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[v12,21/37] x86/fred: No ESPFIX needed when FRED is enabled

Message ID 20231003062458.23552-22-xin3.li@intel.com (mailing list archive)
State Superseded
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Series x86: enable FRED for x86-64 | expand

Commit Message

Li, Xin3 Oct. 3, 2023, 6:24 a.m. UTC 
From: "H. Peter Anvin (Intel)" <hpa@zytor.com>

Because FRED always restores the full value of %rsp, ESPFIX is
no longer needed when it's enabled.

Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin (Intel) <hpa@zytor.com>
Tested-by: Shan Kang <shan.kang@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Xin Li <xin3.li@intel.com>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/espfix_64.c | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
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diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/espfix_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/espfix_64.c
index 16f9814c9be0..6726e0473d0b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/espfix_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/espfix_64.c
@@ -106,6 +106,10 @@  void __init init_espfix_bsp(void)
 	pgd_t *pgd;
 	p4d_t *p4d;
 
+	/* FRED systems always restore the full value of %rsp */
+	if (cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_FRED))
+		return;
+
 	/* Install the espfix pud into the kernel page directory */
 	pgd = &init_top_pgt[pgd_index(ESPFIX_BASE_ADDR)];
 	p4d = p4d_alloc(&init_mm, pgd, ESPFIX_BASE_ADDR);
@@ -129,6 +133,10 @@  void init_espfix_ap(int cpu)
 	void *stack_page;
 	pteval_t ptemask;
 
+	/* FRED systems always restore the full value of %rsp */
+	if (cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_FRED))
+		return;
+
 	/* We only have to do this once... */
 	if (likely(per_cpu(espfix_stack, cpu)))
 		return;		/* Already initialized */