[RFC,v1,01/18] x86: Set the write-protect cache mode for AMD processors

Commit Message

Tom Lendacky April 26, 2016, 10:45 p.m. UTC

For AMD processors that support PAT, set the write-protect cache mode
(_PAGE_CACHE_MODE_WP) entry to the actual write-protect value (x05).

Signed-off-by: Tom Lendacky <[e-mail]>
---
 arch/x86/mm/pat.c |   11 +++++++++--
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)


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Patch

diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/pat.c b/arch/x86/mm/pat.c
index fb0604f..dda78ed 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/pat.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/pat.c
@@ -345,6 +345,8 @@  void pat_init(void)
 		 * we lose performance without causing a correctness issue.
 		 * Pentium 4 erratum N46 is an example for such an erratum,
 		 * although we try not to use PAT at all on affected CPUs.
+		 * AMD processors support write-protect so initialize the
+		 * PAT slot 5 appropriately.
 		 *
 		 *  PTE encoding:
 		 *      PAT
@@ -356,7 +358,7 @@  void pat_init(void)
 		 *      010    2    UC-: _PAGE_CACHE_MODE_UC_MINUS
 		 *      011    3    UC : _PAGE_CACHE_MODE_UC
 		 *      100    4    WB : Reserved
-		 *      101    5    WC : Reserved
+		 *      101    5    WC : Reserved (AMD: _PAGE_CACHE_MODE_WP)
 		 *      110    6    UC-: Reserved
 		 *      111    7    WT : _PAGE_CACHE_MODE_WT
 		 *
@@ -364,7 +366,12 @@  void pat_init(void)
 		 * corresponding types in the presence of PAT errata.
 		 */
 		pat = PAT(0, WB) | PAT(1, WC) | PAT(2, UC_MINUS) | PAT(3, UC) |
-		      PAT(4, WB) | PAT(5, WC) | PAT(6, UC_MINUS) | PAT(7, WT);
+		      PAT(4, WB) | PAT(6, UC_MINUS) | PAT(7, WT);
+
+		if (c->x86_vendor == X86_VENDOR_AMD)
+			pat |= PAT(5, WP);
+		else
+			pat |= PAT(5, WC);
 	}
 
 	if (!boot_cpu_done) {