From: "Woodhouse, David" <dwmw@amazon.co.uk>
To: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
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Subject: Re: [RFC 05/10] x86/speculation: Add basic IBRS support infrastructure
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2018 13:36:59 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1516628219.9814.160.camel@amazon.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20180122133016.GC3829@kroah.com>
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On Mon, 2018-01-22 at 14:30 +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> We kind of do, you can submit patches to UEFI, but I doubt that the
> processor-specific portions are actually present in the Tianocore code
> to be able to be patched.
This is just about which microcode your BIOS loads into the CPU before
booting the OS. It's not "process-specific portions in the Tianocore
code"; more a data blob — just like when Linux updates microcode.
> What about LinuxBoot <https://linuxboot.org>, does it too take over too
> late in the boot process to control this?
Yes, I believe microcode updates are done in PEI which is before
LinuxBoot takes over.
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Subject: Re: [RFC 05/10] x86/speculation: Add basic IBRS support infrastructure
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2018 13:37:00 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1516628219.9814.160.camel@amazon.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20180122133016.GC3829@kroah.com>
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On Mon, 2018-01-22 at 14:30 +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> We kind of do, you can submit patches to UEFI, but I doubt that the
> processor-specific portions are actually present in the Tianocore code
> to be able to be patched.
This is just about which microcode your BIOS loads into the CPU before
booting the OS. It's not "process-specific portions in the Tianocore
code"; more a data blob — just like when Linux updates microcode.
> What about LinuxBoot <https://linuxboot.org>, does it too take over too
> late in the boot process to control this?
Yes, I believe microcode updates are done in PEI which is before
LinuxBoot takes over.
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2018-01-20 19:22 [RFC 00/10] Speculation Control feature support KarimAllah Ahmed
2018-01-20 19:22 ` KarimAllah Ahmed
2018-01-20 19:22 ` [RFC 01/10] x86/speculation: Add basic support for IBPB KarimAllah Ahmed
2018-01-20 19:22 ` KarimAllah Ahmed
2018-01-20 19:22 ` [RFC 02/10] x86/kvm: Add IBPB support KarimAllah Ahmed
2018-01-20 19:22 ` KarimAllah Ahmed
2018-01-20 20:18 ` Woodhouse, David
2018-01-20 20:18 ` Woodhouse, David
2018-01-22 18:56 ` Jim Mattson
2018-01-22 18:56 ` Jim Mattson
2018-01-22 19:31 ` Jim Mattson
2018-01-22 19:31 ` Jim Mattson
2018-01-20 19:22 ` [RFC 03/10] x86/speculation: Use Indirect Branch Prediction Barrier in context switch KarimAllah Ahmed
2018-01-20 19:22 ` KarimAllah Ahmed
2018-01-20 19:22 ` [RFC 04/10] x86/mm: Only flush indirect branches when switching into non dumpable process KarimAllah Ahmed
2018-01-20 19:22 ` KarimAllah Ahmed
2018-01-20 21:06 ` Woodhouse, David
2018-01-20 21:06 ` Woodhouse, David
2018-01-22 18:29 ` Tim Chen
2018-01-22 18:29 ` Tim Chen
2018-01-21 11:22 ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-01-21 11:22 ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-01-21 12:04 ` David Woodhouse
