From b6734c35af028f06772c0b2c836c7d579e6d4dad Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "H. Peter Anvin" Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:39:32 -0700 Subject: x86: add NOPL as a synthetic CPU feature bit The long noops ("NOPL") are supposed to be detected by family >= 6. Unfortunately, several non-Intel x86 implementations, both hardware and software, don't obey this dictum. Instead, probe for NOPL directly by executing a NOPL instruction and see if we get #UD. Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin --- arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c | 32 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common_64.c | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ arch/x86/kernel/cpu/feature_names.c | 3 ++- 3 files changed, 69 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'arch') diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c index 80ab20d..0785b3c 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ #include #include #include +#include #ifdef CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC #include #include @@ -341,6 +342,35 @@ static void __init early_cpu_detect(void) early_get_cap(c); } +/* + * The NOPL instruction is supposed to exist on all CPUs with + * family >= 6, unfortunately, that's not true in practice because + * of early VIA chips and (more importantly) broken virtualizers that + * are not easy to detect. Hence, probe for it based on first + * principles. + */ +static void __cpuinit detect_nopl(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c) +{ + const u32 nopl_signature = 0x888c53b1; /* Random number */ + u32 has_nopl = nopl_signature; + + clear_cpu_cap(c, X86_FEATURE_NOPL); + if (c->x86 >= 6) { + asm volatile("\n" + "1: .byte 0x0f,0x1f,0xc0\n" /* nopl %eax */ + "2:\n" + " .section .fixup,\"ax\"\n" + "3: xor %0,%0\n" + " jmp 2b\n" + " .previous\n" + _ASM_EXTABLE(1b,3b) + : "+a" (has_nopl)); + + if (has_nopl == nopl_signature) + set_cpu_cap(c, X86_FEATURE_NOPL); + } +} + static void __cpuinit generic_identify(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c) { u32 tfms, xlvl; @@ -395,8 +425,8 @@ static void __cpuinit generic_identify(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c) } init_scattered_cpuid_features(c); + detect_nopl(c); } - } static void __cpuinit squash_the_stupid_serial_number(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c) diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common_64.c index dd6e3f1..c3afba5 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common_64.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common_64.c @@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ #include #include #include +#include #include #ifdef CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC #include @@ -215,6 +216,39 @@ static void __init early_cpu_support_print(void) } } +/* + * The NOPL instruction is supposed to exist on all CPUs with + * family >= 6, unfortunately, that's not true in practice because + * of early VIA chips and (more importantly) broken virtualizers that + * are not easy to detect. Hence, probe for it based on first + * principles. + * + * Note: no 64-bit chip is known to lack these, but put the code here + * for consistency with 32 bits, and to make it utterly trivial to + * diagnose the problem should it ever surface. + */ +static void __cpuinit detect_nopl(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c) +{ + const u32 nopl_signature = 0x888c53b1; /* Random number */ + u32 has_nopl = nopl_signature; + + clear_cpu_cap(c, X86_FEATURE_NOPL); + if (c->x86 >= 6) { + asm volatile("\n" + "1: .byte 0x0f,0x1f,0xc0\n" /* nopl %eax */ + "2:\n" + " .section .fixup,\"ax\"\n" + "3: xor %0,%0\n" + " jmp 2b\n" + " .previous\n" + _ASM_EXTABLE(1b,3b) + : "+a" (has_nopl)); + + if (has_nopl == nopl_signature) + set_cpu_cap(c, X86_FEATURE_NOPL); + } +} + static void __cpuinit early_identify_cpu(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c); void __init early_cpu_init(void) @@ -313,6 +347,8 @@ static void __cpuinit early_identify_cpu(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c) c->x86_phys_bits = eax & 0xff; } + detect_nopl(c); + if (c->x86_vendor != X86_VENDOR_UNKNOWN && cpu_devs[c->x86_vendor]->c_early_init) cpu_devs[c->x86_vendor]->c_early_init(c); diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/feature_names.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/feature_names.c index e43ad4a..c901779 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/feature_names.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/feature_names.c @@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ const char * const x86_cap_flags[NCAPINTS*32] = { NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, "constant_tsc", "up", NULL, "arch_perfmon", "pebs", "bts", NULL, NULL, - "rep_good", NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, + "rep_good", NULL, NULL, NULL, + "nopl", NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, /* Intel-defined (#2) */ -- cgit v1.1