From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-alma10-1.taild15c8.ts.net [100.103.45.18]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 86AA837C10C; Tue, 1 Sep 2026 14:58:13 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=100.103.45.18 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1788274694; cv=none; b=uKwfDShxM8BMPycVib6nFUWwfGm45hEkWDJJONt174qH57bRx8BDpVyqyE37JozfaL017x/2vldgHukJx7Cd0JnotSOJCaO9wBOgtcJNefioFVRgbwQKKXDVte7WTbI5EacGZWX5rM4jVBEYXzv3TdfwfzlGe7nW53IMAA4sq3E= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1788274694; c=relaxed/simple; bh=Qt2g2f/NZEH5KtGE2aMVUqWOlU4GnccZTM2AkpbZgCo=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References: MIME-Version; b=lNpKNoEOvId1L+tw9MZBt50RzCrWbhdovi1tTwv5atRT9Z2Z78XZ2oTF1u2ElOCP+8wc20tNwz88NFGqSKbNh466hJhs7Pfnecb27EMJt1QAEok4WwetOAai6I0zF33ggta2emCOWSWc9YyF/7xh6pIQSh5JbLS2O2Yk1KAadCc= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b=LbmV/iL1; arc=none smtp.client-ip=100.103.45.18 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="LbmV/iL1" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id F2C491F00A3E; Tue, 1 Sep 2026 14:58:12 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=kernel.org; s=k20260515; t=1788274693; bh=GjHnvhTUIuOR14d0OFZbby0ThaLZzSviDPcvynF6ARQ=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:In-Reply-To:References; b=LbmV/iL1gmV5lbQzrEMjAHuwjKpDYu0O8yaAsMGyAEJLPpqDGy7IvC4HA4g5B2PKf 2VWwCKAOhGUW7gGkejv/Acnva8zIS1wdH2e8wV5f1OGIdilBPyBOagxCL+LUzT5EQw ni3ApPIWXnImGpAaOd8UN5+ecRYLYIIotuihFZZ0p2q68nY2qPxEQOb7pZ5rr6U7E1 lDJ5Jd3YB3MuxJ8TBaRWNzI+UrcVoJajygPSHchEDMyTUyyrk/o5VVm5QVyUcCZD0/ Y1EZipLsaqlWWTTwGbKlFsyPRlc9G39gJa7EdyXOXy2Y+41FoI3zMjiSZpE/tCz4Gc 5//xo9ymGV/Zw== From: Eric Biggers To: x86@kernel.org Cc: linux-um@lists.infradead.org, linux-raid@vger.kernel.org, linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Christoph Hellwig , Andrew Morton , Eric Biggers Subject: [PATCH v5 2/8] um: Check for missing AVX and AVX-512 xstate bits Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2026 07:57:34 -0700 Message-ID: <20260901145740.42337-3-ebiggers@kernel.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.55.0 In-Reply-To: <20260901145740.42337-1-ebiggers@kernel.org> References: <20260901145740.42337-1-ebiggers@kernel.org> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit If the CPU declares AVX or AVX-512 support, verify that all the corresponding bits are set in the XCR0 register. If any are missing, warn and don't set the corresponding X86_FEATURE_* flags. This eliminates the perceived need for UML-supporting AVX and AVX-512 optimized code in the kernel (that is, lib/raid/ currently) to start checking the XCR0 bits in addition to X86_FEATURE_AVX*. This aligns UML with the vast majority of userspace programs, which check the XCR0 bits before considering AVX and AVX-512 to be supported, as per the procedure documented in Intel's CPU manual. Acked-by: Christoph Hellwig Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers --- arch/um/kernel/um_arch.c | 78 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 77 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/arch/um/kernel/um_arch.c b/arch/um/kernel/um_arch.c index e4ee693961e4..9d53cc6a783d 100644 --- a/arch/um/kernel/um_arch.c +++ b/arch/um/kernel/um_arch.c @@ -264,12 +264,88 @@ unsigned long brk_start; #define MIN_VMALLOC (32 * 1024 * 1024) +static u64 __init read_xcr0(void) +{ + u32 a, b, c, d; + + asm volatile("cpuid" + : "=a"(a), "=b"(b), "=c"(c), "=d"(d) + : "a"(0), "c"(0)); + if (a >= 1) { /* max_leaf >= 1 */ + asm volatile("cpuid" + : "=a"(a), "=b"(b), "=c"(c), "=d"(d) + : "a"(1), "c"(0)); + if (c & (1 << 27)) { /* XSAVE enabled by OS */ + asm volatile("xgetbv" : "=d"(d), "=a"(a) : "c"(0)); + return ((u64)d << 32) | a; + } + } + return 0; +} + +static void __init validate_and_set_cpu_cap(int cap, u64 xcr0) +{ + /* + * Check for missing xstate features right away, so that there's no + * perceived need for all optimized code in the kernel to do so. + */ + switch (cap) { + case X86_FEATURE_AVX: + case X86_FEATURE_AVX2: + case X86_FEATURE_AVX_VNNI: + case X86_FEATURE_FMA: + case X86_FEATURE_VAES: + case X86_FEATURE_VPCLMULQDQ: + if ((xcr0 & 0x7) != 0x7) { + static bool warned; + + if (!warned) { + os_warn("Disabling AVX support due to missing xstate features\n"); + warned = true; + } + return; + } + break; + case X86_FEATURE_AVX512F: + case X86_FEATURE_AVX512BW: + case X86_FEATURE_AVX512CD: + case X86_FEATURE_AVX512DQ: + case X86_FEATURE_AVX512ER: + case X86_FEATURE_AVX512IFMA: + case X86_FEATURE_AVX512PF: + case X86_FEATURE_AVX512VBMI: + case X86_FEATURE_AVX512VL: + case X86_FEATURE_AVX512_4FMAPS: + case X86_FEATURE_AVX512_4VNNIW: + case X86_FEATURE_AVX512_BF16: + case X86_FEATURE_AVX512_BITALG: + case X86_FEATURE_AVX512_FP16: + case X86_FEATURE_AVX512_VBMI2: + case X86_FEATURE_AVX512_VNNI: + case X86_FEATURE_AVX512_VP2INTERSECT: + case X86_FEATURE_AVX512_VPOPCNTDQ: + if ((xcr0 & 0xe7) != 0xe7) { + static bool warned; + + if (!warned) { + os_warn("Disabling AVX-512 support due to missing xstate features\n"); + warned = true; + } + return; + } + break; + } + set_cpu_cap(&boot_cpu_data, cap); +} + static void __init parse_host_cpu_flags(char *line) { + u64 xcr0 = read_xcr0(); int i; + for (i = 0; i < 32*NCAPINTS; i++) { if ((x86_cap_flags[i] != NULL) && strstr(line, x86_cap_flags[i])) - set_cpu_cap(&boot_cpu_data, i); + validate_and_set_cpu_cap(i, xcr0); } } -- 2.55.0