From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
To: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com>
Cc: Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@intel.com>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>,
"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@linux.intel.com>,
Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@intel.com>,
Rafael Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>,
Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>, Alan Cox <alan@linux.intel.com>,
Ravi V Shankar <ravi.v.shankar@intel.com>,
Arjan van de Ven <arjan@infradead.org>,
linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, x86 <x86@kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 00/16] x86/split_lock: Enable #AC exception for split locked accesses
Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2018 22:06:54 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20180621200654.GE13636@worktop.programming.kicks-ass.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <b4d3e2d0-dfb1-fa1d-8430-0bcb124063e5@intel.com>
On Tue, May 29, 2018 at 09:40:09AM -0700, Dave Hansen wrote:
> Split-lock-detection is a new hardware feature that generates
> alignment-check (#AC) faults to help detect when badly-aligned atomic
> instructions might impact whole-system performance. These patches are
> primarily targeted at application-level issues, but we can also detect
> the same issues in the kernel.
Which is nice, Thomas and me spend quite a while searching for a perf
event that could tell us about unaligned LOCK insns a few months back
and could not find anything useful.
> There is a significant interaction
> between this feature and firmware because firmware may or may not be
> prepared for this feature to be enabled.
And allowing firmware to muddle through, instead of drawing a hard line
in the sand means we'll be stuck with crap firmware for at least another
decade :/
Just say no.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-06-21 20:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 73+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-05-27 15:45 [RFC PATCH 00/16] x86/split_lock: Enable #AC exception for split locked accesses Fenghua Yu
2018-05-27 15:45 ` [RFC PATCH 01/16] x86/split_lock: Add CONFIG and enumerate #AC exception for split locked access feature Fenghua Yu
2018-05-27 15:45 ` [RFC PATCH 02/16] x86/split_lock: Handle #AC exception for split lock in kernel mode Fenghua Yu
2018-06-21 19:46 ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-06-22 10:49 ` Thomas Gleixner
2018-06-22 11:59 ` Thomas Gleixner
2018-06-22 22:41 ` Fenghua Yu
2018-06-22 22:57 ` Thomas Gleixner
2018-06-22 23:03 ` Thomas Gleixner
2018-06-22 23:18 ` Fenghua Yu
2018-06-23 9:08 ` Thomas Gleixner
2018-06-23 4:20 ` Fenghua Yu
2018-06-23 9:17 ` Thomas Gleixner
2018-06-23 15:05 ` Fenghua Yu
2018-06-24 0:55 ` Thomas Gleixner
2018-06-24 1:17 ` Fenghua Yu
2018-06-24 6:43 ` Thomas Gleixner
2018-05-27 15:45 ` [RFC PATCH 03/16] x86/split_lock: Set up #AC exception for split locked accesses on all CPUs Fenghua Yu
2018-05-27 15:45 ` [RFC PATCH 04/16] x86/split_lock: Use non locked bit set instruction in set_cpu_cap Fenghua Yu
2018-06-21 19:55 ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-06-21 20:37 ` Thomas Gleixner
2018-06-27 23:35 ` Fenghua Yu
2018-06-28 7:53 ` Thomas Gleixner
2018-06-28 14:23 ` Fenghua Yu
2018-06-28 14:54 ` Fenghua Yu
2018-05-27 15:45 ` [RFC PATCH 05/16] x86/split_lock: Use non atomic set and clear bit instructions in clear_cpufeature() Fenghua Yu
2018-05-27 15:45 ` [RFC PATCH 06/16] x86/split_lock: Save #AC setting for split lock in firmware in boot time and restore the setting in reboot Fenghua Yu
2018-06-21 19:58 ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-06-22 15:11 ` Alan Cox
2018-06-26 9:05 ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-06-26 9:40 ` Thomas Gleixner
2018-06-26 11:02 ` Alan Cox
2018-06-26 11:31 ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-05-27 15:45 ` [RFC PATCH 07/16] x86/split_lock: Handle suspend/hibernate and resume Fenghua Yu
2018-05-27 15:45 ` [RFC PATCH 08/16] x86/split_lock: Set split lock during EFI runtime service Fenghua Yu
2018-05-27 15:45 ` [RFC PATCH 09/16] x86/split_lock: Add CONFIG to control #AC for split lock at boot time Fenghua Yu
2018-05-27 15:45 ` [RFC PATCH 10/16] x86/split_lock: Add a debugfs interface to allow user to enable or disable #AC for split lock during run time Fenghua Yu
2018-05-29 18:43 ` Greg KH
2018-05-27 15:46 ` [RFC PATCH 11/16] x86/split_lock: Add CONFIG to control #AC for split lock from kernel at boot time Fenghua Yu
2018-05-27 15:46 ` [RFC PATCH 12/16] x86/split_lock: Add a debugfs interface to allow user to change how to handle split lock in kernel mode during run time Fenghua Yu
2018-05-27 15:46 ` [RFC PATCH 13/16] x86/split_lock: Add debugfs interface to control user mode behavior Fenghua Yu
2018-05-27 15:46 ` [RFC PATCH 14/16] x86/split_lock: Add debugfs interface to show and control firmware setting for split lock Fenghua Yu
2018-05-27 15:46 ` [RFC PATCH 15/16] x86/split_lock: Add CONFIG and debugfs interface for testing #AC for split lock in kernel mode Fenghua Yu
2018-05-27 15:46 ` [RFC PATCH 16/16] x86/split_lock: Add user space split lock test in selftest Fenghua Yu
2018-05-29 16:39 ` [RFC PATCH 00/16] x86/split_lock: Enable #AC exception for split locked accesses Dave Hansen
2018-05-29 17:25 ` Fenghua Yu
2018-05-29 17:28 ` Dave Hansen
2018-05-29 17:40 ` Fenghua Yu
2018-05-29 16:40 ` Dave Hansen
2018-05-29 17:38 ` Fenghua Yu
2018-06-21 20:06 ` Peter Zijlstra [this message]
2018-06-21 19:37 ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-06-21 20:18 ` Fenghua Yu
2018-06-21 20:32 ` Thomas Gleixner
2018-06-21 22:00 ` Fenghua Yu
2018-06-21 22:07 ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-06-21 22:08 ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-06-21 22:18 ` Dave Hansen
2018-06-21 22:42 ` Fenghua Yu
2018-06-22 8:11 ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-06-22 9:30 ` Thomas Gleixner
2018-06-21 22:10 ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-06-21 23:05 ` Fenghua Yu
2018-06-22 8:19 ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-06-21 22:11 ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-06-21 22:43 ` Fenghua Yu
2018-06-21 22:13 ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-06-23 18:47 ` Fenghua Yu
2018-06-22 9:18 ` Thomas Gleixner
2018-06-22 9:22 ` Thomas Gleixner
2018-06-22 9:25 ` Thomas Gleixner
2018-06-22 9:28 ` Thomas Gleixner
2018-06-21 20:36 ` Peter Zijlstra
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