From: Borislav Petkov <bp@kernel.org>
To: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 5/5] x86/process: Move the buffer clearing before MONITOR
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2025 14:37:49 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250715123749.4610-6-bp@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250715123749.4610-1-bp@kernel.org>
From: "Borislav Petkov (AMD)" <bp@alien8.de>
Commit 8e786a85c0a3c0fffae6244733fb576eeabd9dec upstream.
Move the VERW clearing before the MONITOR so that VERW doesn't disarm it
and the machine never enters C1.
Original idea by Kim Phillips <kim.phillips@amd.com>.
Suggested-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) <bp@alien8.de>
---
arch/x86/include/asm/mwait.h | 16 +++++++++++-----
arch/x86/kernel/process.c | 15 ++++++++++++---
2 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/mwait.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/mwait.h
index 20b33e6370c3..2a2de4f3cb20 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/mwait.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/mwait.h
@@ -43,8 +43,6 @@ static inline void __monitorx(const void *eax, unsigned long ecx,
static inline void __mwait(unsigned long eax, unsigned long ecx)
{
- x86_idle_clear_cpu_buffers();
-
/* "mwait %eax, %ecx;" */
asm volatile(".byte 0x0f, 0x01, 0xc9;"
:: "a" (eax), "c" (ecx));
@@ -88,7 +86,6 @@ static inline void __mwaitx(unsigned long eax, unsigned long ebx,
static inline void __sti_mwait(unsigned long eax, unsigned long ecx)
{
- x86_idle_clear_cpu_buffers();
/* "mwait %eax, %ecx;" */
asm volatile("sti; .byte 0x0f, 0x01, 0xc9;"
@@ -107,6 +104,11 @@ static inline void __sti_mwait(unsigned long eax, unsigned long ecx)
*/
static inline void mwait_idle_with_hints(unsigned long eax, unsigned long ecx)
{
+ if (need_resched())
+ return;
+
+ x86_idle_clear_cpu_buffers();
+
if (static_cpu_has_bug(X86_BUG_MONITOR) || !current_set_polling_and_test()) {
if (static_cpu_has_bug(X86_BUG_CLFLUSH_MONITOR)) {
mb();
@@ -115,9 +117,13 @@ static inline void mwait_idle_with_hints(unsigned long eax, unsigned long ecx)
}
__monitor((void *)¤t_thread_info()->flags, 0, 0);
- if (!need_resched())
- __mwait(eax, ecx);
+ if (need_resched())
+ goto out;
+
+ __mwait(eax, ecx);
}
+
+out:
current_clr_polling();
}
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
index 38c517a786f4..8f984b553590 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
@@ -819,6 +819,11 @@ static int prefer_mwait_c1_over_halt(const struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
*/
static __cpuidle void mwait_idle(void)
{
+ if (need_resched())
+ return;
+
+ x86_idle_clear_cpu_buffers();
+
if (!current_set_polling_and_test()) {
if (this_cpu_has(X86_BUG_CLFLUSH_MONITOR)) {
mb(); /* quirk */
@@ -827,13 +832,17 @@ static __cpuidle void mwait_idle(void)
}
__monitor((void *)¤t_thread_info()->flags, 0, 0);
- if (!need_resched())
- __sti_mwait(0, 0);
- else
+ if (need_resched()) {
raw_local_irq_enable();
+ goto out;
+ }
+
+ __sti_mwait(0, 0);
} else {
raw_local_irq_enable();
}
+
+out:
__current_clr_polling();
}
--
2.43.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-07-15 12:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-07-15 12:37 [PATCH 0/5] TSA 5.10 backport Borislav Petkov
2025-07-15 12:37 ` [PATCH 1/5] x86/bugs: Rename MDS machinery to something more generic Borislav Petkov
2025-07-15 12:37 ` [PATCH 2/5] x86/bugs: Add a Transient Scheduler Attacks mitigation Borislav Petkov
2025-07-27 13:58 ` Ben Hutchings
2025-07-27 15:03 ` Borislav Petkov
2025-07-27 15:43 ` Ben Hutchings
2025-07-27 18:07 ` Borislav Petkov
2025-07-15 12:37 ` [PATCH 3/5] KVM: x86: add support for CPUID leaf 0x80000021 Borislav Petkov
2025-07-15 12:37 ` [PATCH 4/5] KVM: SVM: Advertise TSA CPUID bits to guests Borislav Petkov
2025-07-15 12:37 ` Borislav Petkov [this message]
2025-07-15 13:06 ` [PATCH 0/5] TSA 5.10 backport Greg KH
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