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-rw-r--r--arch/x86_64/kernel/process.c29
1 files changed, 29 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/process.c b/arch/x86_64/kernel/process.c
index 1d91271796e5..7577f9d7a75d 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/process.c
@@ -482,6 +482,33 @@ out:
482} 482}
483 483
484/* 484/*
485 * This function selects if the context switch from prev to next
486 * has to tweak the TSC disable bit in the cr4.
487 */
488static inline void disable_tsc(struct task_struct *prev_p,
489 struct task_struct *next_p)
490{
491 struct thread_info *prev, *next;
492
493 /*
494 * gcc should eliminate the ->thread_info dereference if
495 * has_secure_computing returns 0 at compile time (SECCOMP=n).
496 */
497 prev = prev_p->thread_info;
498 next = next_p->thread_info;
499
500 if (has_secure_computing(prev) || has_secure_computing(next)) {
501 /* slow path here */
502 if (has_secure_computing(prev) &&
503 !has_secure_computing(next)) {
504 write_cr4(read_cr4() & ~X86_CR4_TSD);
505 } else if (!has_secure_computing(prev) &&
506 has_secure_computing(next))
507 write_cr4(read_cr4() | X86_CR4_TSD);
508 }
509}
510
511/*
485 * This special macro can be used to load a debugging register 512 * This special macro can be used to load a debugging register
486 */ 513 */
487#define loaddebug(thread,r) set_debug(thread->debugreg ## r, r) 514#define loaddebug(thread,r) set_debug(thread->debugreg ## r, r)
@@ -599,6 +626,8 @@ struct task_struct *__switch_to(struct task_struct *prev_p, struct task_struct *
599 } 626 }
600 } 627 }
601 628
629 disable_tsc(prev_p, next_p);
630
602 return prev_p; 631 return prev_p;
603} 632}
604 633