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    x86/msr: Add the IA32_TSX_CTRL MSR · c2955f27
    Pawan Gupta authored
    Transactional Synchronization Extensions (TSX) may be used on certain
    processors as part of a speculative side channel attack.  A microcode
    update for existing processors that are vulnerable to this attack will
    add a new MSR - IA32_TSX_CTRL to allow the system administrator the
    option to disable TSX as one of the possible mitigations.
    
    The CPUs which get this new MSR after a microcode upgrade are the ones
    which do not set MSR_IA32_ARCH_CAPABILITIES.MDS_NO (bit 5) because those
    CPUs have CPUID.MD_CLEAR, i.e., the VERW implementation which clears all
    CPU buffers takes care of the TAA case as well.
    
      [ Note that future processors that are not vulnerable will also
        support the IA32_TSX_CTRL MSR. ]
    
    Add defines for the new IA32_TSX_CTRL MSR and its bits.
    
    TSX has two sub-features:
    
    1. Restricted Transactional Memory (RTM) is an explicitly-used feature
       where new instructions begin and end TSX transactions.
    2. Hardware Lock Elision (HLE) is implicitly used when certain kinds of
       "old" style locks are used by software.
    
    Bit 7 of the IA32_ARCH_CAPABILITIES indicates the presence of the
    IA32_TSX_CTRL MSR.
    
    There are two control bits in IA32_TSX_CTRL MSR:
    
      Bit 0: When set, it disables the Restricted Transactional Memory (RTM)
             sub-feature of TSX (will force all transactions to abort on the
    	 XBEGIN instruction).
    
      Bit 1: When set, it disables the enumeration of the RTM and HLE feature
             (i.e. it will make CPUID(EAX=7).EBX{bit4} and
    	  CPUID(EAX=7).EBX{bit11} read as 0).
    
    The other TSX sub-feature, Hardware Lock Elision (HLE), is
    unconditionally disabled by the new microcode but still enumerated
    as present by CPUID(EAX=7).EBX{bit4}, unless disabled by
    IA32_TSX_CTRL_MSR[1] - TSX_CTRL_CPUID_CLEAR.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarPawan Gupta <pawan.kumar.gupta@linux.intel.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarBorislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
    Tested-by: default avatarNeelima Krishnan <neelima.krishnan@intel.com>
    Reviewed-by: default avatarMark Gross <mgross@linux.intel.com>
    Reviewed-by: default avatarTony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
    Reviewed-by: default avatarJosh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
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