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From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
	Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
	Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com>,
	Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@redhat.com>,
	Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>,
	Arjan Van De Ven <arjan.van.de.ven@intel.com>,
	David Woodhouse <dwmw@amazon.co.uk>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 8/8] x86: Use IBRS for firmware update path
Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2018 09:57:29 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20180106085729.GC4380@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cda39b693d0fec41bd65aa17e7d7ea6bcbf48cc0.1515204614.git.tim.c.chen@linux.intel.com>

On Fri, Jan 05, 2018 at 06:12:23PM -0800, Tim Chen wrote:
> +void unprotected_firmware_begin(void)
> +{
> +	if (firmware_ibrs) {
> +		__disable_indirect_speculation();
> +	} else {
> +		/*
> +		 * rmb prevent unwanted speculation when we
> +		 * are setting IBRS
> +		 */
> +		rmb();
> +	}
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(unprotected_firmware_begin);

What modules need these functions?

And again, if they are needed, we need a better naming scheme for them.
Prefix them all with "firmware_" perhaps to make it a bit nicer?

thanks,

greg k-h

  parent reply	other threads:[~2018-01-06  8:57 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 70+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-01-06  2:12 [PATCH v2 0/8] IBRS patch series Tim Chen
2018-01-06  2:12 ` [PATCH v2 1/8] x86/feature: Detect the x86 IBRS feature to control Speculation Tim Chen
2018-01-06 12:56   ` Borislav Petkov
2018-01-07 17:14     ` Tim Chen
2018-01-07 18:31       ` Borislav Petkov
2018-01-09 18:13     ` Dave Hansen
2018-01-09 18:55       ` Borislav Petkov
2018-01-08 16:14   ` Paolo Bonzini
2018-01-09 10:39   ` Paolo Bonzini
2018-01-09 17:53     ` Tim Chen
2018-01-09 17:58       ` Paolo Bonzini
2018-01-09 22:59         ` Tim Chen
2018-01-18 23:28   ` Andy Lutomirski
2018-01-06  2:12 ` [PATCH v2 2/8] x86/enter: MACROS to set/clear IBRS Tim Chen
2018-01-07 12:03   ` Borislav Petkov
2018-01-07 17:12     ` Tim Chen
2018-01-07 18:44       ` Borislav Petkov
2018-01-08 22:24     ` Tim Chen
2018-01-06  2:12 ` [PATCH v2 3/8] x86/enter: Use IBRS on syscall and interrupts Tim Chen
2018-01-07 19:27   ` Borislav Petkov
2018-01-06  2:12 ` [PATCH v2 4/8] x86/spec_ctrl: Add sysctl knobs to enable/disable SPEC_CTRL feature Tim Chen
2018-01-06  3:12   ` Dave Hansen
2018-01-08 12:47     ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-01-08 16:14       ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-01-08 17:28         ` Tim Chen
2018-01-08 17:42           ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-01-08 19:34             ` Woodhouse, David
2018-01-08 19:52               ` Lu, Hongjiu
2018-01-09 10:40             ` Thomas Gleixner
2018-01-09 17:55               ` Tim Chen
2018-01-09 18:13                 ` David Woodhouse
2018-01-09 20:31                   ` Tim Chen
2018-01-27 13:59         ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2018-01-27 14:26           ` David Woodhouse
2018-01-06  8:54   ` Greg KH
2018-01-06 18:10     ` Tim Chen
2018-01-06 21:25       ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2018-01-07  8:20         ` Greg KH
2018-01-06 14:41   ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2018-01-06 17:33     ` Dave Hansen
2018-01-06 17:41       ` Van De Ven, Arjan
2018-01-06 19:22         ` Dave Hansen
2018-01-06 19:47           ` Thomas Gleixner
2018-01-06 21:32             ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2018-01-06 21:34               ` Van De Ven, Arjan
2018-01-06 21:41                 ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2018-01-06 21:44                   ` Van De Ven, Arjan
2018-01-06 21:39               ` Thomas Gleixner
2018-01-06 21:46                 ` Is: Linus, name for 'spectre' variable. Was:Re: " Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2018-01-06 18:23       ` Tim Chen
2018-01-06 18:20     ` Tim Chen
2018-01-08 15:08   ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-01-08 15:29     ` Van De Ven, Arjan
2018-01-08 17:02       ` Tim Chen
2018-01-08 15:11   ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-01-08 15:15   ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-01-08 15:53   ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-01-09  0:29   ` Borislav Petkov
2018-01-09 18:05     ` Tim Chen
2018-01-06  2:12 ` [PATCH v2 5/8] x86/idle: Disable IBRS entering idle and enable it on wakeup Tim Chen
2018-01-06  2:12 ` [PATCH v2 6/8] x86/microcode: Recheck IBRS features on microcode reload Tim Chen
2018-01-06 12:09   ` Woodhouse, David
2018-01-09  0:34   ` Borislav Petkov
2018-01-06  2:12 ` [PATCH v2 7/8] x86: Do not use dynamic IBRS if retpoline is enabled Tim Chen
2018-01-06  2:12 ` [PATCH v2 8/8] x86: Use IBRS for firmware update path Tim Chen
2018-01-06  8:55   ` Greg KH
2018-01-06  8:57   ` Greg KH [this message]
2018-01-06  6:43 ` [PATCH v2 0/8] IBRS patch series Tim Chen
2018-01-06 12:00   ` Woodhouse, David
2018-01-06 12:11 ` Woodhouse, David

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