diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu
index 9c5e7732d2499995b402ff2b4a725d621d1834f8..65d9b844ecfd4e8708b8a035f95d626d57b58fdc 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu
@@ -487,3 +487,23 @@ Description: Information about CPU vulnerabilities
"Not affected" CPU is not affected by the vulnerability
"Vulnerable" CPU is affected and no mitigation in effect
"Mitigation: $M" CPU is affected and mitigation $M is in effect
+
+What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/smt
+ /sys/devices/system/cpu/smt/active
+ /sys/devices/system/cpu/smt/control
+Date: June 2018
+Contact: Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
+Description: Control Symetric Multi Threading (SMT)
+
+ active: Tells whether SMT is active (enabled and siblings online)
+
+ control: Read/write interface to control SMT. Possible
+ values:
+
+ "on" SMT is enabled
+ "off" SMT is disabled
+ "forceoff" SMT is force disabled. Cannot be changed.
+ "notsupported" SMT is not supported by the CPU
+
+ If control status is "forceoff" or "notsupported" writes
+ are rejected.
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index efc7aa7a067099f6bacdb860cde13f2d876030a8..8e29c4b6756fd608ac3c415646ab96c403cb3473 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -2687,6 +2687,14 @@
nosmt [KNL,S390] Disable symmetric multithreading (SMT).
Equivalent to smt=1.
+ [KNL,x86] Disable symmetric multithreading (SMT).
+ nosmt=force: Force disable SMT, similar to disabling
+ it in the BIOS except that some of the
+ resource partitioning effects which are
+ caused by having SMT enabled in the BIOS
+ cannot be undone. Depending on the CPU
+ type this might have a performance impact.
+
nospectre_v2 [X86] Disable all mitigations for the Spectre variant 2
(indirect branch prediction) vulnerability. System may
allow data leaks with this option, which is equivalent
diff --git a/arch/Kconfig b/arch/Kconfig
index 1aa59063f1fd9b29ccec8339c614c42b09f176f2..d1f2ed462ac84db369d463b8bc65cee59e334d98 100644
--- a/arch/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/Kconfig
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ config KEXEC_CORE
config HAVE_IMA_KEXEC
bool
+config HOTPLUG_SMT
+ bool
+
config OPROFILE
tristate "OProfile system profiling"
depends on PROFILING
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index f1dbb4ee19d781751ac22f233ec7dea5f9a66ed3..7a34fdf8daf0fcf28fd36b04dcae91fd8e641c25 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -187,6 +187,7 @@ config X86
select HAVE_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINTS
select HAVE_UNSTABLE_SCHED_CLOCK
select HAVE_USER_RETURN_NOTIFIER
+ select HOTPLUG_SMT if SMP
select IRQ_FORCED_THREADING
select NEED_SG_DMA_LENGTH
select PCI_LOCKLESS_CONFIG
diff --git a/include/linux/cpu.h b/include/linux/cpu.h
index d3da5184aa1c66cf9a67363f987156e17d0a1c7f..7532cbf27b1db35f3679e695ca66bcfbb7fa3ff0 100644
--- a/include/linux/cpu.h
+++ b/include/linux/cpu.h
@@ -168,4 +168,17 @@ void cpuhp_report_idle_dead(void);
static inline void cpuhp_report_idle_dead(void) { }
#endif /* #ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU */
+enum cpuhp_smt_control {
+ CPU_SMT_ENABLED,
+ CPU_SMT_DISABLED,
+ CPU_SMT_FORCE_DISABLED,
+ CPU_SMT_NOT_SUPPORTED,
+};
+
+#if defined(CONFIG_SMP) && defined(CONFIG_HOTPLUG_SMT)
+extern enum cpuhp_smt_control cpu_smt_control;
+#else
+# define cpu_smt_control (CPU_SMT_ENABLED)
+#endif
+
#endif /* _LINUX_CPU_H_ */
diff --git a/kernel/cpu.c b/kernel/cpu.c
index e266cb529c1a86320d342e2e6aef9497a86ea1da..d29fdd7e57bb3dc956edcff7fb8a88ea427f3a7b 100644
--- a/kernel/cpu.c
+++ b/kernel/cpu.c
@@ -933,6 +933,29 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(cpu_down);
#define takedown_cpu NULL
#endif /*CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU*/
+#ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_SMT
+enum cpuhp_smt_control cpu_smt_control __read_mostly = CPU_SMT_ENABLED;
+
+static int __init smt_cmdline_disable(char *str)
+{
+ cpu_smt_control = CPU_SMT_DISABLED;
+ if (str && !strcmp(str, "force")) {
+ pr_info("SMT: Force disabled\n");
+ cpu_smt_control = CPU_SMT_FORCE_DISABLED;
+ }
+ return 0;
+}
+early_param("nosmt", smt_cmdline_disable);
+
+static inline bool cpu_smt_allowed(unsigned int cpu)
+{
+ return cpu_smt_control == CPU_SMT_ENABLED ||
+ topology_is_primary_thread(cpu);
