Re: [PATCH v1 02/47] x86: mtrr: generalize run time disabling of MTRR

Luis R. Rodriguez
2015-04-02T21:49:20Z

On Sat, Mar 28, 2015 at 12:56:30AM +0100, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 27, 2015 at 02:40:17PM -0600, Toshi Kani wrote:
> > On Fri, 2015-03-20 at 16:17 -0700, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:
> > :
> > > @@ -734,6 +742,7 @@ void __init mtrr_bp_init(void)
> > > }
> > >
> > > if (mtrr_if) {
> > > + mtrr_enabled = true;
> > > set_num_var_ranges();
> > > init_table();
> > > if (use_intel()) {
> > get_mtrr_state();
> >
> > After setting mtrr_enabled to true, get_mtrr_state() reads
> > MSR_MTRRdefType and sets 'mtrr_state.enabled', which also indicates if
> > MTRRs are enabled or not on the system. So, potentially, we could have
> > a case that mtrr_enabled is set to true, but mtrr_state.enabled is set
> > to disabled when MTRRs are disabled by BIOS.
>
> Thanks for the review, in this case then we should update mtrr_enabled to false.
>
> > ps.
> > I recently cleaned up this part of the MTRR code in the patch below,
> > which is currently available in the -mm & -next trees.
> > https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/3/24/1063
>
> Great I will rebase and work with that and try to address this
> consideration you have raised.

OK I'll mesh in this change as well in my next respin:

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/generic.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/generic.c
index a83f27a..ecf7cb9 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/generic.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/generic.c
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ static void __init print_mtrr_state(void)
}

/* Grab all of the MTRR state for this CPU into *state */
-void __init get_mtrr_state(void)
+bool __init get_mtrr_state(void)
{
struct mtrr_var_range *vrs;
unsigned long flags;
@@ -482,6 +482,8 @@ void __init get_mtrr_state(void)

post_set();
local_irq_restore(flags);
+
+ return !!mtrr_state.enabled;
}

/* Some BIOS's are messed up and don't set all MTRRs the same! */
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/main.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/main.c
index ea5f363..f96195e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/main.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/main.c
@@ -734,22 +742,25 @@ void __init mtrr_bp_init(void)
}

if (mtrr_if) {
+ mtrr_enabled = true;
set_num_var_ranges();
init_table();
if (use_intel()) {
- get_mtrr_state();
+ /* BIOS may override */
+ mtrr_enabled = get_mtrr_state();

if (mtrr_cleanup(phys_addr)) {
changed_by_mtrr_cleanup = 1;
@@ -745,11 +755,14 @@ void __init mtrr_bp_init(void)
}
}
}
+
+ if (!mtrr_enabled)
+ pr_info("mtrr: system does not support MTRR\n");
}

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/mtrr.h b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/mtrr.h
index df5e41f..951884d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/mtrr.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/mtrr.h
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ void set_mtrr_prepare_save(struct set_mtrr_context *ctxt);

void fill_mtrr_var_range(unsigned int index,
u32 base_lo, u32 base_hi, u32 mask_lo, u32 mask_hi);
-void get_mtrr_state(void);
+bool get_mtrr_state(void);

extern void set_mtrr_ops(const struct mtrr_ops *ops);