT MSR setting done by the hypervisor without the ability and need
to change it. This in turn has resulted in a convoluted initialization
sequence and wrong decisions regarding cache mode availability due to
misguiding PAT availability flags.

Fix all of that by allowing to use PAT without MTRR and by reworking
the current PAT initialization sequence to match better with the newly
introduced generic cache initialization.

This removes the need of the recently added pat_force_disabled flag, so
remove the remnants of the patch adding it.

Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross &lt;jgross@suse.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov &lt;bp@suse.de&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221102074713.21493-14-jgross@suse.com
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov &lt;bp@suse.de&gt;
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Today, PAT is usable only with MTRR being active, with some nasty tweaks
to make PAT usable when running as a Xen PV guest which doesn't support
MTRR.

The reason for this coupling is that both PAT MSR changes and MTRR
changes require a similar sequence and so full PAT support was added
using the already available MTRR handling.

Xen PV PAT handling can work without MTRR, as it just needs to consume
the PAT MSR setting done by the hypervisor without the ability and need
to change it. This in turn has resulted in a convoluted initialization
sequence and wrong decisions regarding cache mode availability due to
misguiding PAT availability flags.

Fix all of that by allowing to use PAT without MTRR and by reworking
the current PAT initialization sequence to match better with the newly
introduced generic cache initialization.

This removes the need of the recently added pat_force_disabled flag, so
remove the remnants of the patch adding it.

Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross &lt;jgross@suse.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov &lt;bp@suse.de&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221102074713.21493-14-jgross@suse.com
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov &lt;bp@suse.de&gt;
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<entry>
<title>x86/mtrr: Add a stop_machine() handler calling only cache_cpu_init()</title>
<updated>2022-11-10T12:12:45+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Juergen Gross</name>
<email>jgross@suse.com</email>
</author>
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Instead of having a stop_machine() handler for either a specific
MTRR register or all state at once, add a handler just for calling
cache_cpu_init() if appropriate.

Add functions for calling stop_machine() with this handler as well.

Add a generic replacement for mtrr_bp_restore() and a wrapper for
mtrr_bp_init().

Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross &lt;jgross@suse.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov &lt;bp@suse.de&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221102074713.21493-13-jgross@suse.com
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov &lt;bp@suse.de&gt;
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Instead of having a stop_machine() handler for either a specific
MTRR register or all state at once, add a handler just for calling
cache_cpu_init() if appropriate.

Add functions for calling stop_machine() with this handler as well.

Add a generic replacement for mtrr_bp_restore() and a wrapper for
mtrr_bp_init().

Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross &lt;jgross@suse.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov &lt;bp@suse.de&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221102074713.21493-13-jgross@suse.com
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov &lt;bp@suse.de&gt;
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