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From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: Yuhong Bao <yuhongbao_386@hotmail.com>
Cc: "mingo@kernel.org" <mingo@kernel.org>,
	"linux-tip-commits@vger.kernel.org" 
	<linux-tip-commits@vger.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	"tglx@linutronix.de" <tglx@linutronix.de>
Subject: Re: [tip:x86/smap] x86-32: Start out eflags and cr4 clean
Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2012 21:06:16 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <50B055C8.2030209@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <SNT002-W1128F6F94A63B050C01347BC3590@phx.gbl>

On 11/23/2012 07:49 PM, Yuhong Bao wrote:
>> + * Specifically, cr4 exists if and only if CPUID exists,
>> + * which in turn exists if and only if EFLAGS.ID exists.
> This may be true for *Intel* 486 CPUs as VME was implemented at the same time as CPUID, but I am not sure that it is true for AMD 486 CPUs.
>
> Yuhong Bao 		 	   		

That is the architecture; if you know of a counterexample speak up.  "I 
am not sure" doesn't count.

	-hpa

-- 
H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
I work for Intel.  I don't speak on their behalf.


  reply	other threads:[~2012-11-24  5:06 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 56+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-09-21 19:43 [PATCH 00/11] x86: Supervisor Mode Access Prevention H. Peter Anvin
2012-09-21 19:43 ` [PATCH 01/11] x86, cpufeature: Add feature bit for SMAP H. Peter Anvin
2012-09-21 19:43 ` [PATCH 02/11] x86-32, mm: The WP test should be done on a kernel page H. Peter Anvin
2012-09-21 19:58   ` [tip:x86/smap] " tip-bot for H. Peter Anvin
2012-09-21 19:43 ` [PATCH 03/11] x86, smap: Add CR4 bit for SMAP H. Peter Anvin
2012-09-21 19:59   ` [tip:x86/smap] " tip-bot for H. Peter Anvin
2012-09-21 19:43 ` [PATCH 04/11] x86, alternative: Use .pushsection/.popsection H. Peter Anvin
2012-09-21 20:00   ` [tip:x86/smap] " tip-bot for H. Peter Anvin
2012-09-21 19:43 ` [PATCH 05/11] x86, alternative: Add header guards to <asm/alternative-asm.h> H. Peter Anvin
2012-09-21 20:01   ` [tip:x86/smap] x86, alternative: Add header guards to <asm/ alternative-asm.h> tip-bot for H. Peter Anvin
2012-09-21 19:43 ` [PATCH 06/11] x86, smap: Add a header file with macros for STAC/CLAC H. Peter Anvin
2012-09-21 20:02   ` [tip:x86/smap] x86, smap: Add a header file with macros for STAC/ CLAC tip-bot for H. Peter Anvin
2012-09-21 19:43 ` [PATCH 07/11] x86, uaccess: Merge prototypes for clear_user/__clear_user H. Peter Anvin
2012-09-21 20:03   ` [tip:x86/smap] x86, uaccess: Merge prototypes for clear_user/ __clear_user tip-bot for H. Peter Anvin
2012-09-21 19:43 ` [PATCH 08/11] x86, smap: Add STAC and CLAC instructions to control user space access H. Peter Anvin
2012-09-21 20:04   ` [tip:x86/smap] " tip-bot for H. Peter Anvin
2012-09-22  0:16   ` [tip:x86/smap] x86-32, smap: Add STAC/ CLAC instructions to 32-bit kernel entry tip-bot for H. Peter Anvin
2012-09-21 19:43 ` [PATCH 09/11] x86, smap: Turn on Supervisor Mode Access Prevention H. Peter Anvin
2012-09-21 20:05   ` [tip:x86/smap] " tip-bot for H. Peter Anvin
2012-09-21 19:43 ` [PATCH 10/11] x86, smap: A page fault due to SMAP is an oops H. Peter Anvin
2012-09-21 20:06   ` [tip:x86/smap] " tip-bot for H. Peter Anvin
2012-09-21 19:43 ` [PATCH 11/11] x86, smap: Reduce the SMAP overhead for signal handling H. Peter Anvin
2012-09-21 20:07   ` [tip:x86/smap] " tip-bot for H. Peter Anvin
2012-09-21 19:54 ` [PATCH 00/11] x86: Supervisor Mode Access Prevention Linus Torvalds
2012-09-21 19:57   ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-09-21 20:08   ` Ingo Molnar
2012-09-21 21:03     ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-09-21 21:09       ` Linus Torvalds
2012-09-21 21:12         ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-09-21 22:07 ` Eric W. Biederman
2012-09-21 22:12   ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-09-22  0:41     ` Eric W. Biederman
2012-09-24 23:27       ` [RFC PATCH] x86-32: Start out eflags and cr4 clean H. Peter Anvin
2012-09-25 13:27         ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2012-09-25 13:48         ` Ian Campbell
2012-09-26 11:29           ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2012-09-27  6:11         ` [tip:x86/smap] " tip-bot for H. Peter Anvin
2012-11-24  3:49           ` Yuhong Bao
2012-11-24  5:06             ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2012-09-27  6:11         ` [tip:x86/smap] x86, suspend: On wakeup always initialize cr4 and EFER tip-bot for H. Peter Anvin
2012-10-01 22:04         ` [tip:x86/urgent] x86, suspend: Correct the restore of CR4, EFER; skip computing EFLAGS.ID tip-bot for H. Peter Anvin
2012-10-02  6:52         ` tip-bot for H. Peter Anvin
2012-10-10 19:59         ` [RFC PATCH] x86-32: Start out eflags and cr4 clean Andres Salomon
2013-01-19  0:40           ` Andres Salomon
2013-01-19  0:42             ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-01-19  1:05               ` [Techteam] " Mitch Bradley
2013-01-19  2:35                 ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-01-19  7:44                   ` Mitch Bradley
2013-01-19 12:34                   ` Daniel Drake
2013-01-19 19:15                   ` [tip:x86/urgent] x86-32: Start out cr0 clean, disable paging before modifying cr3/4 tip-bot for H. Peter Anvin
2012-09-21 22:08 ` [PATCH 00/11] x86: Supervisor Mode Access Prevention Dave Jones
2012-09-21 22:10   ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-09-22 11:32     ` Ingo Molnar
2012-09-24 20:31       ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-09-24 20:43         ` Kees Cook
2012-09-24 20:51           ` H. Peter Anvin

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