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[v3,1/3] x86/idle: Disable IBRS when cpu is offline

Message ID 20230622003603.1188364-2-longman@redhat.com (mailing list archive)
State Changes Requested, archived
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Series x86/speculation: Disable IBRS when idle | expand

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Waiman Long June 22, 2023, 12:36 a.m. UTC
Commit bf5835bcdb96 ("intel_idle: Disable IBRS during long idle")
disables IBRS when the CPU enters long idle. However, when a CPU
becomes offline, the IBRS bit is still set when X86_FEATURE_KERNEL_IBRS
is enabled. That will impact the performance of a sibling CPU. Mitigate
this performance impact by clearing all the mitigation bits in SPEC_CTRL
MSR when offline. When the CPU is online again, it will be re-initialized
and so restoring the SPEC_CTRL value isn't needed.

Add a comment to say that native_play_dead() is a __noreturn function,
but it can't be marked as such to avoid confusion about the missing
MSR restoration code.

Signed-off-by: Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

Comments

Randy Dunlap June 22, 2023, 2:05 a.m. UTC | #1
On 6/21/23 17:36, Waiman Long wrote:
> Commit bf5835bcdb96 ("intel_idle: Disable IBRS during long idle")
> disables IBRS when the CPU enters long idle. However, when a CPU
> becomes offline, the IBRS bit is still set when X86_FEATURE_KERNEL_IBRS
> is enabled. That will impact the performance of a sibling CPU. Mitigate
> this performance impact by clearing all the mitigation bits in SPEC_CTRL
> MSR when offline. When the CPU is online again, it will be re-initialized
> and so restoring the SPEC_CTRL value isn't needed.
> 
> Add a comment to say that native_play_dead() is a __noreturn function,
> but it can't be marked as such to avoid confusion about the missing
> MSR restoration code.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com>
> ---
>  arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c | 10 ++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c b/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
> index 352f0ce1ece4..7bc33885518c 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
> @@ -84,6 +84,7 @@
>  #include <asm/hw_irq.h>
>  #include <asm/stackprotector.h>
>  #include <asm/sev.h>
> +#include <asm/nospec-branch.h>
>  
>  /* representing HT siblings of each logical CPU */
>  DEFINE_PER_CPU_READ_MOSTLY(cpumask_var_t, cpu_sibling_map);
> @@ -1836,8 +1837,17 @@ void __noreturn hlt_play_dead(void)
>  	}
>  }
>  
> +/*
> + * naitve_play_dead() is essentially a __noreturn function, but it can't

typo: native_play_dead()

> + * be marked as such as the compiler may complain about it.
> + */
>  void native_play_dead(void)
>  {
> +	if (cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_KERNEL_IBRS)) {
> +		this_cpu_write(x86_spec_ctrl_current, 0);
> +		native_wrmsrl(MSR_IA32_SPEC_CTRL, 0);
> +	}
> +
>  	play_dead_common();
>  	tboot_shutdown(TB_SHUTDOWN_WFS);
>
Waiman Long June 22, 2023, 2:13 a.m. UTC | #2
On 6/21/23 22:05, Randy Dunlap wrote:
>
> On 6/21/23 17:36, Waiman Long wrote:
>> Commit bf5835bcdb96 ("intel_idle: Disable IBRS during long idle")
>> disables IBRS when the CPU enters long idle. However, when a CPU
>> becomes offline, the IBRS bit is still set when X86_FEATURE_KERNEL_IBRS
>> is enabled. That will impact the performance of a sibling CPU. Mitigate
>> this performance impact by clearing all the mitigation bits in SPEC_CTRL
>> MSR when offline. When the CPU is online again, it will be re-initialized
>> and so restoring the SPEC_CTRL value isn't needed.
>>
>> Add a comment to say that native_play_dead() is a __noreturn function,
>> but it can't be marked as such to avoid confusion about the missing
>> MSR restoration code.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com>
>> ---
>>   arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c | 10 ++++++++++
>>   1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c b/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
>> index 352f0ce1ece4..7bc33885518c 100644
>> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
>> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
>> @@ -84,6 +84,7 @@
>>   #include <asm/hw_irq.h>
>>   #include <asm/stackprotector.h>
>>   #include <asm/sev.h>
>> +#include <asm/nospec-branch.h>
>>   
>>   /* representing HT siblings of each logical CPU */
>>   DEFINE_PER_CPU_READ_MOSTLY(cpumask_var_t, cpu_sibling_map);
>> @@ -1836,8 +1837,17 @@ void __noreturn hlt_play_dead(void)
>>   	}
>>   }
>>   
>> +/*
>> + * naitve_play_dead() is essentially a __noreturn function, but it can't
> typo: native_play_dead()

