The INVLPGB instruction has limits on how many pages it can invalidate
at once. That limit is enumerated in CPUID, read by the kernel, and
stored in 'invpgb_count_max'. Ranged invalidation, like
invlpgb_kernel_range_flush() break up their invalidations so
that they do not exceed the limit.
However, early boot code currently attempts to do ranged
invalidation before populating 'invlpgb_count_max'. There is a
for loop which is basically:
for (...; addr < end; addr += invlpgb_count_max*PAGE_SIZE)
If invlpgb_kernel_range_flush is called before the kernel has read
the value of invlpgb_count_max from the hardware, the normally
bounded loop can become an infinite loop if invlpgb_count_max is
initialized to zero.
Fix that issue by initializing invlpgb_count_max to 1.
This way INVPLGB at early boot time will be a little bit slower
than normal (with initialized invplgb_count_max), and not an
instant hang at bootup time.
Fixes: b7aa05cbdc ("x86/mm: Add INVLPGB support code")
Signed-off-by: Rik van Riel <riel@surriel.com>
Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250606171112.4013261-3-riel%40surriel.com
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