[PATCH 2/6] x86/pat: check for MTRRs enabled in memtype_reserve()

From: Juergen Gross
Date: Tue Feb 07 2023 - 02:29:27 EST


Today memtype_reserve() bails out early if pat_enabled() returns false.
The same can be done in case MTRRs aren't enabled.

This will reinstate the behavior of memtype_reserve() before commit
72cbc8f04fe2 ("x86/PAT: Have pat_enabled() properly reflect state when
running on Xen"). There have been reports about that commit breaking
SEV-SNP guests under Hyper-V, which was tried to be resolved by commit
90b926e68f50 ("x86/pat: Fix pat_x_mtrr_type() for MTRR disabled case"),
but that again resulted in problems with Xen PV guests.

Fixes: 72cbc8f04fe2 ("x86/PAT: Have pat_enabled() properly reflect state when running on Xen")
Fixes: 90b926e68f50 ("x86/pat: Fix pat_x_mtrr_type() for MTRR disabled case")
Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@xxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/mm/pat/memtype.c | 10 +++++++---
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/pat/memtype.c b/arch/x86/mm/pat/memtype.c
index fb4b1b5e0dea..18f612b43763 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/pat/memtype.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/pat/memtype.c
@@ -557,8 +557,12 @@ int memtype_reserve(u64 start, u64 end, enum page_cache_mode req_type,
return -EINVAL;
}

- if (!pat_enabled()) {
- /* This is identical to page table setting without PAT */
+ /*
+ * PAT disabled or MTRRs disabled don't require any memory type
+ * tracking or type adjustments, as there can't be any conflicts
+ * between PAT and MTRRs with at least one of both being disabled.
+ */
+ if (!pat_enabled() || !mtrr_enabled()) {
if (new_type)
*new_type = req_type;
return 0;
@@ -627,7 +631,7 @@ int memtype_free(u64 start, u64 end)
int is_range_ram;
struct memtype *entry_old;

- if (!pat_enabled())
+ if (!pat_enabled() || !mtrr_enabled())
return 0;

start = sanitize_phys(start);
--
2.35.3