From: Joerg Roedel <[email protected]> Warn the user in case the performance can be significantly improved by switching to a 64-bit kernel.
Suggested-by: Andy Lutomirski <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Joerg Roedel <[email protected]> --- arch/x86/mm/pti.c | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+) diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/pti.c b/arch/x86/mm/pti.c index b879ccd..be8d2cd 100644 --- a/arch/x86/mm/pti.c +++ b/arch/x86/mm/pti.c @@ -517,6 +517,28 @@ void __init pti_init(void) pr_info("enabled\n"); +#ifdef CONFIG_X86_32 + /* + * We check for X86_FEATURE_PCID here. But the init-code will + * clear the feature flag on 32 bit because the feature is not + * supported on 32 bit anyway. To print the warning we need to + * check with cpuid directly again. + */ + if (cpuid_ecx(0x1) && BIT(17)) { + /* 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(); /* Undo all global bits from the init pagetables in head_64.S: */ -- 2.7.4
