Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] x86/spec: adjust logic to logic that elides lfence

["Roger Pau Monné" <roger.pau@citrix.com>]

On Fri, Apr 19, 2024 at 08:25:00AM +0200, Jan Beulich wrote:
> On 18.04.2024 17:52, Roger Pau Monne wrote:
> > It's currently too restrictive by just checking whether there's a BHB clearing
> > sequence selected.  It should instead check whether BHB clearing is used on
> > entry from PV or HVM specifically.
> > 
> > Switch to use opt_bhb_entry_{pv,hvm} instead, and then remove cpu_has_bhb_seq
> > since it no longer has any users.
> > 
> > Reported-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com>
> > Fixes: 954c983abcee ('x86/spec-ctrl: Software BHB-clearing sequences')
> > Signed-off-by: Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@citrix.com>
> 
> Except for the odd double "logic" in the title:
> Reviewed-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com>

Thanks, title should be:

"adjust logic that elides lfence"

It was just a typo, I didn't intended to express anything additional.

> I can't really guess what is meant instead, so in order to possibly adjust
> while committing I'll need a hint. But committing will want to wait until
> Andrew has taken a look anyway, just like for patch 1.
> 
> > There (possibly) still a bit of overhead for dom0 if BHB clearing is not used
> > for dom0, as Xen would still add the lfence if domUs require it.
> 
> Right, but what do you do.
> 
> > --- a/xen/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h
> > +++ b/xen/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h
> > @@ -235,9 +235,6 @@ static inline bool boot_cpu_has(unsigned int feat)
> >  #define cpu_bug_fpu_ptrs        boot_cpu_has(X86_BUG_FPU_PTRS)
> >  #define cpu_bug_null_seg        boot_cpu_has(X86_BUG_NULL_SEG)
> >  
> > -#define cpu_has_bhb_seq        (boot_cpu_has(X86_SPEC_BHB_TSX) ||       \
> > -                                boot_cpu_has(X86_SPEC_BHB_LOOPS))
> 
> Might be worth also mentioning in the description that this construct was
> lacking use of X86_SPEC_BHB_LOOPS_LONG (might even warrant a 2nd Fixes:
> tag).

Heh, no, X86_SPEC_BHB_LOOPS_LONG is added in addition to
X86_SPEC_BHB_LOOPS.   When using long loops we have both
X86_SPEC_BHB_LOOPS and X86_SPEC_BHB_LOOPS_LONG set (I know it's
confusing, I was also confused the first time and asked Andrew the
same question).  See the fallthrough in bhi_calculations().

Thanks, Roger.