Patch "x86/mm: Enable CR4.PCIDE on supported systems" has been added to the 4.4-stable tree

@@ -190,6 +190,14 @@ static inline void __flush_tlb_all(void)
 		__flush_tlb_global();
 	else
 		__flush_tlb();
+
+	/*
+	 * Note: if we somehow had PCID but not PGE, then this wouldn't work --
+	 * we'd end up flushing kernel translations for the current ASID but
+	 * we might fail to flush kernel translations for other cached ASIDs.
+	 *
+	 * To avoid this issue, we force PCID off if PGE is off.
+	 */
 }
 
 static inline void __flush_tlb_one(unsigned long addr)

@@ -321,6 +321,25 @@ static __always_inline void setup_smap(s
 	}
 }
 
+static void setup_pcid(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
+{
+	if (cpu_has(c, X86_FEATURE_PCID)) {
+		if (cpu_has(c, X86_FEATURE_PGE)) {
+			cr4_set_bits(X86_CR4_PCIDE);
+		} else {
+			/*
+			 * flush_tlb_all(), as currently implemented, won't
+			 * work if PCID is on but PGE is not.  Since that
+			 * combination doesn't exist on real hardware, there's
+			 * no reason to try to fully support it, but it's
+			 * polite to avoid corrupting data if we're on
+			 * an improperly configured VM.
+			 */
+			clear_cpu_cap(c, X86_FEATURE_PCID);
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 /*
  * Some CPU features depend on higher CPUID levels, which may not always
  * be available due to CPUID level capping or broken virtualization

@@ -952,6 +971,9 @@ static void identify_cpu(struct cpuinfo_
 	setup_smep(c);
 	setup_smap(c);
 
+	/* Set up PCID */
+	setup_pcid(c);
+
 	/*
 	 * The vendor-specific functions might have changed features.
 	 * Now we do "generic changes."

@@ -433,6 +433,12 @@ static void __init xen_init_cpuid_mask(v
 		~((1 << X86_FEATURE_MTRR) |  /* disable MTRR */
 		  (1 << X86_FEATURE_ACC));   /* thermal monitoring */
 
+	/*
+	 * Xen PV would need some work to support PCID: CR3 handling as well
+	 * as xen_flush_tlb_others() would need updating.
+	 */
+	cpuid_leaf1_ecx_mask &= ~(1 << X86_FEATURE_PCID);  /* disable PCID */
+
 	if (!xen_initial_domain())
 		cpuid_leaf1_edx_mask &=
 			~((1 << X86_FEATURE_ACPI));  /* disable ACPI */