x86/mm: Allow to boot without LA57 if CONFIG_X86_5LEVEL=y

All pieces of the puzzle are in place and we can now allow to boot with
CONFIG_X86_5LEVEL=y on a machine without LA57 support.

Kernel will detect that LA57 is missing and fold p4d at runtime.

Update the documentation and the Kconfig option description to reflect the
change.

Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
Cc: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
Cc: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>
Cc: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180214182542.69302-10-kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>

diff --git a/Documentation/x86/x86_64/5level-paging.txt b/Documentation/x86/x86_64/5level-paging.txt
index 087251a..2432a5e 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/x86/x86_64/5level-paging.txt
+++ b/Documentation/x86/x86_64/5level-paging.txt
@@ -20,12 +20,9 @@ Documentation/x86/x86_64/mm.txt
 
 CONFIG_X86_5LEVEL=y enables the feature.
 
-So far, a kernel compiled with the option enabled will be able to boot
-only on machines that supports the feature -- see for 'la57' flag in
-/proc/cpuinfo.
-
-The plan is to implement boot-time switching between 4- and 5-level paging
-in the future.
+Kernel with CONFIG_X86_5LEVEL=y still able to boot on 4-level hardware.
+In this case additional page table level -- p4d -- will be folded at
+runtime.
 
 == User-space and large virtual address space ==
 

diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index fcc3f88..1c4f7b6 100644 (file)
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -1440,8 +1440,8 @@ config X86_5LEVEL
 
          It will be supported by future Intel CPUs.
 
-         Note: a kernel with this option enabled can only be booted
-         on machines that support the feature.
+         A kernel with the option enabled can be booted on machines that
+         support 4- or 5-level paging.
 
          See Documentation/x86/x86_64/5level-paging.txt for more
          information.

diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.c b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.c
index 98761a1..b50c424 100644 (file)
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.c
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.c
@@ -169,16 +169,6 @@ void __puthex(unsigned long value)
        }
 }
 
-static bool l5_supported(void)
-{
-       /* Check if leaf 7 is supported. */
-       if (native_cpuid_eax(0) < 7)
-               return 0;
-
-       /* Check if la57 is supported. */
-       return native_cpuid_ecx(7) & (1 << (X86_FEATURE_LA57 & 31));
-}
-
 #if CONFIG_X86_NEED_RELOCS
 static void handle_relocations(void *output, unsigned long output_len,
                               unsigned long virt_addr)
@@ -372,12 +362,6 @@ asmlinkage __visible void *extract_kernel(void *rmode, memptr heap,
        console_init();
        debug_putstr("early console in extract_kernel\n");
 
-       if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_X86_5LEVEL) && !l5_supported()) {
-               error("This linux kernel as configured requires 5-level paging\n"
-                       "This CPU does not support the required 'cr4.la57' feature\n"
-                       "Unable to boot - please use a kernel appropriate for your CPU\n");
-       }
-
        free_mem_ptr     = heap;        /* Heap */
        free_mem_end_ptr = heap + BOOT_HEAP_SIZE;
 

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/required-features.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/required-features.h
index fb3a6de..6847d85 100644 (file)
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/required-features.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/required-features.h
@@ -53,12 +53,6 @@
 # define NEED_MOVBE    0
 #endif
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_X86_5LEVEL
-# define NEED_LA57     (1<<(X86_FEATURE_LA57 & 31))
-#else
-# define NEED_LA57     0
-#endif
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
 #ifdef CONFIG_PARAVIRT
 /* Paravirtualized systems may not have PSE or PGE available */
@@ -104,7 +98,7 @@
 #define REQUIRED_MASK13        0
 #define REQUIRED_MASK14        0
 #define REQUIRED_MASK15        0
-#define REQUIRED_MASK16        (NEED_LA57)
+#define REQUIRED_MASK16        0
 #define REQUIRED_MASK17        0
 #define REQUIRED_MASK18        0
 #define REQUIRED_MASK_CHECK BUILD_BUG_ON_ZERO(NCAPINTS != 19)