[PATCH 7/9] x86, RAS: Add function enabling direct writes to MCE MSRs

From: Borislav Petkov
Date: Wed Oct 19 2011 - 10:52:22 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/kernel/cpu/ras/amd/mce-inject.c | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/ras/amd/mce-inject.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/ras/amd/mce-inject.c
index fdec361..1b797bd 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/ras/amd/mce-inject.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/ras/amd/mce-inject.c
@@ -53,6 +53,30 @@ 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) {
+ printk(KERN_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)
+ printk(KERN_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.
*/
--
1.7.4.rc2

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