Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | From | Xin Li <> | Subject | [RFC PATCH 32/32] x86/fred: disable FRED by default in its early stage | Date | Mon, 19 Dec 2022 22:36:58 -0800 |
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Disable FRED by default in its early stage.
To enable FRED, a new kernel command line option "fred" needs to be added.
Signed-off-by: Xin Li <xin3.li@intel.com> --- Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 4 ++++ arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c | 3 +++ 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt index 42af9ca0127e..0bc76d926dd4 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -1506,6 +1506,10 @@ Warning: use of this parameter will taint the kernel and may cause unknown problems. + fred + Forcefully enable flexible return and event delivery, + which is otherwise disabled by default. + 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 5de68356fe62..1a160337ad41 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c @@ -1434,6 +1434,9 @@ 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 -- 2.34.1
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