From: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
To: Kim Phillips <kim.phillips@amd.com>
Cc: x86@kernel.org, Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 0/8] x86/cpu, kvm: Support AMD Automatic IBRS
Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2023 01:18:57 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Y88yASfHih8o2c7M@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20230123225700.2224063-1-kim.phillips@amd.com>
On Mon, Jan 23, 2023, Kim Phillips wrote:
> The AMD Zen4 core supports a new feature called Automatic IBRS
> (Indirect Branch Restricted Speculation).
>
> Enable Automatic IBRS by default if the CPU feature is present.
> It typically provides greater performance over the incumbent
> generic retpolines mitigation.
>
> Patch 1 [unchanged from v7] Adds support for the leaf that
> contains the AutoIBRS feature bit.
>
> Patch 2 moves the leaf's open-coded code from __do_cpuid_func()
> to kvm_set_cpu_caps() in preparation for adding the features in
> their native leaf.
>
> Patches 3-6 introduce the new leaf's supported bits one by one.
>
> Patch 7 [unchanged from v7] Adds support for AutoIBRS by turning
> its EFER enablement bit on at startup if the feature is available.
>
> Patch 8 [unchanged from v7] Adds support for propagating AutoIBRS
> to the guest.
A few nits, but otherwise looks good. Thanks!
prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-01-24 1:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-01-23 22:56 [PATCH v8 0/8] x86/cpu, kvm: Support AMD Automatic IBRS Kim Phillips
2023-01-23 22:56 ` [PATCH v8 1/8] x86/cpu, kvm: Add support for CPUID_80000021_EAX Kim Phillips
2023-01-23 23:54 ` Sean Christopherson
2023-01-23 22:56 ` [PATCH v8 2/8] x86/cpu, kvm: Move open-coded cpuid leaf 0x80000021 EAX bit propagation code Kim Phillips
2023-01-24 1:14 ` Sean Christopherson
2023-01-23 22:56 ` [PATCH v8 3/8] x86/cpu, kvm: Add the NO_NESTED_DATA_BP feature Kim Phillips
2023-01-23 22:56 ` [PATCH v8 4/8] x86/cpu, kvm: Move X86_FEATURE_LFENCE_RDTSC to its native leaf Kim Phillips
2023-01-24 1:17 ` Sean Christopherson
2023-01-23 22:56 ` [PATCH v8 5/8] x86/cpu, kvm: Add the Null Selector Clears Base feature Kim Phillips
2023-01-23 22:56 ` [PATCH v8 6/8] x86/cpu, kvm: Add the SMM_CTL MSR not present feature Kim Phillips
2023-01-23 22:56 ` [PATCH v8 7/8] x86/cpu: Support AMD Automatic IBRS Kim Phillips
2023-01-23 22:57 ` [PATCH v8 8/8] x86/cpu, kvm: Propagate the AMD Automatic IBRS feature to the guest Kim Phillips
2023-01-24 1:18 ` Sean Christopherson [this message]
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