From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.8 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SIGNED_OFF_BY,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 78532C64EAE for ; Sat, 29 Sep 2018 21:59:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 48A31206B8 for ; Sat, 29 Sep 2018 21:59:21 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org 48A31206B8 Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=decadent.org.uk Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1728873AbeI3E3Z (ORCPT ); Sun, 30 Sep 2018 00:29:25 -0400 Received: from shadbolt.e.decadent.org.uk ([88.96.1.126]:51655 "EHLO shadbolt.e.decadent.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1728043AbeI3ESY (ORCPT ); Sun, 30 Sep 2018 00:18:24 -0400 Received: from [2a02:8011:400e:2:cbab:f00:c93f:614] (helo=deadeye) by shadbolt.decadent.org.uk with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1g6N63-0000H1-A6; Sat, 29 Sep 2018 22:48:19 +0100 Received: from ben by deadeye with local (Exim 4.91) (envelope-from ) id 1g6N5z-0006yg-Ka; Sat, 29 Sep 2018 22:48:15 +0100 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 From: Ben Hutchings To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org CC: akpm@linux-foundation.org, "H . Peter Anvin" , "Michal Hocko" , "Andi Kleen" , "Linus Torvalds" , "Vlastimil Babka" , "Dave Hansen" Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2018 22:43:07 +0100 Message-ID: X-Mailer: LinuxStableQueue (scripts by bwh) Subject: [PATCH 3.16 122/131] x86/speculation/l1tf: Suggest what to do on systems with too much RAM In-Reply-To: X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 2a02:8011:400e:2:cbab:f00:c93f:614 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: ben@decadent.org.uk X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No (on shadbolt.decadent.org.uk); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 3.16.59-rc1 review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Vlastimil Babka commit 6a012288d6906fee1dbc244050ade1dafe4a9c8d upstream. Two users have reported [1] that they have an "extremely unlikely" system with more than MAX_PA/2 memory and L1TF mitigation is not effective. Make the warning more helpful by suggesting the proper mem=X kernel boot parameter to make it effective and a link to the L1TF document to help decide if the mitigation is worth the unusable RAM. [1] https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1105536 Suggested-by: Michal Hocko Signed-off-by: Vlastimil Babka Acked-by: Michal Hocko Cc: "H . Peter Anvin" Cc: Linus Torvalds Cc: Andi Kleen Cc: Dave Hansen Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/966571f0-9d7f-43dc-92c6-a10eec7a1254@suse.cz Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings --- arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c @@ -717,6 +717,10 @@ static void __init l1tf_select_mitigatio half_pa = (u64)l1tf_pfn_limit() << PAGE_SHIFT; if (e820_any_mapped(half_pa, ULLONG_MAX - half_pa, E820_RAM)) { pr_warn("System has more than MAX_PA/2 memory. L1TF mitigation not effective.\n"); + pr_info("You may make it effective by booting the kernel with mem=%llu parameter.\n", + half_pa); + pr_info("However, doing so will make a part of your RAM unusable.\n"); + pr_info("Reading https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/admin-guide/l1tf.html might help you decide.\n"); return; }