2018-01-21 12:04 ` David Woodhouse
2018-01-21 14:07 ` H.J. Lu
2018-01-21 14:07 ` H.J. Lu
2018-01-22 10:19 ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-01-22 10:19 ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-01-22 10:23 ` David Woodhouse
2018-01-22 10:23 ` David Woodhouse
2018-01-21 16:21 ` Ingo Molnar
2018-01-21 16:21 ` Ingo Molnar
2018-01-21 16:25 ` Arjan van de Ven
2018-01-21 16:25 ` Arjan van de Ven
2018-01-21 22:20 ` Woodhouse, David
2018-01-21 22:20 ` Woodhouse, David
2018-01-29 6:35 ` Jon Masters
2018-01-29 6:35 ` Jon Masters
2018-01-29 14:07 ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-01-29 14:07 ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-01-20 19:22 ` [RFC 05/10] x86/speculation: Add basic IBRS support infrastructure KarimAllah Ahmed
2018-01-20 19:22 ` KarimAllah Ahmed
2018-01-21 14:31 ` Thomas Gleixner
2018-01-21 14:31 ` Thomas Gleixner
2018-01-21 14:56 ` Borislav Petkov
2018-01-21 14:56 ` Borislav Petkov
2018-01-22 9:51 ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-01-22 9:51 ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-01-22 12:06 ` Borislav Petkov
2018-01-22 12:06 ` Borislav Petkov
2018-01-22 13:30 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-01-22 13:30 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-01-22 13:36 ` Woodhouse, David [this message]
2018-01-22 13:37 ` Woodhouse, David
2018-01-21 15:25 ` David Woodhouse
2018-01-21 15:25 ` David Woodhouse
2018-01-23 20:58 ` David Woodhouse
2018-01-23 20:58 ` David Woodhouse
2018-01-23 22:43 ` Johannes Erdfelt
2018-01-24 8:47 ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-01-24 8:47 ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-01-24 9:02 ` David Woodhouse
2018-01-24 9:02 ` David Woodhouse
2018-01-24 9:10 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-01-24 9:10 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-01-24 15:09 ` Arjan van de Ven
2018-01-24 15:09 ` Arjan van de Ven
2018-01-24 15:18 ` David Woodhouse
2018-01-24 15:18 ` David Woodhouse
2018-01-24 9:34 ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-01-24 9:34 ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-01-24 10:49 ` Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2018-01-24 10:49 ` Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2018-01-24 12:30 ` David Woodhouse
2018-01-24 12:30 ` David Woodhouse
2018-01-24 12:14 ` David Woodhouse
2018-01-24 12:14 ` David Woodhouse
2018-01-24 12:29 ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-01-24 12:29 ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-01-24 12:58 ` David Woodhouse
2018-01-24 12:58 ` David Woodhouse
2018-01-29 20:14 ` [RFC,05/10] " Eduardo Habkost
2018-01-29 20:14 ` Eduardo Habkost
2018-01-29 20:17 ` David Woodhouse
2018-01-29 20:17 ` David Woodhouse
2018-01-29 20:42 ` Eduardo Habkost
2018-01-29 20:42 ` Eduardo Habkost
2018-01-29 20:44 ` Arjan van de Ven
2018-01-29 20:44 ` Arjan van de Ven
2018-01-29 21:02 ` David Woodhouse
2018-01-29 21:02 ` David Woodhouse
2018-01-29 21:37 ` Jim Mattson
2018-01-29 21:37 ` Jim Mattson
2018-01-29 21:50 ` Eduardo Habkost
2018-01-29 21:50 ` Eduardo Habkost
2018-01-29 22:12 ` Jim Mattson
2018-01-29 22:12 ` Jim Mattson
2018-01-30 1:22 ` Eduardo Habkost
2018-01-30 1:22 ` Eduardo Habkost
2018-01-29 22:25 ` Andi Kleen
2018-01-29 22:25 ` Andi Kleen
2018-01-30 1:37 ` Eduardo Habkost
2018-01-30 1:37 ` Eduardo Habkost
2018-01-29 21:37 ` Andi Kleen
