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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86_64/kernel/process.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86_64/kernel/process.c | 29 |
1 files changed, 29 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/process.c b/arch/x86_64/kernel/process.c index 1d91271..7577f9d 100644 --- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/process.c +++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/process.c @@ -482,6 +482,33 @@ out: } /* + * This function selects if the context switch from prev to next + * has to tweak the TSC disable bit in the cr4. + */ +static inline void disable_tsc(struct task_struct *prev_p, + struct task_struct *next_p) +{ + struct thread_info *prev, *next; + + /* + * gcc should eliminate the ->thread_info dereference if + * has_secure_computing returns 0 at compile time (SECCOMP=n). + */ + prev = prev_p->thread_info; + next = next_p->thread_info; + + if (has_secure_computing(prev) || has_secure_computing(next)) { + /* slow path here */ + if (has_secure_computing(prev) && + !has_secure_computing(next)) { + write_cr4(read_cr4() & ~X86_CR4_TSD); + } else if (!has_secure_computing(prev) && + has_secure_computing(next)) + write_cr4(read_cr4() | X86_CR4_TSD); + } +} + +/* * This special macro can be used to load a debugging register */ #define loaddebug(thread,r) set_debug(thread->debugreg ## r, r) @@ -599,6 +626,8 @@ struct task_struct *__switch_to(struct task_struct *prev_p, struct task_struct * } } + disable_tsc(prev_p, next_p); + return prev_p; } |
