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[PATCH] x86/fpu: set X86_FEATURE_OSXSAVE feature after enabling OSXSAVE in CR4

Feng Tang posted 1 patch 2 years, 3 months ago
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arch/x86/kernel/fpu/xstate.c | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
[PATCH] x86/fpu: set X86_FEATURE_OSXSAVE feature after enabling OSXSAVE in CR4
Posted by Feng Tang 2 years, 3 months ago 
0Day found a 34.6% regression in stress-ng's 'af-alg' test case [1], and
bisected it to commit b81fac906a8f ("x86/fpu: Move FPU initialization
into arch_cpu_finalize_init()"), which optimizes the FPU init order,
and moves the CR4_OSXSAVE enabling into a later place:

   arch_cpu_finalize_init
       identify_boot_cpu
	   identify_cpu
	       generic_identify
                   get_cpu_cap --> setup cpu capability
       ...
       fpu__init_cpu
           fpu__init_cpu_xstate
               cr4_set_bits(X86_CR4_OSXSAVE);

And it makes 'X86_FEATURE_OSXSAVE' feature bit missed in cpu capability
setup. Many security module like 'camellia_aesni_avx_x86_64' depends on
this feature, and will fail to be loaded after the commit, causing the
regression.

So set X86_FEATURE_OSXSAVE feature right after OSXSAVE enabling to fix it.

[1]. https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/202307192135.203ac24e-oliver.sang@intel.com/

Fixes: b81fac906a8f ("x86/fpu: Move FPU initialization into arch_cpu_finalize_init()")
Reported-by: kernel test robot <oliver.sang@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Feng Tang <feng.tang@intel.com>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/fpu/xstate.c | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/xstate.c b/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/xstate.c
index 0bab497c9436..8ebea0d522d2 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/xstate.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/xstate.c
@@ -173,6 +173,9 @@ void fpu__init_cpu_xstate(void)
 
 	cr4_set_bits(X86_CR4_OSXSAVE);
 
+	if (!boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_OSXSAVE))
+		setup_force_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_OSXSAVE);
+
 	/*
 	 * Must happen after CR4 setup and before xsetbv() to allow KVM
 	 * lazy passthrough.  Write independent of the dynamic state static
-- 
2.27.0
Re: [PATCH] x86/fpu: set X86_FEATURE_OSXSAVE feature after enabling OSXSAVE in CR4
Posted by Thomas Gleixner 2 years, 3 months ago 
On Wed, Aug 23 2023 at 14:57, Feng Tang wrote:
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/xstate.c b/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/xstate.c
> index 0bab497c9436..8ebea0d522d2 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/xstate.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/xstate.c
> @@ -173,6 +173,9 @@ void fpu__init_cpu_xstate(void)
>  
>  	cr4_set_bits(X86_CR4_OSXSAVE);
>  
> +	if (!boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_OSXSAVE))
> +		setup_force_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_OSXSAVE);

This is wrong in several aspects:

     1) You force the feature bit _before_ XSAVE is completely
        initialized. fpu__init_system_xstate() has error paths which
        disable XSAVE.

     2) This conditional should have been a red flag for you simply
        because fpu__init_cpu_xstate() is invoked on all CPUs not only
        on the BSP.

I fixed it up and added a proper comment explaining it.
Re: [PATCH] x86/fpu: set X86_FEATURE_OSXSAVE feature after enabling OSXSAVE in CR4
Posted by Feng Tang 2 years, 3 months ago 
Hi Thomas,

On Thu, Aug 24, 2023 at 11:01:18AM +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 23 2023 at 14:57, Feng Tang wrote:
> > diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/xstate.c b/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/xstate.c
> > index 0bab497c9436..8ebea0d522d2 100644
> > --- a/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/xstate.c
> > +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/xstate.c
> > @@ -173,6 +173,9 @@ void fpu__init_cpu_xstate(void)
> >  
> >  	cr4_set_bits(X86_CR4_OSXSAVE);
> >  
> > +	if (!boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_OSXSAVE))
> > +		setup_force_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_OSXSAVE);
> 
> This is wrong in several aspects:
> 
>      1) You force the feature bit _before_ XSAVE is completely
>         initialized. fpu__init_system_xstate() has error paths which
>         disable XSAVE.

Yes, I missed the error path in BSP fpu initialization code.

>      2) This conditional should have been a red flag for you simply
>         because fpu__init_cpu_xstate() is invoked on all CPUs not only
>         on the BSP.

Indeed. when I worked on the patch, I even thought about ugly thing like: 

    if (raw_smp_processor_id() == 0)
	setup_force_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_OSXSAVE);
 
> I fixed it up and added a proper comment explaining it.

Thanks for fixing it up and improving the comments!

