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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c | 16 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 61ab1628a057..8b7e5c342302 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -937,6 +937,10 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. Enable debug messages at boot time. See Documentation/dynamic-debug-howto.txt for details. + nompx [X86] Disables Intel Memory Protection Extensions. + See Documentation/x86/intel_mpx.txt for more + information about the feature. + eagerfpu= [X86] on enable eager fpu restore off disable eager fpu restore diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c index 401ccb03054e..3956858e5312 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c @@ -144,6 +144,22 @@ DEFINE_PER_CPU_PAGE_ALIGNED(struct gdt_page, gdt_page) = { .gdt = { } }; EXPORT_PER_CPU_SYMBOL_GPL(gdt_page); +static int __init x86_mpx_setup(char *s) +{ + /* require an exact match without trailing characters */ + if (strlen(s)) + return 0; + + /* do not emit a message if the feature is not present */ + if (!boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_MPX)) + return 1; + + setup_clear_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_MPX); + pr_info("nompx: Intel Memory Protection Extensions (MPX) disabled\n"); + return 1; +} +__setup("nompx", x86_mpx_setup); + #ifdef CONFIG_X86_32 static int cachesize_override = -1; static int disable_x86_serial_nr = 1; |