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| From | Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.kernel |
| Subject | Re: [PATCH v2 5/6] x86/xen: Add a Xen-specific sync_core() implementation |
| Date | 2016-12-02 19:50 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <sK14e-7tU-23@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
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On 12/02/2016 06:44 AM, Andrew Cooper wrote:
> On 02/12/16 00:35, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
>> On Xen PV, CPUID is likely to trap, and Xen hypercalls aren't
>> guaranteed to serialize. (Even CPUID isn't *really* guaranteed to
>> serialize on Xen PV, but, in practice, any trap it generates will
>> serialize.)
> Well, Xen will enabled CPUID Faulting wherever it can, which is
> realistically all IvyBridge hardware and newer.
>
> All hypercalls are a privilege change to cpl0. I'd hope this condition
> is serialising, but I can't actually find any documentation proving or
> disproving this.
>
>> On my laptop, CPUID(eax=1, ecx=0) is ~83ns and IRET-to-self is
>> ~110ns. But Xen PV will trap CPUID if possible, so IRET-to-self
>> should end up being a nice speedup.
>>
>> Cc: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
> CC'ing xen-devel and the Xen maintainers in Linux.
>
> As this is the only email from this series in my inbox, I will say this
> here, but it should really be against patch 6.
>
> A write to %cr2 is apparently (http://sandpile.org/x86/coherent.htm) not
> serialising on the 486, but I don't have a manual to hand to check.
>
> ~Andrew
>
>> ---
>> arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>> 1 file changed, 35 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c
>> index bdd855685403..1f765b41eee7 100644
>> --- a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c
>> +++ b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c
>> @@ -311,6 +311,39 @@ static __read_mostly unsigned int cpuid_leaf1_ecx_set_mask;
>> static __read_mostly unsigned int cpuid_leaf5_ecx_val;
>> static __read_mostly unsigned int cpuid_leaf5_edx_val;
>>
>> +static void xen_sync_core(void)
>> +{
>> + register void *__sp asm(_ASM_SP);
>> +
>> +#ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
>> + asm volatile (
>> + "pushl %%ss\n\t"
>> + "pushl %%esp\n\t"
>> + "addl $4, (%%esp)\n\t"
>> + "pushfl\n\t"
>> + "pushl %%cs\n\t"
>> + "pushl $1f\n\t"
>> + "iret\n\t"
>> + "1:"
>> + : "+r" (__sp) : : "cc");
This breaks 32-bit PV guests.
Why are we pushing %ss? We are not changing privilege levels so why not
just flags, cs and eip (which, incidentally, does work)?
-boris
>> +#else
>> + unsigned long tmp;
>> +
>> + asm volatile (
>> + "movq %%ss, %0\n\t"
>> + "pushq %0\n\t"
>> + "pushq %%rsp\n\t"
>> + "addq $8, (%%rsp)\n\t"
>> + "pushfq\n\t"
>> + "movq %%cs, %0\n\t"
>> + "pushq %0\n\t"
>> + "pushq $1f\n\t"
>> + "iretq\n\t"
>> + "1:"
>> + : "=r" (tmp), "+r" (__sp) : : "cc");
>> +#endif
>> +}
>> +
>> static void xen_cpuid(unsigned int *ax, unsigned int *bx,
>> unsigned int *cx, unsigned int *dx)
>> {
>> @@ -1289,6 +1322,8 @@ static const struct pv_cpu_ops xen_cpu_ops __initconst = {
>>
>> .start_context_switch = paravirt_start_context_switch,
>> .end_context_switch = xen_end_context_switch,
>> +
>> + .sync_core = xen_sync_core,
>> };
>>
>> static void xen_reboot(int reason)
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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
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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
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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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