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Revert "Revert Linux's PAT change and use default Xen's config again"
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It looks like this workaround is still needed, at least for the nvidia
driver.

This reverts commit 0dcde71.

Fixes QubesOS/qubes-issues#9501
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marmarek committed Oct 18, 2024
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81 changes: 81 additions & 0 deletions 1018-x86-Use-Linux-s-PAT.patch
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From 7f3f94f443f652e4a59c111d4cf8b5fb3b771612 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Demi Marie Obenour <[email protected]>
Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2022 07:57:44 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] x86: Use Linux's PAT

This is purely for testing, to see if it works around a bug in i915. It
is not intended to be merged.

NOT-signed-off-by: DO NOT MERGE
---
xen/arch/x86/include/asm/page.h | 4 ++--
xen/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h | 10 +++++-----
xen/arch/x86/mm.c | 8 --------
3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/xen/arch/x86/include/asm/page.h b/xen/arch/x86/include/asm/page.h
index 350d1fb1100f..2624cc6bdae5 100644
--- a/xen/arch/x86/include/asm/page.h
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/include/asm/page.h
@@ -333,11 +333,11 @@ void efi_update_l4_pgtable(unsigned int l4idx, l4_pgentry_t l4e);

/* Memory types, encoded under Xen's choice of MSR_PAT. */
#define _PAGE_WB ( 0)
-#define _PAGE_WT ( _PAGE_PWT)
+#define _PAGE_WC ( _PAGE_PWT)
#define _PAGE_UCM ( _PAGE_PCD )
#define _PAGE_UC ( _PAGE_PCD | _PAGE_PWT)
-#define _PAGE_WC (_PAGE_PAT )
#define _PAGE_WP (_PAGE_PAT | _PAGE_PWT)
+#define _PAGE_WT (_PAGE_PAT | _PAGE_PCD | _PAGE_PWT)

/*
* Debug option: Ensure that granted mappings are not implicitly unmapped.
diff --git a/xen/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h b/xen/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
index c26ef9090c3a..ec881b880d4d 100644
--- a/xen/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -65,16 +65,16 @@

/*
* Host IA32_CR_PAT value to cover all memory types. This is not the default
- * MSR_PAT value, and is an ABI with PV guests.
+ * MSR_PAT value, and is needed by the Linux i915 driver.
*/
#define XEN_MSR_PAT ((_AC(X86_MT_WB, ULL) << 0x00) | \
- (_AC(X86_MT_WT, ULL) << 0x08) | \
+ (_AC(X86_MT_WC, ULL) << 0x08) | \
(_AC(X86_MT_UCM, ULL) << 0x10) | \
(_AC(X86_MT_UC, ULL) << 0x18) | \
- (_AC(X86_MT_WC, ULL) << 0x20) | \
+ (_AC(X86_MT_WB, ULL) << 0x20) | \
(_AC(X86_MT_WP, ULL) << 0x28) | \
- (_AC(X86_MT_UC, ULL) << 0x30) | \
- (_AC(X86_MT_UC, ULL) << 0x38))
+ (_AC(X86_MT_UCM, ULL) << 0x30) | \
+ (_AC(X86_MT_WT, ULL) << 0x38))

#ifndef __ASSEMBLY__

diff --git a/xen/arch/x86/mm.c b/xen/arch/x86/mm.c
index 702c76a879e5..b30453b9de11 100644
--- a/xen/arch/x86/mm.c
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/mm.c
@@ -6365,14 +6365,6 @@ unsigned long get_upper_mfn_bound(void)
*/
static void __init __maybe_unused build_assertions(void)
{
- /*
- * If this trips, any guests that blindly rely on the public API in xen.h
- * (instead of reading the PAT from Xen, as Linux 3.19+ does) will be
- * broken. Furthermore, live migration of PV guests between Xen versions
- * using different PATs will not work.
- */
- BUILD_BUG_ON(XEN_MSR_PAT != 0x050100070406ULL);
-
/*
* _PAGE_WB must be zero for several reasons, not least because Linux
* assumes it.
--
2.44.0

1 change: 1 addition & 0 deletions xen.spec.in
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Expand Up @@ -162,6 +162,7 @@ Patch1014: 1014-libxl-conditionally-allow-PCI-passthrough-on-PV-with.patch
Patch1015: 1015-gnttab-disable-grant-tables-v2-by-default.patch
Patch1016: 1016-cpufreq-enable-HWP-by-default.patch
Patch1017: 1017-Fix-IGD-passthrough-with-linux-stubdomain.patch
Patch1018: 1018-x86-Use-Linux-s-PAT.patch

# Reproducible builds
Patch1100: 1100-Define-build-dates-time-based-on-SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH.patch
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