2018-01-29 21:37 ` Andi Kleen
2018-01-29 21:44 ` Eduardo Habkost
2018-01-29 21:44 ` Eduardo Habkost
2018-01-29 22:10 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2018-01-29 22:10 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2018-01-30 1:12 ` Eduardo Habkost
2018-01-30 1:12 ` Eduardo Habkost
2018-01-30 0:23 ` Linus Torvalds
2018-01-30 0:23 ` Linus Torvalds
2018-01-30 1:03 ` Jim Mattson
2018-01-30 1:03 ` Jim Mattson
2018-01-30 3:13 ` Andi Kleen
2018-01-30 3:13 ` Andi Kleen
2018-01-31 15:03 ` Paolo Bonzini
2018-01-31 15:03 ` Paolo Bonzini
2018-01-31 15:07 ` Dr. David Alan Gilbert
2018-01-31 15:07 ` Dr. David Alan Gilbert
2018-01-30 1:32 ` Arjan van de Ven
2018-01-30 1:32 ` Arjan van de Ven
2018-01-30 3:32 ` Linus Torvalds
2018-01-30 3:32 ` Linus Torvalds
2018-01-30 12:04 ` Eduardo Habkost
2018-01-30 12:04 ` Eduardo Habkost
2018-01-30 13:54 ` Arjan van de Ven
2018-01-30 13:54 ` Arjan van de Ven
2018-01-30 8:22 ` David Woodhouse
2018-01-30 8:22 ` David Woodhouse
2018-01-30 11:35 ` David Woodhouse
2018-01-30 11:35 ` David Woodhouse
2018-01-30 11:56 ` Dr. David Alan Gilbert
2018-01-30 11:56 ` Dr. David Alan Gilbert
2018-01-30 12:11 ` Christian Borntraeger
2018-01-30 12:11 ` Christian Borntraeger
2018-01-30 14:46 ` Christophe de Dinechin
2018-01-30 14:46 ` Christophe de Dinechin
2018-01-30 14:52 ` Christian Borntraeger
2018-01-30 14:52 ` Christian Borntraeger
2018-01-30 14:56 ` Christophe de Dinechin
2018-01-30 14:56 ` Christophe de Dinechin
2018-01-30 15:33 ` Christian Borntraeger
2018-01-30 15:33 ` Christian Borntraeger
2018-01-30 20:46 ` Alan Cox
2018-01-30 20:46 ` Alan Cox
2018-01-31 10:05 ` Christophe de Dinechin
2018-01-31 10:05 ` Christophe de Dinechin
2018-01-31 10:15 ` Thomas Gleixner
2018-01-31 10:15 ` Thomas Gleixner
2018-01-31 11:04 ` Dr. David Alan Gilbert
2018-01-31 11:04 ` Dr. David Alan Gilbert
2018-01-31 11:52 ` Borislav Petkov
2018-01-31 11:52 ` Borislav Petkov
2018-01-31 12:30 ` Dr. David Alan Gilbert
2018-01-31 12:30 ` Dr. David Alan Gilbert
2018-01-31 13:18 ` Borislav Petkov
2018-01-31 13:18 ` Borislav Petkov
2018-01-31 14:04 ` Dr. David Alan Gilbert
2018-01-31 14:04 ` Dr. David Alan Gilbert
2018-01-31 14:44 ` Eduardo Habkost
2018-01-31 14:44 ` Eduardo Habkost
2018-01-31 16:28 ` Borislav Petkov
2018-01-31 16:28 ` Borislav Petkov
2018-01-31 11:07 ` Christophe de Dinechin
2018-01-31 11:07 ` Christophe de Dinechin
2018-01-31 15:00 ` Eduardo Habkost
2018-01-31 15:00 ` Eduardo Habkost
2018-01-31 15:11 ` Arjan van de Ven
2018-01-31 15:11 ` Arjan van de Ven
2018-01-31 10:03 ` [RFC 05/10] " Christophe de Dinechin
2018-01-31 10:03 ` Christophe de Dinechin
2018-01-20 19:22 ` [RFC 06/10] x86/speculation: Add inlines to control Indirect Branch Speculation KarimAllah Ahmed
2018-01-20 19:22 ` KarimAllah Ahmed
2018-01-20 19:22 ` [RFC 07/10] x86: Simplify spectre_v2 command line parsing KarimAllah Ahmed
2018-01-20 19:22 ` KarimAllah Ahmed
2018-01-20 19:22 ` [RFC 08/10] x86/idle: Control Indirect Branch Speculation in idle KarimAllah Ahmed
2018-01-20 19:22 ` KarimAllah Ahmed
2018-01-20 19:23 ` [RFC 09/10] x86/enter: Create macros to restrict/unrestrict Indirect Branch Speculation KarimAllah Ahmed
2018-01-20 19:23 ` KarimAllah Ahmed
2018-01-21 19:14 ` Andy Lutomirski
2018-01-21 19:14 ` Andy Lutomirski
2018-01-23 16:12 ` Tom Lendacky
2018-01-23 16:12 ` Tom Lendacky
2018-01-23 16:20 ` Woodhouse, David
2018-01-23 16:20 ` Woodhouse, David
2018-01-23 22:37 ` Tom Lendacky
2018-01-23 22:37 ` Tom Lendacky
