Re: [PATCHv5 06/19] x86/boot/compressed/64: Detect and handle 5-level paging at boot-time

From: Cyrill Gorcunov
Date: Sun Aug 27 2017 - 07:29:45 EST


On Mon, Aug 21, 2017 at 06:29:03PM +0300, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
> This patch prepare decompression code to boot-time switching between 4-
> and 5-level paging.
>
> Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_64.S | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_64.S b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_64.S
> index fbf4c32d0b62..2e362aea3319 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_64.S
> +++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_64.S
> @@ -347,6 +347,28 @@ preferred_addr:
> leaq boot_stack_end(%rbx), %rsp
>
> #ifdef CONFIG_X86_5LEVEL
> + /* Preserve rbx across cpuid */
> + movq %rbx, %r8
> +
> + /* Check if leaf 7 is supported */
> + movl $0, %eax

Use xor instead, it should be shorter

> + cpuid
> + cmpl $7, %eax
> + jb lvl5
> +
> + /*
> + * Check if la57 is supported.
> + * The feature is enumerated with CPUID.(EAX=07H, ECX=0):ECX[bit 16]
> + */
> + movl $7, %eax
> + movl $0, %ecx

same