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From: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
To: X86 ML <x86@kernel.org>
Cc: "Ricardo Neri" <ricardo.neri-calderon@linux.intel.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	"Marcus Rückert" <mrueckert@suse.com>
Subject: [PATCH] x86/umip: Add a umip= cmdline switch
Date: Tue,  7 Sep 2021 22:04:54 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210907200454.30458-1-bp@alien8.de> (raw)

From: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>

And add the first control option

  umip=warnings_off

which disables warnings resulting from emulating UMIP-enabled insns.

The actual use case is for users playing games in wine, games like
Overwatch, for example, which go nuts with SIDT:

  [Di Sep  7 00:24:05 2021] umip_printk: 1345 callbacks suppressed
  [Di Sep  7 00:24:05 2021] umip: someapp.exe[29231] ip:14064cdba sp:11b7c0: SIDT instruction cannot be used by applications.
  [Di Sep  7 00:24:05 2021] umip: someapp.exe[29231] ip:14064cdba sp:11b7c0: For now, expensive software emulation returns the result.
  ...
  [Di Sep  7 00:26:06 2021] umip_printk: 2227 callbacks suppressed
  [Di Sep  7 00:26:06 2021] umip: someapp.exe[29231] ip:14064cdba sp:11b940: SIDT instruction cannot be used by applications.

filling up the kernel log unnecessarily with the same info over and over
again which doesn't mean a whit to the users - they just wanna play.

So add a boot-time control switch for those warning messages.

Reported-by: Marcus Rückert <mrueckert@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
---
 .../admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt         |  5 +++
 arch/x86/kernel/umip.c                        | 33 +++++++++++++++++--
 2 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index 828d11441ebf..815d022c3e87 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -5887,6 +5887,11 @@
 	unknown_nmi_panic
 			[X86] Cause panic on unknown NMI.
 
+	umip=warnings_off
+			[X86]
+			* warnings_off - do not issue warnings when emulating
+			  UMIP-enabled instructions.
+
 	usbcore.authorized_default=
 			[USB] Default USB device authorization:
 			(default -1 = authorized except for wireless USB,
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/umip.c b/arch/x86/kernel/umip.c
index 576b47e7523d..1d37dc626011 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/umip.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/umip.c
@@ -90,10 +90,19 @@ static const char * const umip_insns[5] = {
 	[UMIP_INST_STR] = "STR",
 };
 
-#define umip_pr_err(regs, fmt, ...) \
+static struct umip_config {
+	__u64 warnings_off	: 1,
+	      __reserved	: 63;
+} umip_cfg;
+
+#define umip_pr_err(regs, fmt, ...)				\
 	umip_printk(regs, KERN_ERR, fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)
-#define umip_pr_warn(regs, fmt, ...) \
-	umip_printk(regs, KERN_WARNING, fmt,  ##__VA_ARGS__)
+
+#define umip_pr_warn(regs, fmt, ...)					\
+({									\
+	if (!umip_cfg.warnings_off)					\
+		umip_printk(regs, KERN_WARNING, fmt,  ##__VA_ARGS__);	\
+})
 
 /**
  * umip_printk() - Print a rate-limited message
@@ -407,5 +416,23 @@ bool fixup_umip_exception(struct pt_regs *regs)
 
 	/* increase IP to let the program keep going */
 	regs->ip += insn.length;
+
 	return true;
 }
+
+static int __init parse_umip_param(char *str)
+{
+	if (!str)
+		return 0;
+
+	if (*str == '=')
+		str++;
+
+	if (!strcmp(str, "warnings_off"))
+		umip_cfg.warnings_off = 1;
+	else
+		return 0;
+
+	return 1;
+}
+__setup("umip", parse_umip_param);
-- 
2.29.2


             reply	other threads:[~2021-09-07 20:05 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-09-07 20:04 Borislav Petkov [this message]
2021-09-11  1:14 ` Ricardo Neri
2021-09-11  9:20   ` Borislav Petkov
2021-09-13 21:38     ` Ricardo Neri
2021-09-14 16:51       ` Borislav Petkov
2021-09-15 11:34         ` Ricardo Neri
2021-09-15 12:21           ` Marcus Rückert
2021-09-15 13:00             ` Ricardo Neri
2021-09-15 13:14               ` Borislav Petkov
2021-09-15 14:46           ` [PATCH] x86/umip: Downgrade warning messages to debug loglevel Borislav Petkov
2021-09-16  0:27             ` Ricardo Neri
2021-09-23 14:59               ` Borislav Petkov
2021-09-13 21:45 ` [PATCH] x86/umip: Add a umip= cmdline switch Ricardo Neri
2021-09-14 16:52   ` Borislav Petkov
2021-09-23 15:03 ` [tip: x86/cpu] x86/umip: Downgrade warning messages to debug loglevel tip-bot2 for Borislav Petkov
2021-09-25 11:31 ` tip-bot2 for Borislav Petkov

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