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Re: [PATCH 4/4] x86/asm: Change sync_core() to use MOV to CR2 to serialize

From Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [PATCH 4/4] x86/asm: Change sync_core() to use MOV to CR2 to serialize
Date 2016-12-01 18:10 +0100
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On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 1:22 AM, Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 30, 2016 at 12:34:55PM -0800, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
>> Aside from being excessively slow, CPUID is problematic: Linux runs
>> on a handful of CPUs that don't have CPUID.  MOV to CR2 is always
>> available, so use it instead.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
>> ---
>>  arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h | 31 ++++++++-----------------------
>>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)
>
> Looks nice.
>
> I'm wondering if we should leave this one in tip for an additional cycle
> to have it tested on more hw. I know, it is architectural and so on but
> who knows what every implementation actually does...

I want the Xen opinion as well.

Xen folks, can Linux use write_cr2 to serialize the CPU core on Xen PV
or do we need something a bit heavier weight like native_write_cr2?

--Andy

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[PATCH 0/4] CPUID-less CPU fixes and improvements Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org> - 2016-11-30 21:40 +0100
  [PATCH 4/4] x86/asm: Change sync_core() to use MOV to CR2 to serialize Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org> - 2016-11-30 21:40 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 4/4] x86/asm: Change sync_core() to use MOV to CR2 to  serialize Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> - 2016-12-01 10:30 +0100
      Re: [PATCH 4/4] x86/asm: Change sync_core() to use MOV to CR2 to serialize Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net> - 2016-12-01 18:10 +0100
        Re: [PATCH 4/4] x86/asm: Change sync_core() to use MOV to CR2 to  serialize Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com> - 2016-12-01 18:50 +0100
      Re: [PATCH 4/4] x86/asm: Change sync_core() to use MOV to CR2 to  serialize Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> - 2016-12-02 08:40 +0100
  [PATCH 3/4] x86/microcode/intel: Replace sync_core() with cpuid_eax(1) Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org> - 2016-11-30 21:40 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 3/4] x86/microcode/intel: Replace sync_core() with  cpuid_eax(1) Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> - 2016-12-01 10:20 +0100
  [PATCH v2 6/6] x86/asm: Change sync_core() to use MOV to CR2 to serialize Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org> - 2016-12-02 01:40 +0100
  [PATCH v2 4/6] x86/paravirt: Make sync_core() be a paravirt op Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org> - 2016-12-02 01:40 +0100
  [PATCH v2 3/6] x86/microcode/intel: Replace sync_core() with cpuid_eax(1) Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org> - 2016-12-02 01:40 +0100
  [PATCH v2 5/6] x86/xen: Add a Xen-specific sync_core() implementation Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org> - 2016-12-02 01:40 +0100
    Re: [PATCH v2 5/6] x86/xen: Add a Xen-specific sync_core()  implementation Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com> - 2016-12-02 12:50 +0100
      Re: [PATCH v2 5/6] x86/xen: Add a Xen-specific sync_core() implementation Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net> - 2016-12-02 18:10 +0100
        Re: [PATCH v2 5/6] x86/xen: Add a Xen-specific sync_core()  implementation Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com> - 2016-12-02 18:20 +0100
          Re: [PATCH v2 5/6] x86/xen: Add a Xen-specific sync_core()  implementation Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com> - 2016-12-02 18:30 +0100
          Re: [PATCH v2 5/6] x86/xen: Add a Xen-specific sync_core() implementation Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net> - 2016-12-02 18:30 +0100
      Re: [PATCH v2 5/6] x86/xen: Add a Xen-specific sync_core()  implementation Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com> - 2016-12-02 19:50 +0100
        Re: [PATCH v2 5/6] x86/xen: Add a Xen-specific sync_core() implementation Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net> - 2016-12-02 20:40 +0100