+}
+#else
+static inline bool cpu_smt_allowed(unsigned int cpu) { return true; }
+#endif
+
/**
* notify_cpu_starting(cpu) - Invoke the callbacks on the starting CPU
* @cpu: cpu that just started
@@ -1056,6 +1079,10 @@ static int do_cpu_up(unsigned int cpu, enum cpuhp_state target)
err = -EBUSY;
goto out;
}
+ if (!cpu_smt_allowed(cpu)) {
+ err = -EPERM;
+ goto out;
+ }
err = _cpu_up(cpu, 0, target);
out:
@@ -1904,10 +1931,153 @@ static const struct attribute_group cpuhp_cpu_root_attr_group = {
NULL
};
+#ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_SMT
+
+static const char *smt_states[] = {
+ [CPU_SMT_ENABLED] = "on",
+ [CPU_SMT_DISABLED] = "off",
+ [CPU_SMT_FORCE_DISABLED] = "forceoff",
+ [CPU_SMT_NOT_SUPPORTED] = "notsupported",
+};
+
+static ssize_t
+show_smt_control(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
+{
+ return snprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE - 2, "%s\n", smt_states[cpu_smt_control]);
+}
+
+static void cpuhp_offline_cpu_device(unsigned int cpu)
+{
+ struct device *dev = get_cpu_device(cpu);
+
+ dev->offline = true;
+ /* Tell user space about the state change */
+ kobject_uevent(&dev->kobj, KOBJ_OFFLINE);
+}
+
+static int cpuhp_smt_disable(enum cpuhp_smt_control ctrlval)
+{
+ int cpu, ret = 0;
+
+ cpu_maps_update_begin();
+ for_each_online_cpu(cpu) {
+ if (topology_is_primary_thread(cpu))
+ continue;
+ ret = cpu_down_maps_locked(cpu, CPUHP_OFFLINE);
+ if (ret)
+ break;
+ /*
+ * As this needs to hold the cpu maps lock it's impossible
+ * to call device_offline() because that ends up calling
+ * cpu_down() which takes cpu maps lock. cpu maps lock
+ * needs to be held as this might race against in kernel
+ * abusers of the hotplug machinery (thermal management).
+ *
+ * So nothing would update device:offline state. That would
+ * leave the sysfs entry stale and prevent onlining after
+ * smt control has been changed to 'off' again. This is
+ * called under the sysfs hotplug lock, so it is properly
+ * serialized against the regular offline usage.
+ */
+ cpuhp_offline_cpu_device(cpu);
+ }
+ if (!ret)
+ cpu_smt_control = ctrlval;
+ cpu_maps_update_done();
+ return ret;
+}
+
+static void cpuhp_smt_enable(void)
+{
+ cpu_maps_update_begin();
+ cpu_smt_control = CPU_SMT_ENABLED;
+ cpu_maps_update_done();
+}
+
+static ssize_t
+store_smt_control(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
+ const char *buf, size_t count)
+{
+ int ctrlval, ret;
+
+ if (sysfs_streq(buf, "on"))
+ ctrlval = CPU_SMT_ENABLED;
+ else if (sysfs_streq(buf, "off"))
+ ctrlval = CPU_SMT_DISABLED;
+ else if (sysfs_streq(buf, "forceoff"))
+ ctrlval = CPU_SMT_FORCE_DISABLED;
+ else
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ if (cpu_smt_control == CPU_SMT_FORCE_DISABLED)
+ return -EPERM;
+
+ if (cpu_smt_control == CPU_SMT_NOT_SUPPORTED)
+ return -ENODEV;
+
+ ret = lock_device_hotplug_sysfs();
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+
+ if (ctrlval != cpu_smt_control) {
+ switch (ctrlval) {
+ case CPU_SMT_ENABLED:
+ cpuhp_smt_enable();
+ break;
+ case CPU_SMT_DISABLED:
+ case CPU_SMT_FORCE_DISABLED:
+ ret = cpuhp_smt_disable(ctrlval);
+ break;
+ }
+ }
+
+ unlock_device_hotplug();
+ return ret ? ret : count;
+}
+static DEVICE_ATTR(control, 0644, show_smt_control, store_smt_control);
+
+static ssize_t
+show_smt_active(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
+{
+ bool active = topology_max_smt_threads() > 1;
+
+ return snprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE - 2, "%d\n", active);
+}
+static DEVICE_ATTR(active, 0444, show_smt_active, NULL);
+
+static struct attribute *cpuhp_smt_attrs[] = {
+ &dev_attr_control.attr,
+ &dev_attr_active.attr,
+ NULL
+};
+
+static const struct attribute_group cpuhp_smt_attr_group = {
+ .attrs = cpuhp_smt_attrs,
+ .name = "smt",
+ NULL
+};
+
+static int __init cpu_smt_state_init(void)
+{
+ if (!topology_smt_supported())
+ cpu_smt_control = CPU_SMT_NOT_SUPPORTED;
+
+ return sysfs_create_group(&cpu_subsys.dev_root->kobj,
+ &cpuhp_smt_attr_group);
+}
+
+#else
+static inline int cpu_smt_state_init(void) { return 0; }
+#endif
+
static int __init cpuhp_sysfs_init(void)
{
int cpu, ret;
+ ret = cpu_smt_state_init();
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+
ret = sysfs_create_group(&cpu_subsys.dev_root->kobj,
&cpuhp_cpu_root_attr_group);
if (ret)