x86: introduce noxsave boot parameter

Introduce "noxsave" boot parameter which will disable the cpu's xsave/xrstor capabilities. Useful for debugging and working around xsave related issues. [ Impact: make it possible to debug problems in the field ] Signed-off-by: Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@intel.com> Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
git-mirror · May 22, 2009 · 0c752a9 · 0c752a9
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diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -1535,6 +1535,10 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
 			register save and restore. The kernel will only save
 			legacy floating-point registers on task switch.
 
+	noxsave		[BUGS=X86] Disables x86 extended register state save
+			and restore using xsave. The kernel will fallback to
+			enabling legacy floating-point and sse state.
+
 	nohlt		[BUGS=ARM,SH] Tells the kernel that the sleep(SH) or
 			wfi(ARM) instruction doesn't work correctly and not to
 			use it. This is also useful when using JTAG debugger.

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
@@ -114,6 +114,13 @@ DEFINE_PER_CPU_PAGE_ALIGNED(struct gdt_page, gdt_page) = { .gdt = {
 } };
 EXPORT_PER_CPU_SYMBOL_GPL(gdt_page);
 
+static int __init x86_xsave_setup(char *s)
+{
+	setup_clear_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_XSAVE);
+	return 1;
+}
+__setup("noxsave", x86_xsave_setup);
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
 static int cachesize_override __cpuinitdata = -1;
 static int disable_x86_serial_nr __cpuinitdata = 1;