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[Xen-changelog] [xen staging-4.10] x86/tsx: Implement controls for RTM force-abort mode



commit 7dfea782b83684d4b69d88b36a83bed0c34478cf
Author:     Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Fri May 3 11:05:56 2019 +0200
Commit:     Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Fri May 3 11:05:56 2019 +0200

    x86/tsx: Implement controls for RTM force-abort mode
    
    The CPUID bit and MSR are deliberately not exposed to guests, because they
    won't exist on newer processors.  As vPMU isn't security supported, the
    misbehaviour of PCR3 isn't expected to impact production deployments.
    
    Signed-off-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>
    Reviewed-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
    master commit: 6be613f29b4205349275d24367bd4c82fb2960dd
    master date: 2019-03-12 17:05:21 +0000
---
 docs/misc/xen-command-line.markdown         | 17 ++++++++++++++++-
 tools/misc/xen-cpuid.c                      |  6 +++++-
 xen/arch/x86/cpu/intel.c                    |  3 +++
 xen/arch/x86/cpu/vpmu.c                     |  9 +++++++++
 xen/arch/x86/msr.c                          |  4 ++++
 xen/include/asm-x86/cpufeature.h            |  3 +++
 xen/include/asm-x86/msr-index.h             |  3 +++
 xen/include/asm-x86/vpmu.h                  |  1 +
 xen/include/public/arch-x86/cpufeatureset.h |  1 +
 9 files changed, 45 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/misc/xen-command-line.markdown 
b/docs/misc/xen-command-line.markdown
index ffa55a8345..23c3da69bf 100644
--- a/docs/misc/xen-command-line.markdown
+++ b/docs/misc/xen-command-line.markdown
@@ -1990,7 +1990,7 @@ Use Virtual Processor ID support if available.  This 
prevents the need for TLB
 flushes on VM entry and exit, increasing performance.
 
 ### vpmu
-> `= ( <boolean> | { bts | ipc | arch [, ...] } )`
+> `= ( <boolean> | { bts | ipc | arch | rtm-abort=<bool> [, ...] } )`
 
 > Default: `off`
 
@@ -2016,6 +2016,21 @@ in the Pre-Defined Architectural Performance Events 
table from the Intel 64
 and IA-32 Architectures Software Developer's Manual, Volume 3B, System
 Programming Guide, Part 2.
 
+vpmu=rtm-abort controls a trade-off between working Restricted Transactional
+Memory, and working performance counters.
+
+All processors released to date (Q1 2019) supporting Transactional Memory
+Extensions suffer an erratum which has been addressed in microcode.
+
+Processors based on the Skylake microarchitecture with up-to-date
+microcode internally use performance counter 3 to work around the erratum.
+A consequence is that the counter gets reprogrammed whenever an `XBEGIN`
+instruction is executed.
+
+An alternative mode exists where PCR3 behaves as before, at the cost of
+`XBEGIN` unconditionally aborting.  Enabling `rtm-abort` mode will
+activate this alternative mode.
+
 If a boolean is not used, combinations of flags are allowed, comma separated.
 For example, vpmu=arch,bts.
 
diff --git a/tools/misc/xen-cpuid.c b/tools/misc/xen-cpuid.c
index 85298d277d..6c91a4899f 100644
--- a/tools/misc/xen-cpuid.c
+++ b/tools/misc/xen-cpuid.c
@@ -162,7 +162,11 @@ static const char *str_7d0[32] =
 
     [ 2] = "avx512_4vnniw", [ 3] = "avx512_4fmaps",
 
-    [4 ... 25] = "REZ",
+    [4 ... 11] = "REZ",
+
+    [12] = "REZ",           [13] = "tsx-force-abort",
+
+    [14 ... 25] = "REZ",
 
     [26] = "ibrsb",         [27] = "stibp",
     [28] = "l1d_flush",     [29] = "arch_caps",
diff --git a/xen/arch/x86/cpu/intel.c b/xen/arch/x86/cpu/intel.c
index 508e56f5c1..7305cddcad 100644
--- a/xen/arch/x86/cpu/intel.c
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/cpu/intel.c
@@ -291,6 +291,9 @@ static void Intel_errata_workarounds(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
        if (c->x86 == 6 && cpu_has_clflush &&
            (c->x86_model == 29 || c->x86_model == 46 || c->x86_model == 47))
                __set_bit(X86_FEATURE_CLFLUSH_MONITOR, c->x86_capability);
+
+       if (cpu_has_tsx_force_abort && opt_rtm_abort)
+               wrmsrl(MSR_TSX_FORCE_ABORT, TSX_FORCE_ABORT_RTM);
 }
 
 
diff --git a/xen/arch/x86/cpu/vpmu.c b/xen/arch/x86/cpu/vpmu.c
index 0a3ed0cd01..c4ccd6f79f 100644
--- a/xen/arch/x86/cpu/vpmu.c
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/cpu/vpmu.c
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ CHECK_pmu_params;
 static unsigned int __read_mostly opt_vpmu_enabled;
 unsigned int __read_mostly vpmu_mode = XENPMU_MODE_OFF;
 unsigned int __read_mostly vpmu_features = 0;
+bool __read_mostly opt_rtm_abort;
 static int parse_vpmu_params(const char *s);
 custom_param("vpmu", parse_vpmu_params);
 
