[tip:x86/fpu] x86/mpx: Introduce a boot-time disable flag

[tip-bot for Dave Hansen]

Commit-ID:  8c3641e957a948f41f0174290096ed7a3b95e703
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/8c3641e957a948f41f0174290096ed7a3b95e703
Author:     Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Sun, 7 Jun 2015 11:37:02 -0700
Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Tue, 9 Jun 2015 12:24:31 +0200

x86/mpx: Introduce a boot-time disable flag

MPX has the _potential_ to cause some issues.  Say part of your
init system tried to protect one of its components from buffer
overflows with MPX.  If there were a false positive, it's
possible that MPX could keep a system from booting.

MPX could also potentially cause performance issues since it is
present in hot paths like the unmap path.

Allow it to be disabled at boot time.

Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20150607183702.2E8B77AB@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt |  4 ++++
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c        | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 61ab162..8b7e5c3 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -937,6 +937,10 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
 			Enable debug messages at boot time.  See
 			Documentation/dynamic-debug-howto.txt for details.
 
+	nompx		[X86] Disables Intel Memory Protection Extensions.
+			See Documentation/x86/intel_mpx.txt for more
+			information about the feature.
+
 	eagerfpu=	[X86]
 			on	enable eager fpu restore
 			off	disable eager fpu restore
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
index 401ccb03..3956858 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
@@ -144,6 +144,22 @@ DEFINE_PER_CPU_PAGE_ALIGNED(struct gdt_page, gdt_page) = { .gdt = {
 } };
 EXPORT_PER_CPU_SYMBOL_GPL(gdt_page);
 
+static int __init x86_mpx_setup(char *s)
+{
+	/* require an exact match without trailing characters */
+	if (strlen(s))
+		return 0;
+
+	/* do not emit a message if the feature is not present */
+	if (!boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_MPX))
+		return 1;
+
+	setup_clear_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_MPX);
+	pr_info("nompx: Intel Memory Protection Extensions (MPX) disabled\n");
+	return 1;
+}
+__setup("nompx", x86_mpx_setup);
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
 static int cachesize_override = -1;
 static int disable_x86_serial_nr = 1;
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