[v11,10/37] x86/fred: Disable FRED by default in its early stage

Commit Message

Li, Xin3 Sept. 23, 2023, 9:41 a.m. UTC

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

Tested-by: Shan Kang <[e-mail]>
Signed-off-by: Xin Li <[e-mail]>
---
 Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 3 +++
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c                    | 3 +++
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+)

Patch

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index 45e34be4ed56..ee939ea00458 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -1525,6 +1525,9 @@ 
 			Warning: use of this parameter will taint the kernel
 			and may cause unknown problems.
 
+	fred		[X86-64]
+			Enable flexible return and event delivery
+
 	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 afa755e06ae9..4dec7822a291 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
@@ -1487,6 +1487,9 @@  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