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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/kernel/cpu/tsx.c | 7 |
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt index 01463ac89a00..3cae24bff0a1 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -4526,6 +4526,9 @@ update. This new MSR allows for the reliable deactivation of the TSX functionality.) + auto - Disable TSX if X86_BUG_TAA is present, + otherwise enable TSX on the system. + Not specifying this option is equivalent to tsx=off. See Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/tsx_async_abort.rst diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/tsx.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/tsx.c index 04471c4378d8..dda328ec2ba1 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/tsx.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/tsx.c @@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ static bool __init tsx_ctrl_is_supported(void) void __init tsx_init(void) { - char arg[4] = {}; + char arg[5] = {}; int ret; if (!tsx_ctrl_is_supported()) @@ -87,6 +87,11 @@ void __init tsx_init(void) tsx_ctrl_state = TSX_CTRL_ENABLE; } else if (!strcmp(arg, "off")) { tsx_ctrl_state = TSX_CTRL_DISABLE; + } else if (!strcmp(arg, "auto")) { + if (boot_cpu_has_bug(X86_BUG_TAA)) + tsx_ctrl_state = TSX_CTRL_DISABLE; + else + tsx_ctrl_state = TSX_CTRL_ENABLE; } else { tsx_ctrl_state = TSX_CTRL_DISABLE; pr_err("tsx: invalid option, defaulting to off\n"); |