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commit 5792b92fd9b6a65214e9980d0280eaef95e59b4a
Author: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Mon Feb 27 15:36:49 2023 +0000
Commit: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Thu Aug 3 19:14:19 2023 +0100
x86/cpu-policy: Hide CLWB by default on SKX/CLX/CPX
The August 2023 microcode for GDS has an impact on the CLWB instruction.
See
code comments for full details.
This is part of XSA-435 / CVE-2022-40982
Signed-off-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
(cherry picked from commit 2dd06b4ea10891750af38e4a0e1efaeb0a9b3518)
---
xen/arch/x86/cpu-policy.c | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
xen/arch/x86/cpu/intel.c | 12 ++++++++++++
xen/include/public/arch-x86/cpufeatureset.h | 2 +-
3 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/xen/arch/x86/cpu-policy.c b/xen/arch/x86/cpu-policy.c
index 99914b0bff..fe85f1f960 100644
--- a/xen/arch/x86/cpu-policy.c
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/cpu-policy.c
@@ -433,6 +433,18 @@ static void __init
guest_common_max_feature_adjustments(uint32_t *fs)
__set_bit(X86_FEATURE_ARCH_CAPS, fs);
__set_bit(X86_FEATURE_RSBA, fs);
__set_bit(X86_FEATURE_RRSBA, fs);
+
+ /*
+ * The Gather Data Sampling microcode mitigation (August 2023) has an
+ * adverse performance impact on the CLWB instruction on SKX/CLX/CPX.
+ *
+ * We hid CLWB in the host policy to stop Xen using it, but VMs which
+ * have previously seen the CLWB feature can safely run on this CPU.
+ */
+ if ( boot_cpu_data.x86 == 6 &&
+ boot_cpu_data.x86_model == 0x55 /* INTEL_FAM6_SKYLAKE_X */ &&
+ raw_cpu_policy.feat.clwb )
+ __set_bit(X86_FEATURE_CLWB, fs);
}
}
@@ -455,6 +467,19 @@ static void __init
guest_common_default_feature_adjustments(uint32_t *fs)
boot_cpu_data.x86_model == 0x3a /* INTEL_FAM6_IVYBRIDGE */ &&
cpu_has_rdrand && !is_forced_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_RDRAND) )
__clear_bit(X86_FEATURE_RDRAND, fs);
+
+ /*
+ * The Gather Data Sampling microcode mitigation (August 2023) has an
+ * adverse performance impact on the CLWB instruction on SKX/CLX/CPX.
+ *
+ * We hid CLWB in the host policy to stop Xen using it, but re-added
+ * it to the max policy to let VMs migrate in. Re-hide it in the
+ * default policy to disuade VMs from using it in the common case.
+ */
+ if ( boot_cpu_data.x86 == 6 &&
+ boot_cpu_data.x86_model == 0x55 /* INTEL_FAM6_SKYLAKE_X */ &&
+ raw_cpu_policy.feat.clwb )
+ __clear_bit(X86_FEATURE_CLWB, fs);
}
/*
diff --git a/xen/arch/x86/cpu/intel.c b/xen/arch/x86/cpu/intel.c
index 21419e08c3..2bda64c93a 100644
--- a/xen/arch/x86/cpu/intel.c
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/cpu/intel.c
@@ -518,6 +518,18 @@ static void init_intel(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
if ((opt_cpu_info && !(c->apicid & (c->x86_num_siblings - 1))) ||
c == &boot_cpu_data )
intel_log_freq(c);
+
+ /*
+ * The Gather Data Sampling microcode mitigation (August 2023) has an
+ * adverse performance impact on the CLWB instruction on SKX/CLX/CPX.
+ *
+ * On this model, CLWB has equivalent behaviour to CLFLUSHOPT but the
+ * latter is not impacted. Hide CLWB to cause Xen to fall back to
+ * using CLFLUSHOPT instead.
+ */
+ if (c == &boot_cpu_data &&
+ c->x86 == 6 && c->x86_model == 0x55 /* INTEL_FAM6_SKYLAKE_X */)
+ setup_clear_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_CLWB);
}
const struct cpu_dev intel_cpu_dev = {
diff --git a/xen/include/public/arch-x86/cpufeatureset.h
b/xen/include/public/arch-x86/cpufeatureset.h
index db7478a3e0..3274ac3e9a 100644
--- a/xen/include/public/arch-x86/cpufeatureset.h
+++ b/xen/include/public/arch-x86/cpufeatureset.h
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ XEN_CPUFEATURE(ADX, 5*32+19) /*A ADCX, ADOX
instructions */
XEN_CPUFEATURE(SMAP, 5*32+20) /*S Supervisor Mode Access Prevention
*/
XEN_CPUFEATURE(AVX512_IFMA, 5*32+21) /*A AVX-512 Integer Fused Multiply Add
*/
XEN_CPUFEATURE(CLFLUSHOPT, 5*32+23) /*A CLFLUSHOPT instruction */
-XEN_CPUFEATURE(CLWB, 5*32+24) /*A CLWB instruction */
+XEN_CPUFEATURE(CLWB, 5*32+24) /*!A CLWB instruction */
XEN_CPUFEATURE(AVX512PF, 5*32+26) /*A AVX-512 Prefetch Instructions */
XEN_CPUFEATURE(AVX512ER, 5*32+27) /*A AVX-512 Exponent & Reciprocal
Instrs */
XEN_CPUFEATURE(AVX512CD, 5*32+28) /*A AVX-512 Conflict Detection Instrs
*/
--
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