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[109.121.139.118]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id a640c23a62f3a-b79f49e10edsm1271196166b.59.2025.12.08.23.01.37 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Mon, 08 Dec 2025 23:01:38 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <989e5135-eb55-443d-a836-273249fc51c6@suse.com> Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2025 09:01:36 +0200 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: [RESEND PATCH v2] x86/tsx: Set default TSX mode to auto To: Dave Hansen , x86@kernel.org Cc: dave.hansen@linux.intel.com, mhocko@suse.de, asit.k.mallick@intel.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20251112190548.750746-1-nik.borisov@suse.com> Content-Language: en-US From: Nikolay Borisov Autocrypt: addr=nik.borisov@suse.com; keydata= xsFNBGcrpvIBEAD5cAR5+qu30GnmPrK9veWX5RVzzbgtkk9C/EESHy9Yz0+HWgCVRoNyRQsZ 7DW7vE1KhioDLXjDmeu8/0A8u5nFMqv6d1Gt1lb7XzSAYw7uSWXLPEjFBtz9+fBJJLgbYU7G OpTKy6gRr6GaItZze+r04PGWjeyVUuHZuncTO7B2huxcwIk9tFtRX21gVSOOC96HcxSVVA7X N/LLM2EOL7kg4/yDWEhAdLQDChswhmdpHkp5g6ytj9TM8bNlq9I41hl/3cBEeAkxtb/eS5YR 88LBb/2FkcGnhxkGJPNB+4Siku7K8Mk2Y6elnkOctJcDvk29DajYbQnnW4nhfelZuLNupb1O M0912EvzOVI0dIVgR+xtosp66bYTOpX4Xb0fylED9kYGiuEAeoQZaDQ2eICDcHPiaLzh+6cc pkVTB0sXkWHUsPamtPum6/PgWLE9vGI5s+FaqBaqBYDKyvtJfLK4BdZng0Uc3ijycPs3bpbQ bOnK9LD8TYmYaeTenoNILQ7Ut54CCEXkP446skUMKrEo/HabvkykyWqWiIE/UlAYAx9+Ckho TT1d2QsmsAiYYWwjU8igXBecIbC0uRtF/cTfelNGrQwbICUT6kJjcOTpQDaVyIgRSlUMrlNZ XPVEQ6Zq3/aENA8ObhFxE5PLJPizJH6SC89BMKF3zg6SKx0qzQARAQABzSZOaWtvbGF5IEJv cmlzb3YgPG5pay5ib3Jpc292QHN1c2UuY29tPsLBkQQTAQoAOxYhBDuWB8EJLBUZCPjT3SRn XZEnyhfsBQJnK6byAhsDBQsJCAcCAiICBhUKCQgLAgQWAgMBAh4HAheAAAoJECRnXZEnyhfs XbIQAJxuUnelGdXbSbtovBNm+HF3LtT0XnZ0+DoR0DemUGuA1bZAlaOXGr5mvVbTgaoGUQIJ 3Ejx3UBEG7ZSJcfJobB34w1qHEDO0pN9orGIFT9Bic3lqhawD2r85QMcWwjsZH5FhyRx7P2o DTuUClLMO95GuHYQngBF2rHHl8QMJPVKsR18w4IWAhALpEApxa3luyV7pAAqKllfCNt7tmed uKmclf/Sz6qoP75CvEtRbfAOqYgG1Uk9A62C51iAPe35neMre3WGLsdgyMj4/15jPYi+tOUX Tc7AAWgc95LXyPJo8069MOU73htZmgH4OYy+S7f+ArXD7h8lTLT1niff2bCPi6eiAQq6b5CJ Ka4/27IiZo8tm1XjLYmoBmaCovqx5y5Xt2koibIWG3ZGD2I+qRwZ0UohKRH6kKVHGcrmCv0J YO8yIprxgoYmA7gq21BpTqw3D4+8xujn/6LgndLKmGESM1FuY3ymXgj5983eqaxicKpT9iq8 /a1j31tms4azR7+6Dt8H4SagfN6VbJ0luPzobrrNFxUgpjR4ZyQQ++G7oSRdwjfIh1wuCF6/ mDUNcb6/kA0JS9otiC3omfht47yQnvod+MxFk1lTNUu3hePJUwg1vT1te3vO5oln8lkUo9BU knlYpQ7QA2rDEKs+YWqUstr4pDtHzwQ6mo0rqP+zzsFNBGcrpvIBEADGYTFkNVttZkt6e7yA LNkv3Q39zQCt8qe7qkPdlj3CqygVXfw+h7GlcT9fuc4kd7YxFys4/Wd9icj9ZatGMwffONmi LnUotIq2N7+xvc4Xu76wv+QJpiuGEfCDB+VdZOmOzUPlmMkcJc/EDSH4qGogIYRu72uweKEq VfBI43PZIGpGJ7TjS3THX5WVI2YNSmuwqxnQF/iVqDtD2N72ObkBwIf9GnrOgxEyJ/SQq2R0 