From: Pawan Gupta <pawan.kumar.gupta@linux.intel.com>
To: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>
Cc: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
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Alyssa Milburn <alyssa.milburn@linux.intel.com>,
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Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
Alyssa Milburn <alyssa.milburn@intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 1/6] x86/bugs: Add asm helpers for executing VERW
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2023 17:15:35 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20231220011535.cw3smza3kb5resji@desk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20231201200442.lvyep5uqc6oa7kwj@treble>
On Fri, Dec 01, 2023 at 12:04:42PM -0800, Josh Poimboeuf wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 01, 2023 at 07:39:05PM +0000, Andrew Cooper wrote:
> > On 01/12/2023 7:36 pm, Josh Poimboeuf wrote:
> > > On Fri, Oct 27, 2023 at 07:38:40AM -0700, Pawan Gupta wrote:
> > >> +.pushsection .entry.text, "ax"
> > >> +
> > >> +.align L1_CACHE_BYTES, 0xcc
> > >> +SYM_CODE_START_NOALIGN(mds_verw_sel)
> > >> + UNWIND_HINT_UNDEFINED
> > >> + ANNOTATE_NOENDBR
> > >> + .word __KERNEL_DS
> > >> +.align L1_CACHE_BYTES, 0xcc
> > >> +SYM_CODE_END(mds_verw_sel);
> > >> +/* For KVM */
> > >> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mds_verw_sel);
> > >> +
> > >> +.popsection
> > > This is data, so why is it "CODE" in .entry.text?
> >
> > Because KPTI.
>
> Urgh... Pawan please add a comment.
Yes, this place needs a comment, will add.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-12-20 1:15 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-10-27 14:38 [PATCH v4 0/6] Delay VERW Pawan Gupta
2023-10-27 14:38 ` [PATCH v4 1/6] x86/bugs: Add asm helpers for executing VERW Pawan Gupta
2023-10-27 15:32 ` Borislav Petkov
2023-11-02 0:01 ` Pawan Gupta
2023-12-01 19:36 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2023-12-01 19:39 ` Andrew Cooper
2023-12-01 20:04 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2023-12-20 1:15 ` Pawan Gupta [this message]
2023-10-27 14:38 ` [PATCH v4 2/6] x86/entry_64: Add VERW just before userspace transition Pawan Gupta
2023-10-27 14:38 ` [PATCH v4 3/6] x86/entry_32: " Pawan Gupta
2023-10-27 14:38 ` [PATCH v4 4/6] x86/bugs: Use ALTERNATIVE() instead of mds_user_clear static key Pawan Gupta
2023-12-01 19:59 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2023-12-20 1:20 ` Pawan Gupta
2023-10-27 14:39 ` [PATCH v4 5/6] KVM: VMX: Use BT+JNC, i.e. EFLAGS.CF to select VMRESUME vs. VMLAUNCH Pawan Gupta
2023-10-27 14:39 ` [PATCH v4 6/6] KVM: VMX: Move VERW closer to VMentry for MDS mitigation Pawan Gupta
2023-12-01 20:02 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2023-12-20 1:25 ` Pawan Gupta
2023-10-27 14:48 ` [PATCH v4 0/6] Delay VERW Borislav Petkov
2023-10-27 15:05 ` Pawan Gupta
2023-10-27 15:12 ` Borislav Petkov
2023-10-27 15:32 ` Pawan Gupta
2023-10-27 15:36 ` Borislav Petkov
2023-10-27 15:38 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
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