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x86/startup_64: Simplify CR4 handling in startup code
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When paging is enabled, the CR4.PAE and CR4.LA57 control bits cannot be
changed, and so they can simply be preserved rather than reason about
whether or not they need to be set. CR4.MCE should be preserved unless
the kernel was built without CONFIG_X86_MCE, in which case it must be
cleared.

CR4.PSE should be set explicitly, regardless of whether or not it was
set before.

CR4.PGE is set explicitly, and then cleared and set again after
programming CR3 in order to flush TLB entries based on global
translations. This makes the first assignment redundant, and can
therefore be omitted. So clear PGE by omitting it from the preserve
mask, and set it again explicitly after switching to the new page
tables.

  [ bp: Document the exact operation of CR4.PGE ]

Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) <bp@alien8.de>
Tested-by: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@amd.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240227151907.387873-12-ardb+git@google.com
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Ard Biesheuvel authored and Borislav Petkov (AMD) committed Mar 4, 2024
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35 changes: 17 additions & 18 deletions arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S
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Expand Up @@ -185,6 +185,16 @@ SYM_INNER_LABEL(secondary_startup_64_no_verify, SYM_L_GLOBAL)
addq $(init_top_pgt - __START_KERNEL_map), %rax
1:

/*
* Create a mask of CR4 bits to preserve. Omit PGE in order to flush
* global 1:1 translations from the TLBs.
*
* From the SDM:
* "If CR4.PGE is changing from 0 to 1, there were no global TLB
* entries before the execution; if CR4.PGE is changing from 1 to 0,
* there will be no global TLB entries after the execution."
*/
movl $(X86_CR4_PAE | X86_CR4_LA57), %edx
#ifdef CONFIG_X86_MCE
/*
* Preserve CR4.MCE if the kernel will enable #MC support.
Expand All @@ -193,20 +203,13 @@ SYM_INNER_LABEL(secondary_startup_64_no_verify, SYM_L_GLOBAL)
* configured will crash the system regardless of the CR4.MCE value set
* here.
*/
movq %cr4, %rcx
andl $X86_CR4_MCE, %ecx
#else
movl $0, %ecx
orl $X86_CR4_MCE, %edx
#endif
movq %cr4, %rcx
andl %edx, %ecx

/* Enable PAE mode, PSE, PGE and LA57 */
orl $(X86_CR4_PAE | X86_CR4_PSE | X86_CR4_PGE), %ecx
#ifdef CONFIG_X86_5LEVEL
testb $1, __pgtable_l5_enabled(%rip)
jz 1f
orl $X86_CR4_LA57, %ecx
1:
#endif
/* Even if ignored in long mode, set PSE uniformly on all logical CPUs. */
btsl $X86_CR4_PSE_BIT, %ecx
movq %rcx, %cr4

/* Setup early boot stage 4-/5-level pagetables. */
Expand All @@ -223,14 +226,10 @@ SYM_INNER_LABEL(secondary_startup_64_no_verify, SYM_L_GLOBAL)
movq %rax, %cr3

/*
* Do a global TLB flush after the CR3 switch to make sure the TLB
* entries from the identity mapping are flushed.
* Set CR4.PGE to re-enable global translations.
*/
movq %cr4, %rcx
movq %rcx, %rax
xorq $X86_CR4_PGE, %rcx
btsl $X86_CR4_PGE_BIT, %ecx
movq %rcx, %cr4
movq %rax, %cr4

/* Ensure I am executing from virtual addresses */
movq $1f, %rax
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