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Commit 9cf30606 authored by Kirill A. Shutemov's avatar Kirill A. Shutemov Committed by Dave Hansen
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x86/boot: Set CR0.NE early and keep it set during the boot



TDX guest requires CR0.NE to be set. Clearing the bit triggers #GP(0).

If CR0.NE is 0, the MS-DOS compatibility mode for handling floating-point
exceptions is selected. In this mode, the software exception handler for
floating-point exceptions is invoked externally using the processor’s
FERR#, INTR, and IGNNE# pins.

Using FERR# and IGNNE# to handle floating-point exception is deprecated.
CR0.NE=0 also limits newer processors to operate with one logical
processor active.

Kernel uses CR0_STATE constant to initialize CR0. It has NE bit set.
But during early boot kernel has more ad-hoc approach to setting bit
in the register. During some of this ad-hoc manipulation, CR0.NE is
cleared. This causes a #GP in TDX guests and makes it die in early boot.

Make CR0 initialization consistent, deriving the initial value of CR0
from CR0_STATE. Since CR0_STATE always has CR0.NE=1, this ensures that
CR0.NE is never 0 and avoids the #GP.

Signed-off-by: default avatarKirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarDave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
Reviewed-by: default avatarDave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
Reviewed-by: default avatarThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20220405232939.73860-23-kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com
parent f39642d0
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