On 03/05/2018 05:26 AM, Joerg Roedel wrote:
> From: Joerg Roedel <jroe...@suse.de>
>
> Warn the user in case the performance can be significantly
> improved by switching to a 64-bit kernel.
>
> Suggested-by: Andy Lutomirski <l...@kernel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Joerg Roedel <jroe...@suse.de>
> ---
> arch/x86/mm/pti.c | 16 ++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/pti.c b/arch/x86/mm/pti.c
> index 3ffd923..8f5aa0d 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/mm/pti.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/mm/pti.c
> @@ -385,6 +385,22 @@ void __init pti_init(void)
>
> pr_info("enabled\n");
>
> +#ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
> + if (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_PCID)) {
> + /* Use printk to work around pr_fmt() */
> + printk(KERN_WARNING "\n");
> + printk(KERN_WARNING
> "************************************************************\n");
> + printk(KERN_WARNING "** WARNING! WARNING! WARNING! WARNING!
> WARNING! WARNING! **\n");
> + printk(KERN_WARNING "**
> **\n");
> + printk(KERN_WARNING "** You are using 32-bit PTI on a 64-bit
> PCID-capable CPU. **\n");
> + printk(KERN_WARNING "** Your performance will increase
> dramatically if you **\n");
> + printk(KERN_WARNING "** switch to a 64-bit kernel!
> **\n");
> + printk(KERN_WARNING "**
> **\n");
> + printk(KERN_WARNING "** WARNING! WARNING! WARNING! WARNING!
> WARNING! WARNING! **\n");
> + printk(KERN_WARNING
> "************************************************************\n");
> + }
> +#endif
> +
> pti_clone_user_shared();
> pti_clone_entry_text();
> pti_setup_espfix64();
Typo in the patch title: PCIE => PCID.
-Longman
