cpu/hotplug: detect SMT disabled by BIOS

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If SMT is disabled in BIOS, the CPU code doesn't properly detect it.
The /sys/devices/system/cpu/smt/control file shows 'on', and the 'l1tf'
vulnerabilities file shows SMT as vulnerable.

Fix it by forcing 'cpu_smt_control' to CPU_SMT_NOT_SUPPORTED in such a
case.  Unfortunately the detection can only be done after bringing all
the CPUs online, so we have to overwrite any previous writes to the
variable.

Reported-by: Joe Mario <jmario@redhat.com>
Tested-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>
Fixes: f048c399e0 ("x86/topology: Provide topology_smt_supported()")
Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>

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Josh Poimboeuf 2018-07-24 18:17:40 +02:00 • committed by Peter Zijlstra

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