g7hd6IYk7SOKt1a8ZGCN6hXXKzmM6gHRC8fyWeTqJcK4BKSdX8PzEuYmAJjSfx4w6DoxdK5/ 9sVrNzaVgDHS0ThH/5kNkZ65KNR7K2nk45LT5Crjbg7w5/kKDY6/XiXDx7v/BOR/a+Ryo+lM MffN3XSnAex8cmIhNINl5Z8CAvDLUtItLcbDOv7hdXt6DSyb65CdyY8JwOt6CWno1tdjyDEG 5ANwVPYY878IFkOJLRTJuUd5ltybaSWjKIwjYJfIXuoyzE7OL63856MC/Os8PcLfY7vYY2LB cvKH1qOcs+an86DWX17+dkcKD/YLrpzwvRMur5+kTgVfXcC0TAl39N4YtaCKM/3ugAaVS1Mw MrbyGnGqVMqlCpjnpYREzapSk8XxbO2kYRsZQd8J9ei98OSqgPf8xM7NCULd/xaZLJUydql1 JdSREId2C15jut21aQARAQABwsF2BBgBCgAgFiEEO5YHwQksFRkI+NPdJGddkSfKF+wFAmcr pvICGwwACgkQJGddkSfKF+xuuxAA4F9iQc61wvAOAidktv4Rztn4QKy8TAyGN3M8zYf/A5Zx VcGgX4J4MhRUoPQNrzmVlrrtE2KILHxQZx5eQyPgixPXri42oG5ePEXZoLU5GFRYSPjjTYmP ypyTPN7uoWLfw4TxJqWCGRLsjnkwvyN3R4161Dty4Uhzqp1IkNhl3ifTDYEvbnmHaNvlvvna 7+9jjEBDEFYDMuO/CA8UtoVQXjy5gtOhZZkEsptfwQYc+E9U99yxGofDul7xH41VdXGpIhUj 4wjd3IbgaCiHxxj/M9eM99ybu5asvHyMo3EFPkyWxZsBlUN/riFXGspG4sT0cwOUhG2ZnExv XXhOGKs/y3VGhjZeCDWZ+0ZQHPCL3HUebLxW49wwLxvXU6sLNfYnTJxdqn58Aq4sBXW5Un0Q vfbd9VFV/bKFfvUscYk2UKPi9vgn1hY38IfmsnoS8b0uwDq75IBvup9pYFyNyPf5SutxhFfP JDjakbdjBoYDWVoaPbp5KAQ2VQRiR54lir/inyqGX+dwzPX/F4OHfB5RTiAFLJliCxniKFsM d8eHe88jWjm6/ilx4IlLl9/MdVUGjLpBi18X7ejLz3U2quYD8DBAGzCjy49wJ4Di4qQjblb2 pTXoEyM2L6E604NbDu0VDvHg7EXh1WwmijEu28c/hEB6DwtzslLpBSsJV0s1/jE= In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit On 12.11.25 г. 21:13 ч., Dave Hansen wrote: > On 11/12/25 11:05, Nikolay Borisov wrote: >> At SUSE we've been releasing our kernels with TSX enabled for the past 6 >> years and some customers have started to rely on it. Furthermore, the last >> known vulnerability concerning TSX was TAA (CVE-2019-11135) and a >> significant amount time has passed since then without anyone reporting any >> issues. Intel has released numerous processors which do not have the >> TAA vulnerability (Cooper/Ice Lake, Sapphire/Emerald/Granite Rappids) >> yet TSX remains being disabled by default. >> >> The main aim of this patch is to reduce the divergence between SUSE's >> configuration and the upstream by switching the default TSX mode to >> auto. I believe this strikes the right balance between keeping it >> enabled where appropriate (i.e every machine which doesn't contain the >> TAA vulnerability) and disabling it preventively. > > This seems pretty sane to me. TSX is far less scary than it once was. It > seemed to be a key part of a bunch of the speculation gadgets at some > point, but having it off by default doesn't really seem to have slowed > anyone down. > > Plus, this won't even change anyone's builds that has a .config from the > last 5 years. > > Does anyone feel differently? So at the end of the day what is the status of this, will it get merged?