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-rw-r--r--Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt13
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/include/asm/elf.h31
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c13
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/sys_x86_64.c81
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/mm/mmap.c15
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/vdso/vma.c9
6 files changed, 144 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index aa47be71df4c..af73c036b7e6 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -299,6 +299,19 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
behaviour to be specified. Bit 0 enables warnings,
bit 1 enables fixups, and bit 2 sends a segfault.
+ align_va_addr= [X86-64]
+ Align virtual addresses by clearing slice [14:12] when
+ allocating a VMA at process creation time. This option
+ gives you up to 3% performance improvement on AMD F15h
+ machines (where it is enabled by default) for a
+ CPU-intensive style benchmark, and it can vary highly in
+ a microbenchmark depending on workload and compiler.
+
+ 1: only for 32-bit processes
+ 2: only for 64-bit processes
+ on: enable for both 32- and 64-bit processes
+ off: disable for both 32- and 64-bit processes
+
amd_iommu= [HW,X86-84]
Pass parameters to the AMD IOMMU driver in the system.
Possible values are:
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/elf.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/elf.h
index f2ad2163109d..5f962df30d0f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/elf.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/elf.h
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
/*
* ELF register definitions..
*/
+#include <linux/thread_info.h>
#include <asm/ptrace.h>
#include <asm/user.h>
@@ -320,4 +321,34 @@ extern int syscall32_setup_pages(struct linux_binprm *, int exstack);
extern unsigned long arch_randomize_brk(struct mm_struct *mm);
#define arch_randomize_brk arch_randomize_brk
+/*
+ * True on X86_32 or when emulating IA32 on X86_64
+ */
+static inline int mmap_is_ia32(void)
+{
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
+ return 1;
+#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_IA32_EMULATION
+ if (test_thread_flag(TIF_IA32))
+ return 1;
+#endif
+ return 0;
+}
+
+/* The first two values are special, do not change. See align_addr() */
+enum align_flags {
+ ALIGN_VA_32 = BIT(0),
+ ALIGN_VA_64 = BIT(1),
+ ALIGN_VDSO = BIT(2),
+ ALIGN_TOPDOWN = BIT(3),
+};
+
+struct va_alignment {
+ int flags;
+ unsigned long mask;
+} ____cacheline_aligned;
+
+extern struct va_alignment va_align;
+extern unsigned long align_addr(unsigned long, struct file *, enum align_flags);
#endif /* _ASM_X86_ELF_H */
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c
index b13ed393dfce..b0234bcbd32a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c
@@ -458,6 +458,19 @@ static void __cpuinit early_init_amd(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
"with P0 frequency!\n");
}
}
+
+ if (c->x86 == 0x15) {
+ unsigned long upperbit;
+ u32 cpuid, assoc;
+
+ cpuid = cpuid_edx(0x80000005);
+ assoc = cpuid >> 16 & 0xff;
+ upperbit = ((cpuid >> 24) << 10) / assoc;
+
+ va_align.mask = (upperbit - 1) & PAGE_MASK;
+ va_align.flags = ALIGN_VA_32 | ALIGN_VA_64;
+
+ }
}
static void __cpuinit init_amd(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/sys_x86_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/sys_x86_64.c
index ff14a5044ce6..aaa8d09c7195 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/sys_x86_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/sys_x86_64.c
@@ -18,6 +18,72 @@
#include <asm/ia32.h>
#include <asm/syscalls.h>
+struct __read_mostly va_alignment va_align = {
+ .flags = -1,
+};
+
+/*
+ * Align a virtual address to avoid aliasing in the I$ on AMD F15h.
+ *
+ * @flags denotes the allocation direction - bottomup or topdown -
+ * or vDSO; see call sites below.
+ */
+unsigned long align_addr(unsigned long addr, struct file *filp,
+ enum align_flags flags)
+{
+ unsigned long tmp_addr;
+
+ /* handle 32- and 64-bit case with a single conditional */
+ if (va_align.flags < 0 || !(va_align.flags & (2 - mmap_is_ia32())))
+ return addr;
+
+ if (!(current->flags & PF_RANDOMIZE))
+ return addr;
+
+ if (!((flags & ALIGN_VDSO) || filp))
+ return addr;
+
+ tmp_addr = addr;
+
+ /*
+ * We need an address which is <= than the original
+ * one only when in topdown direction.
