From: Ihor Solodrai <ihor.solodrai@linux.dev>
To: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org>
Cc: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>,
Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>,
Andrey Ryabinin <ryabinin.a.a@gmail.com>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
"H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@gmail.com>,
bpf@vger.kernel.org, kernel-team@meta.com,
kasan-dev@googlegroups.com, linux-mm@kvack.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v1 5/5] x86/cpu: Don't reset boot CPU cpuinfo in identify_cpu()
Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2026 17:20:46 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260704002046.3859585-6-ihor.solodrai@linux.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260704002046.3859585-1-ihor.solodrai@linux.dev>
identify_cpu() used to rebuild c->x86_capability from scratch:
init_cpu_info() memsets the capability array to zero and
identify_cpu() then re-reads CPUID. On the boot CPU identify_cpu()
runs after local_irq_enable() and before alternatives are patched. An
interrupt delivered in the window between the memset() and
get_cpu_cap() therefore will observe cleared x86_capability [1].
However the boot CPU's capabilities have already been scanned, with
interrupts off, by early_identify_cpu(). So move the init_cpu_info()
call out of identify_cpu() into its callers, and skip it for the boot
CPU on 64-bit.
Secondary CPUs call init_cpu_info() then identify_cpu() from
identify_secondary_cpu(), with interrupts off, exactly as
before. 32-bit still resets in identify_boot_cpu(): it relies on the
reset for the no-CPUID cpuid_level default.
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20260610175651.647515-1-ihor.solodrai@linux.dev/
Signed-off-by: Ihor Solodrai <ihor.solodrai@linux.dev>
---
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c | 10 ++++++++--
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
index 8f093c6c7ccc..cd3d7c37c174 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
@@ -1986,8 +1986,6 @@ static void identify_cpu(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
c->loops_per_jiffy = loops_per_jiffy;
- init_cpu_info(c);
-
if (!cpuid_feature())
identify_cpu_without_cpuid(c);
@@ -2156,6 +2154,13 @@ static void identify_cpu_32(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
static __init void identify_boot_cpu(void)
{
+ /*
+ * The boot CPU's capabilities were already scanned in early_identify_cpu().
+ * However 32-bit still needs to init_cpu_info() here for the no-CPUID
+ * cpuid_level default.
+ */
+ if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_X86_32))
+ init_cpu_info(&boot_cpu_data);
identify_cpu(&boot_cpu_data);
if (HAS_KERNEL_IBT && cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_IBT))
pr_info("CET detected: Indirect Branch Tracking enabled\n");
@@ -2178,6 +2183,7 @@ void identify_secondary_cpu(unsigned int cpu)
*c = boot_cpu_data;
c->cpu_index = cpu;
+ init_cpu_info(c);
identify_cpu(c);
identify_cpu_32(c);
x86_spec_ctrl_setup_ap();
--
2.54.0
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-04 0:21 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-04 0:20 [PATCH v1 0/5] x86/cpu: Refactor identify_cpu() Ihor Solodrai
2026-07-04 0:20 ` [PATCH v1 1/5] x86/cpu: Factor init_cpu_info() out of identify_cpu() Ihor Solodrai
2026-07-04 0:20 ` [PATCH v1 2/5] x86/cpu: Inline generic_identify() into identify_cpu() Ihor Solodrai
2026-07-04 0:20 ` [PATCH v1 3/5] x86/cpu: Introduce identify_cpu_32() helper Ihor Solodrai
2026-07-04 0:20 ` [PATCH v1 4/5] x86/cpu: Set X86_BUG_ESPFIX in identify_cpu_32() Ihor Solodrai
2026-07-04 0:20 ` Ihor Solodrai [this message]
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