[tip: x86/fred] x86/fred: Disable FRED by default in its early stage
From: tip-bot2 for Xin Li
Date: Thu Jan 25 2024 - 13:27:31 EST
The following commit has been merged into the x86/fred branch of tip:
Commit-ID: 7a1d75084df087dcae703d70a49274a3982e3681
Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/7a1d75084df087dcae703d70a49274a3982e3681
Author: Xin Li <xin3.li@xxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Tue, 05 Dec 2023 02:49:57 -08:00
Committer: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
CommitterDate: Thu, 25 Jan 2024 19:10:30 +01:00
x86/fred: Disable FRED by default in its early stage
To enable FRED, a new kernel command line option "fred" needs to be added.
Signed-off-by: Xin Li <xin3.li@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Shan Kang <shan.kang@xxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231205105030.8698-9-xin3.li@xxxxxxxxx
---
Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 3 +++
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c | 3 +++
2 files changed, 6 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index 31b3a25..c6c1a2c 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -1539,6 +1539,9 @@
Warning: use of this parameter will taint the kernel
and may cause unknown problems.
+ fred [X86-64]
+ Enable flexible return and event delivery
+
ftrace=[tracer]
[FTRACE] will set and start the specified tracer
as early as possible in order to facilitate early
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
index 0b97bcd..2121ec6 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
@@ -1484,6 +1484,9 @@ static void __init cpu_parse_early_param(void)
char *argptr = arg, *opt;
int arglen, taint = 0;
+ if (!cmdline_find_option_bool(boot_command_line, "fred"))
+ setup_clear_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_FRED);
+
#ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
if (cmdline_find_option_bool(boot_command_line, "no387"))
#ifdef CONFIG_MATH_EMULATION