+ */
+ if (!(flags & ALIGN_TOPDOWN))
+ tmp_addr += va_align.mask;
+
+ tmp_addr &= ~va_align.mask;
+
+ return tmp_addr;
+}
+
+static int __init control_va_addr_alignment(char *str)
+{
+ /* guard against enabling this on other CPU families */
+ if (va_align.flags < 0)
+ return 1;
+
+ if (*str == 0)
+ return 1;
+
+ if (*str == '=')
+ str++;
+
+ if (!strcmp(str, "32"))
+ va_align.flags = ALIGN_VA_32;
+ else if (!strcmp(str, "64"))
+ va_align.flags = ALIGN_VA_64;
+ else if (!strcmp(str, "off"))
+ va_align.flags = 0;
+ else if (!strcmp(str, "on"))
+ va_align.flags = ALIGN_VA_32 | ALIGN_VA_64;
+ else
+ return 0;
+
+ return 1;
+}
+__setup("align_va_addr", control_va_addr_alignment);
+
SYSCALL_DEFINE6(mmap, unsigned long, addr, unsigned long, len,
unsigned long, prot, unsigned long, flags,
unsigned long, fd, unsigned long, off)
@@ -92,6 +158,9 @@ arch_get_unmapped_area(struct file *filp, unsigned long addr,
start_addr = addr;
full_search:
+
+ addr = align_addr(addr, filp, 0);
+
for (vma = find_vma(mm, addr); ; vma = vma->vm_next) {
/* At this point: (!vma || addr < vma->vm_end). */
if (end - len < addr) {
@@ -117,6 +186,7 @@ full_search:
mm->cached_hole_size = vma->vm_start - addr;
addr = vma->vm_end;
+ addr = align_addr(addr, filp, 0);
}
}
@@ -161,10 +231,13 @@ arch_get_unmapped_area_topdown(struct file *filp, const unsigned long addr0,
/* make sure it can fit in the remaining address space */
if (addr > len) {
- vma = find_vma(mm, addr-len);
- if (!vma || addr <= vma->vm_start)
+ unsigned long tmp_addr = align_addr(addr - len, filp,
+ ALIGN_TOPDOWN);
+
+ vma = find_vma(mm, tmp_addr);
+ if (!vma || tmp_addr + len <= vma->vm_start)
/* remember the address as a hint for next time */
- return mm->free_area_cache = addr-len;
+ return mm->free_area_cache = tmp_addr;
}
if (mm->mmap_base < len)
@@ -173,6 +246,8 @@ arch_get_unmapped_area_topdown(struct file *filp, const unsigned long addr0,
addr = mm->mmap_base-len;
do {
+ addr = align_addr(addr, filp, ALIGN_TOPDOWN);
+
/*
* Lookup failure means no vma is above this address,
* else if new region fits below vma->vm_start,
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/mmap.c b/arch/x86/mm/mmap.c
index 1dab5194fd9d..d4c073630175 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/mmap.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/mmap.c
@@ -51,21 +51,6 @@ static unsigned int stack_maxrandom_size(void)
#define MIN_GAP (128*1024*1024UL + stack_maxrandom_size())
#define MAX_GAP (TASK_SIZE/6*5)
-/*
- * True on X86_32 or when emulating IA32 on X86_64
- */
-static int mmap_is_ia32(void)
-{
-#ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
- return 1;
-#endif
-#ifdef CONFIG_IA32_EMULATION
- if (test_thread_flag(TIF_IA32))
- return 1;
-#endif
- return 0;
-}
-
static int mmap_is_legacy(void)
{
if (current->personality & ADDR_COMPAT_LAYOUT)
diff --git a/arch/x86/vdso/vma.c b/arch/x86/vdso/vma.c
index 7abd2be0f9b9..caa42ce17577 100644
--- a/arch/x86/vdso/vma.c
+++ b/arch/x86/vdso/vma.c
@@ -69,6 +69,15 @@ static unsigned long vdso_addr(unsigned long start, unsigned len)
addr = start + (offset << PAGE_SHIFT);
if (addr >= end)
addr = end;
+
+ /*
+ * page-align it here so that get_unmapped_area doesn't
+ * align it wrongfully again to the next page. addr can come in 4K
+ * unaligned here as a result of stack start randomization.
+ */
+ addr = PAGE_ALIGN(addr);
+ addr = align_addr(addr, NULL, ALIGN_VDSO);
+
return addr;
}