From d4de5aa2a13b1fa760c36eef79b37194714b44d9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Boris Ostrovsky Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2013 16:32:49 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] --- yaml --- r: 356149 b: refs/heads/master c: f0322bd341fd63261527bf84afd3272bcc2e8dd3 h: refs/heads/master i: 356147: adbcadd842e4254e4d7a81d085cbebbf6b677983 v: v3 --- [refs] | 2 +- trunk/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/msr-index.h | 1 + trunk/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c | 21 ++++++++++++++++----- 3 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs] index aa454bec199a..20addbfef855 100644 --- a/[refs] +++ b/[refs] @@ -1,2 +1,2 @@ --- -refs/heads/master: 6bf08a8dcd1ef13e542f08fc3b1ce6cf64ae63b6 +refs/heads/master: f0322bd341fd63261527bf84afd3272bcc2e8dd3 diff --git a/trunk/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/msr-index.h b/trunk/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/msr-index.h index 433a59fb1a74..158cde98bbc3 100644 --- a/trunk/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/msr-index.h +++ b/trunk/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/msr-index.h @@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ #define MSR_AMD64_OSVW_ID_LENGTH 0xc0010140 #define MSR_AMD64_OSVW_STATUS 0xc0010141 #define MSR_AMD64_DC_CFG 0xc0011022 +#define MSR_AMD64_BU_CFG2 0xc001102a #define MSR_AMD64_IBSFETCHCTL 0xc0011030 #define MSR_AMD64_IBSFETCHLINAD 0xc0011031 #define MSR_AMD64_IBSFETCHPHYSAD 0xc0011032 diff --git a/trunk/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c b/trunk/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c index dd4a5b685a00..721ef3208eb5 100644 --- a/trunk/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c +++ b/trunk/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c @@ -698,13 +698,11 @@ static void __cpuinit init_amd(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c) if (c->x86 > 0x11) set_cpu_cap(c, X86_FEATURE_ARAT); - /* - * Disable GART TLB Walk Errors on Fam10h. We do this here - * because this is always needed when GART is enabled, even in a - * kernel which has no MCE support built in. - */ if (c->x86 == 0x10) { /* + * Disable GART TLB Walk Errors on Fam10h. We do this here + * because this is always needed when GART is enabled, even in a + * kernel which has no MCE support built in. * BIOS should disable GartTlbWlk Errors themself. If * it doesn't do it here as suggested by the BKDG. * @@ -718,6 +716,19 @@ static void __cpuinit init_amd(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c) mask |= (1 << 10); wrmsrl_safe(MSR_AMD64_MCx_MASK(4), mask); } + + /* + * On family 10h BIOS may not have properly enabled WC+ support, + * causing it to be converted to CD memtype. This may result in + * performance degradation for certain nested-paging guests. + * Prevent this conversion by clearing bit 24 in + * MSR_AMD64_BU_CFG2. + */ + if (c->x86 == 0x10) { + rdmsrl(MSR_AMD64_BU_CFG2, value); + value &= ~(1ULL << 24); + wrmsrl(MSR_AMD64_BU_CFG2, value); + } } rdmsr_safe(MSR_AMD64_PATCH_LEVEL, &c->microcode, &dummy);