From b6f42a4a3c886bd18baf319d433a841ac9942c02 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Fenghua Yu Date: Thu, 29 May 2014 11:12:31 -0700 Subject: x86/xsaves: Add a kernel parameter noxsaves to disable xsaves/xrstors This patch adds a kernel parameter noxsaves to disable xsaves/xrstors feature. The kernel will fall back to use xsaveopt and xrstor to save and restor xstates. By using this parameter, xsave area occupies more memory because standard form of xsave area in xsaveopt/xrstor occupies more memory than compacted form of xsave area. This patch adds a description of the kernel parameter noxsaveopt in doc. The code to support the parameter noxsaveopt has been in the kernel before. This patch just adds the description of this parameter in the doc. Signed-off-by: Fenghua Yu Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1401387164-43416-4-git-send-email-fenghua.yu@intel.com Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin --- arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) (limited to 'arch/x86/kernel/cpu') diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c index e7c4b979d504..cdc95852532d 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c @@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ static int __init x86_xsave_setup(char *s) { setup_clear_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_XSAVE); setup_clear_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_XSAVEOPT); + setup_clear_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_XSAVES); setup_clear_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_AVX); setup_clear_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_AVX2); return 1; @@ -159,6 +160,13 @@ static int __init x86_xsaveopt_setup(char *s) } __setup("noxsaveopt", x86_xsaveopt_setup); +static int __init x86_xsaves_setup(char *s) +{ + setup_clear_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_XSAVES); + return 1; +} +__setup("noxsaves", x86_xsaves_setup); + #ifdef CONFIG_X86_32 static int cachesize_override = -1; static int disable_x86_serial_nr = 1; -- cgit v1.2.3