File 5ec7dcf6-x86-dont-enter-C3-C6-with-errata.patch of Package xen.16819

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File 5ec7dcf6-x86-dont-enter-C3-C6-with-errata.patch of Package xen.16819

# Commit b2d502466547e6782ccadd501b8ef1482c391f2c
# Date 2020-05-22 16:08:54 +0200
# Author Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@citrix.com>
# Committer Jan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com>
x86/idle: prevent entering C3/C6 on some Intel CPUs due to errata

Apply a workaround for errata BA80, AAK120, AAM108, AAO67, BD59,
AAY54: Rapid Core C3/C6 Transition May Cause Unpredictable System
Behavior.

Limit maximum C state to C1 when SMT is enabled on the affected CPUs.

Signed-off-by: Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@citrix.com>
Acked-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com>

--- a/xen/arch/x86/cpu/intel.c
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/cpu/intel.c
@@ -263,6 +263,41 @@ static void early_init_intel(struct cpui
 }
 
 /*
+ * Errata BA80, AAK120, AAM108, AAO67, BD59, AAY54: Rapid Core C3/C6 Transition
+ * May Cause Unpredictable System Behavior
+ *
+ * Under a complex set of internal conditions, cores rapidly performing C3/C6
+ * transitions in a system with Intel Hyper-Threading Technology enabled may
+ * cause a machine check error (IA32_MCi_STATUS.MCACOD = 0x0106), system hang
+ * or unpredictable system behavior.
+ */
+static void probe_c3_errata(const struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
+{
+#define INTEL_FAM6_MODEL(m) { X86_VENDOR_INTEL, 6, m, X86_FEATURE_ALWAYS }
+    static const struct x86_cpu_id models[] = {
+        /* Nehalem */
+        INTEL_FAM6_MODEL(0x1a),
+        INTEL_FAM6_MODEL(0x1e),
+        INTEL_FAM6_MODEL(0x1f),
+        INTEL_FAM6_MODEL(0x2e),
+        /* Westmere (note Westmere-EX is not affected) */
+        INTEL_FAM6_MODEL(0x2c),
+        INTEL_FAM6_MODEL(0x25),
+        { }
+    };
+#undef INTEL_FAM6_MODEL
+
+    /* Serialized by the AP bringup code. */
+    if ( max_cstate > 1 && (c->apicid & (c->x86_num_siblings - 1)) &&
+         x86_match_cpu(models) )
+    {
+        printk(XENLOG_WARNING
+	       "Disabling C-states C3 and C6 due to CPU errata\n");
+        max_cstate = 1;
+    }
+}
+
+/*
  * P4 Xeon errata 037 workaround.
  * Hardware prefetcher may cause stale data to be loaded into the cache.
  *
@@ -289,6 +324,8 @@ static void Intel_errata_workarounds(str
 
 	if (cpu_has_tsx_force_abort && opt_rtm_abort)
 		wrmsrl(MSR_TSX_FORCE_ABORT, TSX_FORCE_ABORT_RTM);
+
+	probe_c3_errata(c);
 }

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