@@ -71,6 +72,8 @@ static int __init parse_vpmu_params(const char *s)
         break;
     default:
         do {
+            int val;
+
             ss = strchr(s, ',');
             if ( !ss )
                 ss = strchr(s, '\0');
@@ -81,11 +84,17 @@ static int __init parse_vpmu_params(const char *s)
                 vpmu_features |= XENPMU_FEATURE_IPC_ONLY;
             else if ( !cmdline_strcmp(s, "arch") )
                 vpmu_features |= XENPMU_FEATURE_ARCH_ONLY;
+            else if ( (val = parse_boolean("rtm-abort", s, ss)) >= 0 )
+                opt_rtm_abort = val;
             else
                 return -EINVAL;
 
             s = ss + 1;
         } while ( *ss );
+
+        if ( !vpmu_features ) /* rtm-abort doesn't imply vpmu=1 */
+            break;
+
         /* fall through */
     case 1:
         /* Default VPMU mode */
diff --git a/xen/arch/x86/msr.c b/xen/arch/x86/msr.c
index 8e39d5f271..a20eec4cc3 100644
--- a/xen/arch/x86/msr.c
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/msr.c
@@ -133,6 +133,8 @@ int guest_rdmsr(const struct vcpu *v, uint32_t msr, 
uint64_t *val)
     case MSR_PRED_CMD:
     case MSR_FLUSH_CMD:
         /* Write-only */
+    case MSR_TSX_FORCE_ABORT:
+        /* Not offered to guests. */
         goto gp_fault;
 
     case MSR_SPEC_CTRL:
@@ -184,6 +186,8 @@ int guest_wrmsr(struct vcpu *v, uint32_t msr, uint64_t val)
     case MSR_INTEL_PLATFORM_INFO:
     case MSR_ARCH_CAPABILITIES:
         /* Read-only */
+    case MSR_TSX_FORCE_ABORT:
+        /* Not offered to guests. */
         goto gp_fault;
 
     case MSR_AMD_PATCHLOADER:
diff --git a/xen/include/asm-x86/cpufeature.h b/xen/include/asm-x86/cpufeature.h
index 50432311ea..b10d8ef092 100644
--- a/xen/include/asm-x86/cpufeature.h
+++ b/xen/include/asm-x86/cpufeature.h
@@ -100,6 +100,9 @@
 /* CPUID level 0x80000007.edx */
 #define cpu_has_itsc            boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_ITSC)
 
+/* CPUID level 0x00000007:0.edx */
+#define cpu_has_tsx_force_abort boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_TSX_FORCE_ABORT)
+
 /* Synthesized. */
 #define cpu_has_arch_perfmon    boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_ARCH_PERFMON)
 #define cpu_has_cpuid_faulting  boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_CPUID_FAULTING)
diff --git a/xen/include/asm-x86/msr-index.h b/xen/include/asm-x86/msr-index.h
index dfeba2821d..874ffc6a28 100644
--- a/xen/include/asm-x86/msr-index.h
+++ b/xen/include/asm-x86/msr-index.h
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@
 #define MSR_FLUSH_CMD                  0x0000010b
 #define FLUSH_CMD_L1D                  (_AC(1, ULL) << 0)
 
+#define MSR_TSX_FORCE_ABORT             0x0000010f
+#define TSX_FORCE_ABORT_RTM             (_AC(1, ULL) <<  0)
+
 /* Intel MSRs. Some also available on other CPUs */
 #define MSR_IA32_PERFCTR0              0x000000c1
 #define MSR_IA32_A_PERFCTR0            0x000004c1
diff --git a/xen/include/asm-x86/vpmu.h b/xen/include/asm-x86/vpmu.h
index 5e778ab7ba..1287b9fb6e 100644
--- a/xen/include/asm-x86/vpmu.h
+++ b/xen/include/asm-x86/vpmu.h
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ static inline int vpmu_do_rdmsr(unsigned int msr, uint64_t 
*msr_content)
 
 extern unsigned int vpmu_mode;
 extern unsigned int vpmu_features;
+extern bool opt_rtm_abort;
 
 /* Context switch */
 static inline void vpmu_switch_from(struct vcpu *prev)
diff --git a/xen/include/public/arch-x86/cpufeatureset.h 
b/xen/include/public/arch-x86/cpufeatureset.h
index 6c82816fd3..aa2656d792 100644
--- a/xen/include/public/arch-x86/cpufeatureset.h
+++ b/xen/include/public/arch-x86/cpufeatureset.h
@@ -242,6 +242,7 @@ XEN_CPUFEATURE(IBPB,          8*32+12) /*A  IBPB support 
only (no IBRS, used by
 /* Intel-defined CPU features, CPUID level 0x00000007:0.edx, word 9 */
 XEN_CPUFEATURE(AVX512_4VNNIW, 9*32+ 2) /*A  AVX512 Neural Network Instructions 
*/
 XEN_CPUFEATURE(AVX512_4FMAPS, 9*32+ 3) /*A  AVX512 Multiply Accumulation 
Single Precision */
+XEN_CPUFEATURE(TSX_FORCE_ABORT, 9*32+13) /* MSR_TSX_FORCE_ABORT.RTM_ABORT */
 XEN_CPUFEATURE(IBRSB,         9*32+26) /*A  IBRS and IBPB support (used by 
Intel) */
 XEN_CPUFEATURE(STIBP,         9*32+27) /*A  STIBP */
 XEN_CPUFEATURE(L1D_FLUSH,     9*32+28) /*S  MSR_FLUSH_CMD and L1D flush. */
--
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