Thanks for spotting the typo. Will fix it in the next version.

Cheers,
Longman

>
>> + * be marked as such as the compiler may complain about it.
>> + */
>>   void native_play_dead(void)
>>   {
>> +	if (cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_KERNEL_IBRS)) {
>> +		this_cpu_write(x86_spec_ctrl_current, 0);
>> +		native_wrmsrl(MSR_IA32_SPEC_CTRL, 0);
>> +	}
>> +
>>   	play_dead_common();
>>   	tboot_shutdown(TB_SHUTDOWN_WFS);
>>
Josh Poimboeuf June 22, 2023, 5:40 a.m. UTC | #3
On Wed, Jun 21, 2023 at 08:36:01PM -0400, Waiman Long wrote:
> +/*
> + * naitve_play_dead() is essentially a __noreturn function, but it can't
> + * be marked as such as the compiler may complain about it.
> + */

FWIW, we could in theory do so by marking the smp_ops.play_dead function
pointer as __noreturn, but it would be tricky to teach objtool how to
understand that.

>  void native_play_dead(void)
>  {
> +	if (cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_KERNEL_IBRS)) {
> +		this_cpu_write(x86_spec_ctrl_current, 0);
> +		native_wrmsrl(MSR_IA32_SPEC_CTRL, 0);
> +	}

Can update_spec_ctrl() be used instead?
Waiman Long June 22, 2023, 12:27 p.m. UTC | #4
On 6/22/23 01:40, Josh Poimboeuf wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 21, 2023 at 08:36:01PM -0400, Waiman Long wrote:
>> +/*
>> + * naitve_play_dead() is essentially a __noreturn function, but it can't
>> + * be marked as such as the compiler may complain about it.
>> + */
> FWIW, we could in theory do so by marking the smp_ops.play_dead function
> pointer as __noreturn, but it would be tricky to teach objtool how to
> understand that.
I added the comment here because I had taken out the MSR restoration 
code. We can always replace that later on if there is a better way to do 
that.
>
>>   void native_play_dead(void)
>>   {
>> +	if (cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_KERNEL_IBRS)) {
>> +		this_cpu_write(x86_spec_ctrl_current, 0);
>> +		native_wrmsrl(MSR_IA32_SPEC_CTRL, 0);
>> +	}
> Can update_spec_ctrl() be used instead?

Yes, the code is similar to what has been done in update_spec_ctrl(). 
Using it, however, will require exporting the function either by putting 
it into a public header or making it a global function.

Cheers,
Longman

>
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diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c b/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
index 352f0ce1ece4..7bc33885518c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ 
 #include <asm/hw_irq.h>
 #include <asm/stackprotector.h>
 #include <asm/sev.h>
+#include <asm/nospec-branch.h>
 
 /* representing HT siblings of each logical CPU */
 DEFINE_PER_CPU_READ_MOSTLY(cpumask_var_t, cpu_sibling_map);
@@ -1836,8 +1837,17 @@  void __noreturn hlt_play_dead(void)
 	}
 }
 
+/*
+ * naitve_play_dead() is essentially a __noreturn function, but it can't
+ * be marked as such as the compiler may complain about it.
+ */
 void native_play_dead(void)
 {
+	if (cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_KERNEL_IBRS)) {
+		this_cpu_write(x86_spec_ctrl_current, 0);
+		native_wrmsrl(MSR_IA32_SPEC_CTRL, 0);
+	}
+
 	play_dead_common();
 	tboot_shutdown(TB_SHUTDOWN_WFS);