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[v5,32/34] x86/fred: disable FRED by default in its early stage

Message ID 20230307023946.14516-33-xin3.li@intel.com
State New
Headers
Series x86: enable FRED for x86-64 |

Commit Message

Li, Xin3 March 7, 2023, 2:39 a.m. UTC 
  Disable FRED by default in its early stage.

To enable FRED, a new kernel command line option "fred" needs to be added.

Tested-by: Shan Kang <shan.kang@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Xin Li <xin3.li@intel.com>
---
 Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 4 ++++
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c                    | 3 +++
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+)
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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index 6221a1d057dd..c55ea60e1a0c 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -1498,6 +1498,10 @@ 
 			Warning: use of this parameter will taint the kernel
 			and may cause unknown problems.
 
+	fred
+			Forcefully enable flexible return and event delivery,
+			which is otherwise disabled by default.
+
 	ftrace=[tracer]
 			[FTRACE] will set and start the specified tracer
 			as early as possible in order to facilitate early
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
index eea41cb8722e..4db5e619fc97 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
@@ -1467,6 +1467,9 @@  static void __init cpu_parse_early_param(void)
 	char *argptr = arg, *opt;
 	int arglen, taint = 0;
 
+	if (!cmdline_find_option_bool(boot_command_line, "fred"))
+		setup_clear_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_FRED);
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
 	if (cmdline_find_option_bool(boot_command_line, "no387"))
 #ifdef CONFIG_MATH_EMULATION