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-rw-r--r--arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h4
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c46
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c1
3 files changed, 45 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
index 8d9ea8a4f229..ee8c6290c421 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -136,6 +136,8 @@ struct cpuinfo_x86 {
/* Index into per_cpu list: */
u16 cpu_index;
u32 microcode;
+ /* Address space bits used by the cache internally */
+ u8 x86_cache_bits;
};
#define X86_VENDOR_INTEL 0
@@ -175,7 +177,7 @@ extern void cpu_detect(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c);
static inline unsigned long long l1tf_pfn_limit(void)
{
- return BIT_ULL(boot_cpu_data.x86_phys_bits - 1 - PAGE_SHIFT);
+ return BIT_ULL(boot_cpu_data.x86_cache_bits - 1 - PAGE_SHIFT);
}
extern void early_cpu_init(void);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
index 5acf477e8025..8103adacbc83 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
@@ -651,6 +651,45 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(l1tf_mitigation);
enum vmx_l1d_flush_state l1tf_vmx_mitigation = VMENTER_L1D_FLUSH_AUTO;
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(l1tf_vmx_mitigation);
+/*
+ * These CPUs all support 44bits physical address space internally in the
+ * cache but CPUID can report a smaller number of physical address bits.
+ *
+ * The L1TF mitigation uses the top most address bit for the inversion of
+ * non present PTEs. When the installed memory reaches into the top most
+ * address bit due to memory holes, which has been observed on machines
+ * which report 36bits physical address bits and have 32G RAM installed,
+ * then the mitigation range check in l1tf_select_mitigation() triggers.
+ * This is a false positive because the mitigation is still possible due to
+ * the fact that the cache uses 44bit internally. Use the cache bits
+ * instead of the reported physical bits and adjust them on the affected
+ * machines to 44bit if the reported bits are less than 44.
+ */
+static void override_cache_bits(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
+{
+ if (c->x86 != 6)
+ return;
+
+ switch (c->x86_model) {
+ case INTEL_FAM6_NEHALEM:
+ case INTEL_FAM6_WESTMERE:
+ case INTEL_FAM6_SANDYBRIDGE:
+ case INTEL_FAM6_IVYBRIDGE:
+ case INTEL_FAM6_HASWELL_CORE:
+ case INTEL_FAM6_HASWELL_ULT:
+ case INTEL_FAM6_HASWELL_GT3E:
+ case INTEL_FAM6_BROADWELL_CORE:
+ case INTEL_FAM6_BROADWELL_GT3E:
+ case INTEL_FAM6_SKYLAKE_MOBILE:
+ case INTEL_FAM6_SKYLAKE_DESKTOP:
+ case INTEL_FAM6_KABYLAKE_MOBILE:
+ case INTEL_FAM6_KABYLAKE_DESKTOP:
+ if (c->x86_cache_bits < 44)
+ c->x86_cache_bits = 44;
+ break;
+ }
+}
+
static void __init l1tf_select_mitigation(void)
{
u64 half_pa;
@@ -658,6 +697,8 @@ static void __init l1tf_select_mitigation(void)
if (!boot_cpu_has_bug(X86_BUG_L1TF))
return;
+ override_cache_bits(&boot_cpu_data);
+
switch (l1tf_mitigation) {
case L1TF_MITIGATION_OFF:
case L1TF_MITIGATION_FLUSH_NOWARN:
@@ -677,11 +718,6 @@ static void __init l1tf_select_mitigation(void)
return;
#endif
- /*
- * This is extremely unlikely to happen because almost all
- * systems have far more MAX_PA/2 than RAM can be fit into
- * DIMM slots.
- */
half_pa = (u64)l1tf_pfn_limit() << PAGE_SHIFT;
if (e820_any_mapped(half_pa, ULLONG_MAX - half_pa, E820_RAM)) {
pr_warn("System has more than MAX_PA/2 memory. L1TF mitigation not effective.\n");
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
index 13471b71bec7..dc0850bb74be 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
@@ -882,6 +882,7 @@ static void identify_cpu_without_cpuid(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
}
}
#endif
+ c->x86_cache_bits = c->x86_phys_bits;
}
static const __initconst struct x86_cpu_id cpu_no_speculation[] = {