      Re: [PATCH v2 5/6] x86/xen: Add a Xen-specific sync_core()  implementation Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com> - 2016-12-02 21:10 +0100
    Re: [PATCH v2 5/6] x86/xen: Add a Xen-specific sync_core() implementation Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2016-12-02 18:40 +0100
      Re: [PATCH v2 5/6] x86/xen: Add a Xen-specific sync_core() implementation Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org> - 2016-12-02 18:40 +0100
        Re: [PATCH v2 5/6] x86/xen: Add a Xen-specific sync_core()  implementation Borislav Petkov <bp@kernel.org> - 2016-12-02 19:20 +0100
          Re: [PATCH v2 5/6] x86/xen: Add a Xen-specific sync_core() implementation Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2016-12-02 19:30 +0100
            Re: [PATCH v2 5/6] x86/xen: Add a Xen-specific sync_core()  implementation Borislav Petkov <bp@kernel.org> - 2016-12-02 20:00 +0100
              Re: [PATCH v2 5/6] x86/xen: Add a Xen-specific sync_core() implementation Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2016-12-02 20:10 +0100
                Re: [PATCH v2 5/6] x86/xen: Add a Xen-specific sync_core() implementation Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2016-12-02 20:30 +0100
                Re: [PATCH v2 5/6] x86/xen: Add a Xen-specific sync_core()  implementation Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> - 2016-12-02 20:30 +0100
                [PATCH] x86/alternatives: Do not use sync_core() to serialize I$ Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> - 2016-12-03 16:10 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] x86/alternatives: Do not use sync_core() to serialize I$ Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net> - 2016-12-03 18:20 +0100
                Re: [PATCH v2 5/6] x86/xen: Add a Xen-specific sync_core() implementation Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2016-12-02 20:40 +0100
                Re: [PATCH v2 5/6] x86/xen: Add a Xen-specific sync_core() implementation Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net> - 2016-12-02 21:50 +0100
                Re: [PATCH v2 5/6] x86/xen: Add a Xen-specific sync_core() implementation Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2016-12-02 22:20 +0100
                Re: [PATCH v2 5/6] x86/xen: Add a Xen-specific sync_core() implementation Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net> - 2016-12-03 00:00 +0100
                Re: [PATCH v2 5/6] x86/xen: Add a Xen-specific sync_core() implementation Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2016-12-03 00:20 +0100
                Re: [PATCH v2 5/6] x86/xen: Add a Xen-specific sync_core() implementation Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net> - 2016-12-02 20:40 +0100
                Re: [PATCH v2 5/6] x86/xen: Add a Xen-specific sync_core() implementation Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net> - 2016-12-02 20:30 +0100
                Re: [PATCH v2 5/6] x86/xen: Add a Xen-specific sync_core()  implementation Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> - 2016-12-02 20:40 +0100
                Re: [PATCH v2 5/6] x86/xen: Add a Xen-specific sync_core()  implementation Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> - 2016-12-02 20:30 +0100
        Re: [PATCH v2 5/6] x86/xen: Add a Xen-specific sync_core() implementation Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2016-12-02 19:20 +0100
        Re: [PATCH v2 5/6] x86/xen: Add a Xen-specific sync_core()  implementation Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> - 2016-12-03 13:50 +0100
  [PATCH v2 2/6] Revert "x86/boot: Fail the boot if !M486 and CPUID is missing" Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org> - 2016-12-02 01:40 +0100
  Re: [PATCH 0/4] CPUID-less CPU fixes and improvements Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net> - 2016-12-02 01:40 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 0/4] CPUID-less CPU fixes and improvements Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> - 2016-12-02 11:20 +0100
  [PATCH v2 0/6] CPUID-less CPU/sync_core fixes and improvements Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org> - 2016-12-02 01:40 +0100
  [PATCH v2 1/6] x86/asm/32: Make sync_core() handle missing CPUID on all 32-bit kernels Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org> - 2016-12-02 01:40 +0100

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