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authorXiao Guangrong <guangrong.xiao@linux.intel.com>2016-03-22 16:51:17 +0800
committerPaolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>2016-03-22 16:21:05 +0100
commit9e90199c25aec31b4509213881511948f6c763c8 (patch)
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parent17a511f878505d31f298de443269b3070c134163 (diff)
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x86: pkey: introduce write_pkru() for KVM
KVM will use it to switch pkru between guest and host. CC: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com> CC: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Xiao Guangrong <guangrong.xiao@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Huaitong Han <huaitong.han@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
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1 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/special_insns.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/special_insns.h
index aee6e76e561e..d96d04377765 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/special_insns.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/special_insns.h
@@ -113,11 +113,27 @@ static inline u32 __read_pkru(void)
: "c" (ecx));
return pkru;
}
+
+static inline void __write_pkru(u32 pkru)
+{
+ u32 ecx = 0, edx = 0;
+
+ /*
+ * "wrpkru" instruction. Loads contents in EAX to PKRU,
+ * requires that ecx = edx = 0.
+ */
+ asm volatile(".byte 0x0f,0x01,0xef\n\t"
+ : : "a" (pkru), "c"(ecx), "d"(edx));
+}
#else
static inline u32 __read_pkru(void)
{
return 0;
}
+
+static inline void __write_pkru(u32 pkru)
+{
+}
#endif
static inline void native_wbinvd(void)