From: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
To: Pawan Gupta <pawan.kumar.gupta@linux.intel.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 04/10] x86/vmscape: Rename x86_ibpb_exit_to_user to x86_predictor_flush_exit_to_user
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2026 10:50:13 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <acwJVUeW9KoLft4d@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260324-vmscape-bhb-v8-4-68bb524b3ab9@linux.intel.com>
On Tue, Mar 24, 2026, Pawan Gupta wrote:
> With the upcoming changes x86_ibpb_exit_to_user will also be used when BHB
> clearing sequence is used. Rename it cover both the cases.
>
> No functional change.
>
> Suggested-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
> Signed-off-by: Pawan Gupta <pawan.kumar.gupta@linux.intel.com>
> ---
Acked-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-31 17:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 40+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-24 18:16 [PATCH v8 00/10] VMSCAPE optimization for BHI variant Pawan Gupta
2026-03-24 18:16 ` [PATCH v8 01/10] x86/bhi: x86/vmscape: Move LFENCE out of clear_bhb_loop() Pawan Gupta
2026-03-24 20:22 ` Borislav Petkov
2026-03-24 21:30 ` Pawan Gupta
2026-03-24 18:16 ` [PATCH v8 02/10] x86/bhi: Make clear_bhb_loop() effective on newer CPUs Pawan Gupta
2026-03-24 20:59 ` Borislav Petkov
2026-03-24 22:13 ` Pawan Gupta
2026-03-25 20:37 ` Borislav Petkov
2026-03-25 22:40 ` David Laight
2026-03-26 8:39 ` Pawan Gupta
2026-03-26 9:15 ` David Laight
2026-03-26 10:01 ` Borislav Petkov
2026-03-26 10:45 ` David Laight
2026-03-26 20:29 ` Pawan Gupta
2026-03-28 0:42 ` Pawan Gupta
2026-03-28 10:08 ` David Laight
2026-04-01 8:12 ` Pawan Gupta
2026-04-01 9:02 ` David Laight
2026-04-01 18:52 ` Pawan Gupta
2026-03-25 17:50 ` Jim Mattson
2026-03-25 18:44 ` Pawan Gupta
2026-03-25 19:41 ` David Laight
2026-03-25 22:29 ` Pawan Gupta
2026-03-24 18:17 ` [PATCH v8 03/10] x86/bhi: Rename clear_bhb_loop() to clear_bhb_loop_nofence() Pawan Gupta
2026-03-24 18:17 ` [PATCH v8 04/10] x86/vmscape: Rename x86_ibpb_exit_to_user to x86_predictor_flush_exit_to_user Pawan Gupta
2026-03-31 17:50 ` Sean Christopherson [this message]
2026-04-01 8:13 ` Pawan Gupta
2026-03-24 18:17 ` [PATCH v8 05/10] x86/vmscape: Move mitigation selection to a switch() Pawan Gupta
2026-03-24 18:17 ` [PATCH v8 06/10] x86/vmscape: Use write_ibpb() instead of indirect_branch_prediction_barrier() Pawan Gupta
2026-03-24 18:18 ` [PATCH v8 07/10] x86/vmscape: Use static_call() for predictor flush Pawan Gupta
2026-03-24 19:09 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-03-24 19:51 ` Pawan Gupta
2026-03-24 18:18 ` [PATCH v8 08/10] x86/vmscape: Deploy BHB clearing mitigation Pawan Gupta
2026-03-24 19:09 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-03-24 19:46 ` Pawan Gupta
2026-03-24 18:18 ` [PATCH v8 09/10] x86/vmscape: Resolve conflict between attack-vectors and vmscape=force Pawan Gupta
2026-03-24 18:19 ` [PATCH v8 10/10] x86/vmscape: Add cmdline vmscape=on to override attack vector controls Pawan Gupta
2026-03-24 19:09 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-03-30 3:16 ` [PATCH v8 00/10] VMSCAPE optimization for BHI variant Jon Kohler
2026-03-30 16:11 ` Pawan Gupta
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