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-rw-r--r--arch/x86/boot/compressed/pgtable_64.c18
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/pgtable_64.c b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/pgtable_64.c
index 3f1697fcc7a8..45c76eff2718 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/pgtable_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/pgtable_64.c
@@ -18,10 +18,22 @@ struct paging_config paging_prepare(void)
{
struct paging_config paging_config = {};
- /* Check if LA57 is desired and supported */
- if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_X86_5LEVEL) && native_cpuid_eax(0) >= 7 &&
- (native_cpuid_ecx(7) & (1 << (X86_FEATURE_LA57 & 31))))
+ /*
+ * Check if LA57 is desired and supported.
+ *
+ * There are two parts to the check:
+ * - if the kernel supports 5-level paging: CONFIG_X86_5LEVEL=y
+ * - if the machine supports 5-level paging:
+ * + CPUID leaf 7 is supported
+ * + the leaf has the feature bit set
+ *
+ * That's substitute for boot_cpu_has() in early boot code.
+ */
+ if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_X86_5LEVEL) &&
+ native_cpuid_eax(0) >= 7 &&
+ (native_cpuid_ecx(7) & (1 << (X86_FEATURE_LA57 & 31)))) {
paging_config.l5_required = 1;
+ }
return paging_config;
}