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)
CPU_FEATURE_UNSET (cpu_features, INDEX_7_EDX_6);
CPU_FEATURE_UNSET (cpu_features, INDEX_7_EDX_7);
CPU_FEATURE_UNSET (cpu_features, INDEX_7_EDX_9);
- CPU_FEATURE_UNSET (cpu_features, INDEX_7_EDX_11);
CPU_FEATURE_UNSET (cpu_features, INDEX_7_EDX_12);
CPU_FEATURE_UNSET (cpu_features, INDEX_7_EDX_13);
CPU_FEATURE_UNSET (cpu_features, INDEX_7_EDX_17);
/* Determine if PKU is usable. */
if (CPU_FEATURES_CPU_P (cpu_features, OSPKE))
CPU_FEATURE_SET (cpu_features, PKU);
+
+ if (CPU_FEATURES_CPU_P (cpu_features, RTM_ALWAYS_ABORT))
+ CPU_FEATURE_UNSET (cpu_features, RTM);
}
static void
#define bit_cpu_AVX512_VP2INTERSECT (1u << 8)
#define bit_cpu_INDEX_7_EDX_9 (1u << 9)
#define bit_cpu_MD_CLEAR (1u << 10)
-#define bit_cpu_INDEX_7_EDX_11 (1u << 11)
+#define bit_cpu_RTM_ALWAYS_ABORT (1u << 11)
#define bit_cpu_INDEX_7_EDX_12 (1u << 12)
#define bit_cpu_INDEX_7_EDX_13 (1u << 13)
#define bit_cpu_SERIALIZE (1u << 14)
#define index_cpu_AVX512_VP2INTERSECT COMMON_CPUID_INDEX_7
#define index_cpu_INDEX_7_EDX_9 COMMON_CPUID_INDEX_7
#define index_cpu_MD_CLEAR COMMON_CPUID_INDEX_7
-#define index_cpu_INDEX_7_EDX_11 COMMON_CPUID_INDEX_7
+#define index_cpu_RTM_ALWAYS_ABORT COMMON_CPUID_INDEX_7
#define index_cpu_INDEX_7_EDX_12 COMMON_CPUID_INDEX_7
#define index_cpu_INDEX_7_EDX_13 COMMON_CPUID_INDEX_7
#define index_cpu_SERIALIZE COMMON_CPUID_INDEX_7
#define reg_AVX512_VP2INTERSECT edx
#define reg_INDEX_7_EDX_9 edx
#define reg_MD_CLEAR edx
-#define reg_INDEX_7_EDX_11 edx
+#define reg_RTM_ALWAYS_ABORT edx
#define reg_INDEX_7_EDX_12 edx
#define reg_INDEX_7_EDX_13 edx
#define reg_SERIALIZE edx
CHECK_CPU_FEATURE (FSRM);
CHECK_CPU_FEATURE (AVX512_VP2INTERSECT);
CHECK_CPU_FEATURE (MD_CLEAR);
+ CHECK_CPU_FEATURE (RTM_ALWAYS_ABORT);
CHECK_CPU_FEATURE (SERIALIZE);
CHECK_CPU_FEATURE (HYBRID);
CHECK_CPU_FEATURE (TSXLDTRK);
CHECK_CPU_FEATURE_USABLE (FSRM);
CHECK_CPU_FEATURE_USABLE (AVX512_VP2INTERSECT);
CHECK_CPU_FEATURE_USABLE (MD_CLEAR);
+ CHECK_CPU_FEATURE_USABLE (RTM_ALWAYS_ABORT);
CHECK_CPU_FEATURE_USABLE (SERIALIZE);
CHECK_CPU_FEATURE_USABLE (HYBRID);
CHECK_CPU_FEATURE_USABLE (TSXLDTRK);