- Feng
Re: [PATCH] x86/fpu: set X86_FEATURE_OSXSAVE feature after enabling OSXSAVE in CR4
Posted by Edgecombe, Rick P 2 years, 3 months ago 
On Wed, 2023-08-23 at 14:57 +0800, Feng Tang wrote:
> 0Day found a 34.6% regression in stress-ng's 'af-alg' test case [1],
> and
> bisected it to commit b81fac906a8f ("x86/fpu: Move FPU initialization
> into arch_cpu_finalize_init()"), which optimizes the FPU init order,
> and moves the CR4_OSXSAVE enabling into a later place:
> 
>    arch_cpu_finalize_init
>        identify_boot_cpu
>            identify_cpu
>                generic_identify
>                    get_cpu_cap --> setup cpu capability
>        ...
>        fpu__init_cpu
>            fpu__init_cpu_xstate
>                cr4_set_bits(X86_CR4_OSXSAVE);
> 
> And it makes 'X86_FEATURE_OSXSAVE' feature bit missed in cpu
> capability
> setup. Many security module like 'camellia_aesni_avx_x86_64' depends
> on
> this feature, and will fail to be loaded after the commit, causing
> the
> regression.
> 
> So set X86_FEATURE_OSXSAVE feature right after OSXSAVE enabling to
> fix it.

Oh, that's unfortunate.

It might help to include a bit more about the problem in the log. The
piece that confused me at first was that X86_FEATURE_OSXSAVE maps to a
CPUID bit that will change once CR4.OSXSAVE is set. So since the CPUID
bits are read before CR4.OSXSAVE is set, it stores the original unset
value of the bit.

> 
> [1].
> https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/202307192135.203ac24e-oliver.sang@intel.com/
> 
> Fixes: b81fac906a8f ("x86/fpu: Move FPU initialization into
> arch_cpu_finalize_init()")
> Reported-by: kernel test robot <oliver.sang@intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Feng Tang <feng.tang@intel.com>
> ---
>  arch/x86/kernel/fpu/xstate.c | 3 +++
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/xstate.c
> b/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/xstate.c
> index 0bab497c9436..8ebea0d522d2 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/xstate.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/xstate.c
> @@ -173,6 +173,9 @@ void fpu__init_cpu_xstate(void)
>  
>         cr4_set_bits(X86_CR4_OSXSAVE);
>  
> +       if (!boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_OSXSAVE))
> +               setup_force_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_OSXSAVE);
> +

I'd also put a comment here to explain why this is done manually. I'll
toss something out in case it's useful:
	/*
	 * CPUID bit for X86_FEATURE_OSXSAVE value will change once 
	 * CR4.OSXSAVE is set, so update it manually.
	 */
Re: [PATCH] x86/fpu: set X86_FEATURE_OSXSAVE feature after enabling OSXSAVE in CR4
Posted by Feng Tang 2 years, 3 months ago 
Hi Rick,

Thanks for the review!

On Thu, Aug 24, 2023 at 06:16:55AM +0800, Edgecombe, Rick P wrote:
> On Wed, 2023-08-23 at 14:57 +0800, Feng Tang wrote:
> > 0Day found a 34.6% regression in stress-ng's 'af-alg' test case [1],
> > and
> > bisected it to commit b81fac906a8f ("x86/fpu: Move FPU initialization
> > into arch_cpu_finalize_init()"), which optimizes the FPU init order,
> > and moves the CR4_OSXSAVE enabling into a later place:
> > 
> >    arch_cpu_finalize_init
> >        identify_boot_cpu
> >            identify_cpu
> >                generic_identify
> >                    get_cpu_cap --> setup cpu capability
> >        ...
> >        fpu__init_cpu
> >            fpu__init_cpu_xstate
> >                cr4_set_bits(X86_CR4_OSXSAVE);
> > 
> > And it makes 'X86_FEATURE_OSXSAVE' feature bit missed in cpu
> > capability
> > setup. Many security module like 'camellia_aesni_avx_x86_64' depends
> > on
> > this feature, and will fail to be loaded after the commit, causing
> > the
> > regression.
> > 
> > So set X86_FEATURE_OSXSAVE feature right after OSXSAVE enabling to
> > fix it.
> 
> Oh, that's unfortunate.
> 
> It might help to include a bit more about the problem in the log. The
> piece that confused me at first was that X86_FEATURE_OSXSAVE maps to a
> CPUID bit that will change once CR4.OSXSAVE is set. So since the CPUID
> bits are read before CR4.OSXSAVE is set, it stores the original unset
> value of the bit.
 
Good point. It's also my first time to know that this cpuid bit could
change with CR4 runtime setting.

> > 
> > [1].
> > https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/202307192135.203ac24e-oliver.sang@intel.com/
> > 
> > Fixes: b81fac906a8f ("x86/fpu: Move FPU initialization into
> > arch_cpu_finalize_init()")
> > Reported-by: kernel test robot <oliver.sang@intel.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Feng Tang <feng.tang@intel.com>
> > ---
> >  arch/x86/kernel/fpu/xstate.c | 3 +++
> >  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> > 
> > diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/xstate.c
> > b/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/xstate.c
> > index 0bab497c9436..8ebea0d522d2 100644
> > --- a/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/xstate.c
> > +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/xstate.c
> > @@ -173,6 +173,9 @@ void fpu__init_cpu_xstate(void)
> >  
> >         cr4_set_bits(X86_CR4_OSXSAVE);
> >  
> > +       if (!boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_OSXSAVE))
> > +               setup_force_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_OSXSAVE);
> > +
> 
> I'd also put a comment here to explain why this is done manually. I'll
> toss something out in case it's useful:
> 	/*
> 	 * CPUID bit for X86_FEATURE_OSXSAVE value will change once 
> 	 * CR4.OSXSAVE is set, so update it manually.
> 	 */

Will add. thanks!

- Feng

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