From: David Laight <David.Laight@ACULAB.COM>
To: 'Thomas Gleixner' <tglx@linutronix.de>,
'Sasha Levin' <sashal@kernel.org>
Cc: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
"bp@alien8.de" <bp@alien8.de>,
"luto@kernel.org" <luto@kernel.org>,
"hpa@zytor.com" <hpa@zytor.com>,
"dave.hansen@intel.com" <dave.hansen@intel.com>,
"tony.luck@intel.com" <tony.luck@intel.com>,
"ak@linux.intel.com" <ak@linux.intel.com>,
"ravi.v.shankar@intel.com" <ravi.v.shankar@intel.com>,
"chang.seok.bae@intel.com" <chang.seok.bae@intel.com>,
Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com>,
"x86@kernel.org" <x86@kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH v12 10/18] x86/fsgsbase/64: Enable FSGSBASE instructions in helper functions
Date: Wed, 20 May 2020 09:13:14 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <f35d0f8ddc2a4e518bd9674b74e40497@AcuMS.aculab.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87r1vg6kwq.fsf@nanos.tec.linutronix.de>
From: Thomas Gleixner
> Sent: 19 May 2020 15:48
>
> David Laight <David.Laight@ACULAB.COM> writes:
> > From: Sasha Levin
> >> >> + native_swapgs();
> >> >> + gsbase = rdgsbase();
> >> >> + native_swapgs();
> >
> > Does local_irq_save() even do anything useful here.
> > You need to actually execute CLI, not just set a
> > flag that indicates interrupts shouldn't happen.
> > (Which is what I think local_irq_save() might do.)
>
> local_irq_save()
> raw_local_irq_save()
> arch_local_irq_save()
> arch_local_irq_disable()
> native_irq_disable()
> asm("CLI")
Ah, I was expecting software 'tricks' to avoid the expensive CLI.
But that call chain probably costs more - unless it is all inlined.
David
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Thread overview: 76+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-05-11 4:52 [PATCH v12 00/18] Enable FSGSBASE instructions Sasha Levin
2020-05-11 4:52 ` [PATCH v12 01/18] x86/ptrace: Prevent ptrace from clearing the FS/GS selector Sasha Levin
2020-05-11 4:52 ` [PATCH v12 02/18] selftests/x86/fsgsbase: Test GS selector on ptracer-induced GS base write Sasha Levin
2020-05-11 4:52 ` [PATCH v12 03/18] x86/cpu: Add 'unsafe_fsgsbase' to enable CR4.FSGSBASE Sasha Levin
2020-05-11 4:52 ` [PATCH v12 04/18] x86/entry/64: Clean up paranoid exit Sasha Levin
2020-05-11 4:52 ` [PATCH v12 05/18] x86/entry/64: Switch CR3 before SWAPGS in paranoid entry Sasha Levin
2020-05-11 4:52 ` [PATCH v12 06/18] x86/entry/64: Introduce the FIND_PERCPU_BASE macro Sasha Levin
2020-05-11 4:53 ` [PATCH v12 07/18] x86/entry/64: Handle FSGSBASE enabled paranoid entry/exit Sasha Levin
2020-05-11 4:53 ` [PATCH v12 08/18] x86/entry/64: Document GSBASE handling in the paranoid path Sasha Levin
2020-05-11 4:53 ` [PATCH v12 09/18] x86/fsgsbase/64: Add intrinsics for FSGSBASE instructions Sasha Levin
2020-05-11 4:53 ` [PATCH v12 10/18] x86/fsgsbase/64: Enable FSGSBASE instructions in helper functions Sasha Levin
2020-05-18 18:20 ` Thomas Gleixner
2020-05-18 20:24 ` Sasha Levin
2020-05-18 22:59 ` Thomas Gleixner
2020-05-19 12:20 ` David Laight
2020-05-19 14:48 ` Thomas Gleixner
2020-05-20 9:13 ` David Laight [this message]
2020-05-11 4:53 ` [PATCH v12 11/18] x86/fsgsbase/64: Use FSGSBASE in switch_to() if available Sasha Levin
2020-05-11 4:53 ` [PATCH v12 12/18] x86/fsgsbase/64: move save_fsgs to header file Sasha Levin
2020-05-11 4:53 ` [PATCH v12 13/18] x86/fsgsbase/64: Use FSGSBASE instructions on thread copy and ptrace Sasha Levin
2020-05-11 4:53 ` [PATCH v12 14/18] x86/speculation/swapgs: Check FSGSBASE in enabling SWAPGS mitigation Sasha Levin
2020-05-11 4:53 ` [PATCH v12 15/18] selftests/x86/fsgsbase: Test ptracer-induced GS base write with FSGSBASE Sasha Levin
2020-05-11 4:53 ` [PATCH v12 16/18] x86/fsgsbase/64: Enable FSGSBASE on 64bit by default and add a chicken bit Sasha Levin
2020-05-11 4:53 ` [PATCH v12 17/18] x86/elf: Enumerate kernel FSGSBASE capability in AT_HWCAP2 Sasha Levin
2020-05-11 4:53 ` [PATCH v12 18/18] Documentation/x86/64: Add documentation for GS/FS addressing mode Sasha Levin
2020-05-15 9:24 ` [PATCH v12 00/18] Enable FSGSBASE instructions Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-05-15 16:40 ` Sasha Levin
2020-05-15 17:55 ` Andi Kleen
2020-05-15 23:07 ` Sasha Levin
2020-05-16 12:21 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-05-16 9:50 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-05-18 15:34 ` Andi Kleen
2020-05-18 20:01 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-05-18 23:03 ` Thomas Gleixner
2020-05-19 16:48 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-05-22 20:14 ` Don Porter
2020-05-22 20:55 ` Dave Hansen
2020-05-23 0:45 ` Thomas Gleixner
2020-05-24 19:45 ` hpa
2020-05-24 21:19 ` Sasha Levin
2020-05-24 23:44 ` hpa
2020-05-25 7:54 ` Richard Weinberger
2020-05-25 21:56 ` Tony Luck
2020-05-26 8:12 ` David Laight
2020-05-26 8:23 ` Richard Weinberger
2020-05-27 8:31 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-05-26 12:42 ` Don Porter
2020-05-26 20:27 ` Sasha Levin
2020-05-26 22:03 ` Don Porter
2020-05-26 22:51 ` Sasha Levin
2020-05-28 17:37 ` Don Porter
2020-05-28 10:29 ` Thomas Gleixner
2020-05-28 17:40 ` Don Porter
2020-05-28 18:38 ` Andy Lutomirski
2020-05-29 15:27 ` Wojtek Porczyk
2020-06-25 15:27 ` Don Porter
2020-06-25 21:37 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-07-18 18:19 ` Don Porter
2020-07-23 3:23 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-05-28 19:19 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-05-28 19:41 ` Sasha Levin
2020-05-29 3:07 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-05-29 3:10 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-06-25 15:30 ` Don Porter
2020-06-25 21:40 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-05-23 4:19 ` Andi Kleen
2020-05-28 10:36 ` Thomas Gleixner
2020-05-27 8:20 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-05-27 12:42 ` Wojtek Porczyk
2020-05-18 9:51 ` Thomas Gleixner
2020-05-18 15:16 ` Sasha Levin
2020-05-18 18:28 ` Thomas Gleixner
2020-05-18 19:36 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-05-18 6:18 ` Christoph Hellwig
2020-05-18 12:33 ` Sasha Levin
2020-05-18 14:53 ` Thomas Gleixner
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