2018-01-23 22:49 ` Andi Kleen
2018-01-23 22:49 ` Andi Kleen
2018-01-23 23:14 ` Woodhouse, David
2018-01-23 23:14 ` Woodhouse, David
2018-01-23 23:22 ` Andi Kleen
2018-01-23 23:22 ` Andi Kleen
2018-01-24 0:47 ` Tim Chen
2018-01-24 0:47 ` Tim Chen
2018-01-24 1:00 ` Andy Lutomirski
2018-01-24 1:00 ` Andy Lutomirski
2018-01-24 1:22 ` David Woodhouse
2018-01-24 1:22 ` David Woodhouse
2018-01-24 1:59 ` Van De Ven, Arjan
2018-01-24 1:59 ` Van De Ven, Arjan
2018-01-24 3:25 ` Andy Lutomirski
2018-01-24 3:25 ` Andy Lutomirski
2018-01-21 19:34 ` Linus Torvalds
2018-01-21 20:28 ` David Woodhouse
2018-01-21 20:28 ` David Woodhouse
2018-01-21 21:35 ` Linus Torvalds
2018-01-21 21:35 ` Linus Torvalds
2018-01-21 22:00 ` David Woodhouse
2018-01-21 22:00 ` David Woodhouse
2018-01-21 22:27 ` Linus Torvalds
2018-01-21 22:27 ` Linus Torvalds
2018-01-22 16:27 ` David Woodhouse
2018-01-22 16:27 ` David Woodhouse
2018-01-23 7:29 ` Ingo Molnar
2018-01-23 7:29 ` Ingo Molnar
2018-01-23 7:53 ` Ingo Molnar
2018-01-23 7:53 ` Ingo Molnar
2018-01-23 9:27 ` Ingo Molnar
2018-01-23 9:27 ` Ingo Molnar
2018-01-23 9:37 ` David Woodhouse
2018-01-23 9:37 ` David Woodhouse
2018-01-23 15:01 ` Dave Hansen
2018-01-23 15:01 ` Dave Hansen
2018-01-23 9:30 ` David Woodhouse
2018-01-23 9:30 ` David Woodhouse
2018-01-23 10:15 ` Ingo Molnar
2018-01-23 10:15 ` Ingo Molnar
2018-01-23 10:27 ` David Woodhouse
2018-01-23 10:27 ` David Woodhouse
2018-01-23 10:44 ` Ingo Molnar
2018-01-23 10:44 ` Ingo Molnar
2018-01-23 10:57 ` David Woodhouse
2018-01-23 10:23 ` Ingo Molnar
2018-01-23 10:23 ` Ingo Molnar
2018-01-23 10:35 ` David Woodhouse
2018-02-04 18:43 ` Thomas Gleixner
2018-02-04 18:43 ` Thomas Gleixner
2018-02-04 20:22 ` David Woodhouse
2018-02-04 20:22 ` David Woodhouse
2018-02-06 9:14 ` David Woodhouse
2018-02-06 9:14 ` David Woodhouse
2018-01-25 16:19 ` Mason
2018-01-25 16:19 ` Mason
2018-01-25 17:16 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-01-25 17:16 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-01-29 11:59 ` Mason
2018-01-29 11:59 ` Mason
2018-01-24 0:05 ` Andi Kleen
2018-01-23 20:16 ` Pavel Machek
2018-01-23 20:16 ` Pavel Machek
2018-01-20 19:23 ` [RFC 10/10] x86/enter: Use IBRS on syscall and interrupts KarimAllah Ahmed
2018-01-20 19:23 ` KarimAllah Ahmed
2018-01-21 13:50 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2018-01-21 13:50 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2018-01-21 14:40 ` KarimAllah Ahmed
2018-01-21 14:40 ` KarimAllah Ahmed
2018-01-21 17:22 ` Dave Hansen
2018-01-21 17:22 ` Dave Hansen
2018-01-21 14:02 ` [RFC 00/10] Speculation Control feature support Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2018-01-21 14:02 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2018-01-22 21:27 ` David Woodhouse
2018-01-22 21:27 ` David Woodhouse
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2018-01-29 22:29 [RFC,05/10] x86/speculation: Add basic IBRS support infrastructure David Dunn
2018-01-29 22:29 ` David Dunn
2018-01-29 22:41 ` Andi Kleen
2018-01-29 22:41 ` Andi Kleen
2018-01-29 22:49 ` Jim Mattson
2018-01-29 22:49 ` Jim Mattson
2018-01-30 1:10 ` Eduardo Habkost
2018-01-30 1:10 ` Eduardo Habkost
2018-01-30 1:20 ` David Dunn
2018-01-30 1:20 ` David Dunn
2018-01-30 1:30 ` Eduardo Habkost
2018-01-30 1:30 ` Eduardo Habkost
2018-01-29 23:51 ` Fred Jacobs
2018-01-29 23:51 ` Fred Jacobs
2018-01-30 1:08 ` Eduardo Habkost
2018-01-30 1:08 ` Eduardo Habkost
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