[PATCH v2 5/6] x86/xen,pat: Remove PAT table init code from Xen

From: Toshi Kani
Date: Wed Mar 16 2016 - 19:54:56 EST


Xen supports PAT without MTRR for its guests. In order to
enable WC attribute, it was necessary for xen_start_kernel()
to call pat_init_cache_modes() to update PAT table before
starting guest kernel.

Now that the kernel initializes PAT table to the BIOS handoff
state when MTRR is disabled, this Xen-specific PAT init code
is no longer necessary. Delete it from xen_start_kernel().

Also change pat_init_cache_modes() to a static function since
PAT table should not be tweaked by other modules.

Signed-off-by: Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: Juergen Gross <jgross@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/include/asm/pat.h | 1 -
arch/x86/mm/pat.c | 2 +-
arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c | 9 ---------
3 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/pat.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/pat.h
index 016142b..0b1ff4c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/pat.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/pat.h
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
bool pat_enabled(void);
void pat_disable(const char *reason);
extern void pat_init(void);
-void pat_init_cache_modes(u64);

extern int reserve_memtype(u64 start, u64 end,
enum page_cache_mode req_pcm, enum page_cache_mode *ret_pcm);
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/pat.c b/arch/x86/mm/pat.c
index 48d1619..02bf0e4 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/pat.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/pat.c
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ static enum page_cache_mode pat_get_cache_mode(unsigned pat_val, char *msg)
* configuration.
* Using lower indices is preferred, so we start with highest index.
*/
-void pat_init_cache_modes(u64 pat)
+static void pat_init_cache_modes(u64 pat)
{
enum page_cache_mode cache;
char pat_msg[33];
diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c
index 2c26108..4d21d69 100644
--- a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c
+++ b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c
@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@
#include <asm/mach_traps.h>
#include <asm/mwait.h>
#include <asm/pci_x86.h>
-#include <asm/pat.h>
#include <asm/cpu.h>

#ifdef CONFIG_ACPI
@@ -1510,7 +1509,6 @@ asmlinkage __visible void __init xen_start_kernel(void)
{
struct physdev_set_iopl set_iopl;
unsigned long initrd_start = 0;
- u64 pat;
int rc;

if (!xen_start_info)
@@ -1617,13 +1615,6 @@ asmlinkage __visible void __init xen_start_kernel(void)
xen_start_info->nr_pages);
xen_reserve_special_pages();

- /*
- * Modify the cache mode translation tables to match Xen's PAT
- * configuration.
- */
- rdmsrl(MSR_IA32_CR_PAT, pat);
- pat_init_cache_modes(pat);
-
/* keep using Xen gdt for now; no urgent need to change it */

#ifdef CONFIG_X86_32