From
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/
000059422/processors.html
* Intel TSX will be disabled by default.
* The processor will force abort all Restricted Transactional Memory (RTM)
transactions by default.
* A new CPUID bit CPUID.07H.0H.EDX[11](RTM_ALWAYS_ABORT) will be enumerated,
which is set to indicate to updated software that the loaded microcode is
forcing RTM abort.
* On processors that enumerate support for RTM, the CPUID enumeration bits
for Intel TSX (CPUID.07H.0H.EBX[11] and CPUID.07H.0H.EBX[4]) continue to
be set by default after microcode update.
* Workloads that were benefited from Intel TSX might experience a change
in performance.
* System software may use a new bit in Model-Specific Register (MSR) 0x10F
TSX_FORCE_ABORT[TSX_CPUID_CLEAR] functionality to clear the Hardware Lock
Elision (HLE) and RTM bits to indicate to software that Intel TSX is
disabled.
1. Add RTM_ALWAYS_ABORT to CPUID features.
2. Set RTM usable only if RTM_ALWAYS_ABORT isn't set. This skips the
string/tst-memchr-rtm etc. testcases on the affected processors, which
always fail after a microcde update.
3. Check RTM feature, instead of usability, against /proc/cpuinfo.
This fixes BZ #28033.
(cherry picked from commit
ea8e465a6b8d0f26c72bcbe453a854de3abf68ec)
get_extended_indices (cpu_features);
+ if (CPU_FEATURES_CPU_P (cpu_features, RTM_ALWAYS_ABORT))
+ cpu_features->cpuid[index_cpu_RTM].reg_RTM &= ~bit_cpu_RTM;
+
if (family == 0x06)
{
model += extended_model;
#define bit_cpu_AVX512_4VNNIW (1u << 2)
#define bit_cpu_AVX512_4FMAPS (1u << 3)
#define bit_cpu_FSRM (1u << 4)
+#define bit_cpu_RTM_ALWAYS_ABORT (1u << 11)
#define bit_cpu_PCONFIG (1u << 18)
#define bit_cpu_IBT (1u << 20)
#define bit_cpu_IBRS_IBPB (1u << 26)
#define index_cpu_AVX512_4VNNIW COMMON_CPUID_INDEX_7
#define index_cpu_AVX512_4FMAPS COMMON_CPUID_INDEX_7
#define index_cpu_FSRM COMMON_CPUID_INDEX_7
+#define index_cpu_RTM_ALWAYS_ABORT COMMON_CPUID_INDEX_7
#define index_cpu_PCONFIG COMMON_CPUID_INDEX_7
#define index_cpu_IBT COMMON_CPUID_INDEX_7
#define index_cpu_IBRS_IBPB COMMON_CPUID_INDEX_7
#define reg_AVX512_4VNNIW edx
#define reg_AVX512_4FMAPS edx
#define reg_FSRM edx
+#define reg_RTM_ALWAYS_ABORT edx
#define reg_PCONFIG edx
#define reg_IBT edx
#define reg_IBRS_IBPB edx
CHECK_CPU_FEATURE (AVX512_4VNNIW);
CHECK_CPU_FEATURE (AVX512_4FMAPS);
CHECK_CPU_FEATURE (FSRM);
+ CHECK_CPU_FEATURE (RTM_ALWAYS_ABORT);
CHECK_CPU_FEATURE (PCONFIG);
CHECK_CPU_FEATURE (IBT);
CHECK_CPU_FEATURE (IBRS_IBPB);