[PATCH 4/6] x86, RAS: Add function enabling direct writes to MCE MSRs

From: Borislav Petkov
Date: Mon Oct 08 2012 - 13:11:50 EST


From: Borislav Petkov <borislav.petkov@xxxxxxx>

Normally, writing to MCE MSRs causes a #GP. Add a function to enable
direct accesses to those MSRs.

Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <borislav.petkov@xxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/ras/amd/mce-inject.c | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 24 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/ras/amd/mce-inject.c b/arch/x86/ras/amd/mce-inject.c
index 66969eab5591..c0c811579ce9 100644
--- a/arch/x86/ras/amd/mce-inject.c
+++ b/arch/x86/ras/amd/mce-inject.c
@@ -55,6 +55,30 @@ DEFINE_SIMPLE_ATTRIBUTE(misc_fops, inj_misc_get, inj_misc_set, "%llx\n");
DEFINE_SIMPLE_ATTRIBUTE(addr_fops, inj_addr_get, inj_addr_set, "%llx\n");

/*
+ * Caller needs to be make sure this cpu doesn't disappear
+ * from under us, i.e.: get_cpu/put_cpu.
+ */
+static int toggle_hw_mce_inject(unsigned int cpu, bool enable)
+{
+ u32 l, h;
+ int err;
+
+ err = rdmsr_on_cpu(cpu, MSR_K7_HWCR, &l, &h);
+ if (err) {
+ pr_err("%s: error reading HWCR\n", __func__);
+ return err;
+ }
+
+ enable ? (l |= BIT(18)) : (l &= ~BIT(18));
+
+ err = wrmsr_on_cpu(cpu, MSR_K7_HWCR, l, h);
+ if (err)
+ pr_err("%s: error writing HWCR\n", __func__);
+
+ return err;
+}
+
+/*
* This denotes into which bank we're injecting and triggers
* the injection, at the same time.
*/
--
1.8.0.rc0.18.gf84667d

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