Re: [PATCH v3] x86/cpu: clear SME features when not in use

From: Tom Lendacky
Date: Tue Feb 15 2022 - 09:41:56 EST


On 2/14/22 17:58, Mario Limonciello wrote:
Currently the SME CPU feature flag is reflective of whether the CPU
supports the features but not whether they have been activated by the

s/features/feature/
s/they have/it has/

The plural stuff appears left over from the previous patch that was also working on SEV-related features.

kernel.

Change this around to clear the features if the kernel is not using
them so userspace can determine if they are available and in use
from `/proc/cpuinfo`.

As the feature flag is now cleared on systems that SME isn't active

s/that SME isn't active/where SME isn't active,/

use CPUID 0x8000001f to confirm SME availability before calling
`native_wbinvd`.

Signed-off-by: Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@xxxxxxx>
---
Changes from v2->v3:
* Drop all changes related to SEV, these will be worked out separately.
* Only clear SME flag rather than all flags if sme_me_mask is not set

arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c | 3 +++
arch/x86/kernel/process.c | 5 ++++-
2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c
index 4edb6f0f628c..8421b9d9f552 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c
@@ -607,6 +607,9 @@ static void early_detect_mem_encrypt(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_X86_32))
goto clear_all;
+ if (!sme_me_mask)
+ setup_clear_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_SME);

The block comment above the "if (cpu_has(c, X86_FEATURE_SME) ..." should be updated to match, too.

Thanks,
Tom

+
rdmsrl(MSR_K7_HWCR, msr);
if (!(msr & MSR_K7_HWCR_SMMLOCK))
goto clear_sev;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
index 81d8ef036637..e131d71b3cae 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
@@ -765,8 +765,11 @@ void stop_this_cpu(void *dummy)
* without the encryption bit, they don't race each other when flushed
* and potentially end up with the wrong entry being committed to
* memory.
+ *
+ * Test the CPUID bit directly because the machine might've cleared
+ * X86_FEATURE_SME due to cmdline options.
*/
- if (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_SME))
+ if (cpuid_eax(0x8000001f) & BIT(0))
native_wbinvd();
for (;;) {
/*