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x86/cpufeatures: Add eXtended Feature Disabling (XFD) feature bit

Intel's eXtended Feature Disable (XFD) feature is an extension of the XSAVE
architecture. XFD allows the kernel to enable a feature state in XCR0 and
to receive a #NM trap when a task uses instructions accessing that state.

This is going to be used to postpone the allocation of a larger XSTATE
buffer for a task to the point where it is actually using a related
instruction after the permission to use that facility has been granted.

XFD is not used by the kernel, but only applied to userspace. This is a
matter of policy as the kernel knows how a fpstate is reallocated and the
XFD state.

The compacted XSAVE format is adjustable for dynamic features. Make XFD
depend on XSAVES.

Signed-off-by: Chang S. Bae <chang.seok.bae@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Chang S. Bae <chang.seok.bae@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20211021225527.10184-13-chang.seok.bae@intel.com

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Chang S. Bae and committed by
Borislav Petkov
c3511016 e61d6310

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arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h
··· 277 277 #define X86_FEATURE_XSAVEC (10*32+ 1) /* XSAVEC instruction */ 278 278 #define X86_FEATURE_XGETBV1 (10*32+ 2) /* XGETBV with ECX = 1 instruction */ 279 279 #define X86_FEATURE_XSAVES (10*32+ 3) /* XSAVES/XRSTORS instructions */ 280 + #define X86_FEATURE_XFD (10*32+ 4) /* "" eXtended Feature Disabling */ 280 281 281 282 /* 282 283 * Extended auxiliary flags: Linux defined - for features scattered in various
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arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpuid-deps.c
··· 75 75 { X86_FEATURE_SGX_LC, X86_FEATURE_SGX }, 76 76 { X86_FEATURE_SGX1, X86_FEATURE_SGX }, 77 77 { X86_FEATURE_SGX2, X86_FEATURE_SGX1 }, 78 + { X86_FEATURE_XFD, X86_FEATURE_XSAVES }, 78 79 {} 79 80 }; 80 81