From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net>
Cc: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>, Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC] x86_64: A real proposal for iret-less return to kernel
Date: Tue, 20 May 2014 19:33:39 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <537C1083.6030304@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1400639227.9759.21.camel@pippen.local.home>
On 05/20/2014 07:27 PM, Steven Rostedt wrote:
>>
>> FWIW, if there's a way to read the NMI masking bit, this would be a
>> lot simpler. I don't know of any way to do that, though.
>
> Is there such a thing on all x86?
>
It is not possible to read this bit without the assistance of SMM to the
best of my knowledge.
I'm going to do a detailed review of this proposal as soon as possible,
hopefully later tonight.
-hpa
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-05-21 2:34 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 68+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-05-21 0:53 [RFC] x86_64: A real proposal for iret-less return to kernel Andy Lutomirski
2014-05-21 2:27 ` Steven Rostedt
2014-05-21 2:33 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2014-05-21 2:39 ` Andy Lutomirski
2014-05-21 9:46 ` Borislav Petkov
2014-05-21 15:21 ` Andy Lutomirski
2014-05-21 16:30 ` Borislav Petkov
2014-05-21 17:52 ` Andy Lutomirski
2014-05-21 18:07 ` Borislav Petkov
2014-05-21 12:51 ` Jiri Kosina
2014-05-21 15:21 ` Andy Lutomirski
2014-05-21 16:33 ` Borislav Petkov
2014-05-21 21:25 ` Jiri Kosina
2014-05-21 21:35 ` Andy Lutomirski
2014-05-21 21:48 ` Borislav Petkov
2014-05-21 21:52 ` Andy Lutomirski
2014-05-21 21:55 ` Borislav Petkov
2014-05-21 21:59 ` Jiri Kosina
2014-05-21 21:59 ` Andy Lutomirski
2014-05-21 22:01 ` Luck, Tony
2014-05-21 22:13 ` Andy Lutomirski
2014-05-21 22:17 ` Borislav Petkov
2014-05-21 22:20 ` Andy Lutomirski
2014-05-21 22:36 ` Borislav Petkov
2014-05-21 22:18 ` Luck, Tony
2014-05-21 22:24 ` Andy Lutomirski
2014-05-21 22:32 ` Luck, Tony
2014-05-21 22:39 ` Andy Lutomirski
2014-05-21 22:48 ` Borislav Petkov
2014-05-21 22:52 ` Andy Lutomirski
2014-05-21 23:02 ` Borislav Petkov
2014-05-21 23:05 ` Luck, Tony
2014-05-21 23:07 ` Andy Lutomirski
2014-05-21 23:19 ` Luck, Tony
2014-05-21 23:30 ` Linus Torvalds
2014-05-21 23:40 ` Luck, Tony
2014-05-21 23:51 ` Borislav Petkov
2014-05-22 0:03 ` Linus Torvalds
2014-05-22 8:50 ` Borislav Petkov
2014-05-22 0:05 ` Andy Lutomirski
2014-05-21 21:37 ` Linus Torvalds
2014-05-21 21:43 ` Borislav Petkov
2014-05-21 21:45 ` H. Peter Anvin
2014-05-21 21:47 ` Andy Lutomirski
2014-05-21 21:54 ` Borislav Petkov
2014-05-21 22:00 ` H. Peter Anvin
2014-05-21 22:11 ` Borislav Petkov
2014-05-21 22:13 ` H. Peter Anvin
2014-05-21 22:21 ` Borislav Petkov
2014-05-26 10:18 ` [PATCH] x86, MCE: Flesh out when to panic comment Borislav Petkov
2014-05-26 10:51 ` Jiri Kosina
2014-05-26 11:06 ` Borislav Petkov
2014-05-26 16:47 ` Andy Lutomirski
2014-05-26 17:51 ` Borislav Petkov
2014-05-26 17:59 ` Andy Lutomirski
2014-05-27 21:53 ` Luck, Tony
2014-05-27 22:24 ` Borislav Petkov
2014-05-27 22:33 ` Luck, Tony
2014-05-21 21:50 ` [RFC] x86_64: A real proposal for iret-less return to kernel Jiri Kosina
2014-05-21 18:11 ` Andy Lutomirski
2014-05-21 22:36 ` H. Peter Anvin
2014-05-21 22:41 ` Andy Lutomirski
2014-05-21 23:03 ` H. Peter Anvin
2014-05-21 22:25 ` Andi Kleen
2014-05-21 22:32 ` Andy Lutomirski
2014-05-21 22:33 ` Linus Torvalds
2014-05-21 23:23 ` Andi Kleen
2014-05-21 23:34 ` Linus Torvalds
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