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7698159e-501e-4918-4656-08dac7b87694 X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-AuthSource: SJ0PR03MB6360.namprd03.prod.outlook.com X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-AuthAs: Internal X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-OriginalArrivalTime: 16 Nov 2022 09:53:52.3070 (UTC) X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-FromEntityHeader: Hosted X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-Id: 335836de-42ef-43a2-b145-348c2ee9ca5b X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-MailboxType: HOSTED X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-UserPrincipalName: NR03p8aFXzhHsO0835Mnks7V+Smi8i0Yh/pbojlOV0Om4K050DKqshPChmugTftm3kOw7Ld4IPdC6p3a0R5hCA== X-MS-Exchange-Transport-CrossTenantHeadersStamped: CO3PR03MB6759 On Wed, Nov 16, 2022 at 12:27:29AM +0000, Andrew Cooper wrote: > On 15/11/2022 13:26, Roger Pau Monne wrote: > > Hello, > > > > Just two patches remaining, and the last one is already Acked. > > > > First patch deals with moving the switching of SSBD from guest > > vm{entry,exit} to vCPU context switch, and lets Xen run with the guest > > SSBD selection under some circumstances by default. > > > > Andrew has expressed reservations to me privately with patch 2/2, but > > I'm still sending it so that comments can be made publicly (or the patch > > applied). > > > > Thanks, Roger. > > To avoid a further round trip, I've committed these patches with some > minor non-functional adjustments.  In patch 1, an expanded context > switching comment, and in patch 2, an adjusted commit message and > movement into __initdata. FWIW, I didn't expand the comment in patch 1 because I though it was likely to get out of sync. > I've also closed out #90, which closes one of the release blockers. > > All other bugs can wait until 4.18, including the totally bizarre one > where using cpuid="host:virt-ssbd=1" in the xl.cfg file causes IBRS to > become hidden.  I confirmed this was pre-existing behaviour, but haven't > investigated further. Hm, I don't seem to be able to use cpuid="host:virt-ssbd=1", I get: # xl create -c tests/virt-spec/test-hvm32-virt-spec.cfg Parsing config from tests/virt-spec/test-hvm32-virt-spec.cfg while parsing CPUID string: "host:virt-ssbd=1": error: first word must be "host" However using cpuid=["0x80000008:ebx=xxxxxx1xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"] does work and I can see both virt-ssbd and ibrs present in the guest CPUID on an EPYC 7543P (Milan). Regards, Roger.