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From: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com>
To: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@amd.com>,
	arnd@arndb.de, aryabinin@virtuozzo.com, dvyukov@google.com,
	mingo@kernel.org, pbonzini@redhat.com, peterz@infradead.org,
	torvalds@linux-foundation.org, toshi.kani@hpe.com,
	matt@codeblueprint.co.uk, corbet@lwn.net, hpa@zytor.com,
	konrad.wilk@oracle.com, dyoung@redhat.com, tglx@linutronix.de,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, riel@redhat.com, bp@suse.de,
	lwoodman@redhat.com, glider@google.com, luto@kernel.org,
	mst@redhat.com, brijesh.singh@amd.com, rkrcmar@redhat.com,
	bp@alien8.de, linux-tip-commits@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [tip:x86/mm] x86/mm: Add support for early encryption/decryption of memory
Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2017 07:08:00 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <e7914372-f8f4-c9eb-c262-f60b9e04b48f@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5384d7fd-b05b-917c-e89a-f2cb5603da77@amd.com>

On 10/26/2017 06:05 AM, Tom Lendacky wrote:
>>>
>>> +static void __init __sme_early_enc_dec(resource_size_t paddr,
>>> +                       unsigned long size, bool enc)
>>> +{
>>> +    void *src, *dst;
>>> +    size_t len;
>>> +
>>> +    if (!sme_me_mask)
>>> +        return;
>>> +
>>> +    local_flush_tlb();
>>> +    wbinvd();
>>
>> What is this TLB flush for?  WBINVD is mentioned in "Volume 2, Section
>> 7.10.8", but TLB flushes are not.  Is it OK that this does not flush
>> global pages?
> 
> The local_flush_tlb() is not needed and can be removed. I had that in
> there from early development and testing and just missed removing it.
> I can queue up a patch to delete it and remove the ambiguity with this
> routine and the APM document.

Cool, I was just doing a little audit of those TLB flushes and this one
stuck out at me.  It would be great if it can be removed.

  reply	other threads:[~2017-10-26 14:08 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 91+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-07-17 21:09 [PATCH v10 00/38] x86: Secure Memory Encryption (AMD) Tom Lendacky
2017-07-17 21:09 ` [PATCH v10 01/38] x86: Document AMD Secure Memory Encryption (SME) Tom Lendacky
2017-07-18 10:47   ` [tip:x86/mm] x86/cpu/AMD: " tip-bot for Tom Lendacky
2017-07-17 21:09 ` [PATCH v10 02/38] x86/mm/pat: Set write-protect cache mode for full PAT support Tom Lendacky
2017-07-18 10:47   ` [tip:x86/mm] " tip-bot for Tom Lendacky
2017-07-17 21:10 ` [PATCH v10 03/38] x86, mpparse, x86/acpi, x86/PCI, x86/dmi, SFI: Use memremap for RAM mappings Tom Lendacky
2017-07-18 10:48   ` [tip:x86/mm] x86, mpparse, x86/acpi, x86/PCI, x86/dmi, SFI: Use memremap() " tip-bot for Tom Lendacky
2017-07-17 21:10 ` [PATCH v10 04/38] x86/CPU/AMD: Add the Secure Memory Encryption CPU feature Tom Lendacky
2017-07-18 10:48   ` [tip:x86/mm] x86/cpu/AMD: " tip-bot for Tom Lendacky
2017-07-17 21:10 ` [PATCH v10 05/38] x86/CPU/AMD: Handle SME reduction in physical address size Tom Lendacky
2017-07-18 10:48   ` [tip:x86/mm] x86/cpu/AMD: " tip-bot for Tom Lendacky
2017-07-17 21:10 ` [PATCH v10 06/38] x86/mm: Add Secure Memory Encryption (SME) support Tom Lendacky
2017-07-18 10:49   ` [tip:x86/mm] " tip-bot for Tom Lendacky
2017-07-17 21:10 ` [PATCH v10 07/38] x86/mm: Remove phys_to_virt() usage in ioremap() Tom Lendacky
2017-07-18 10:49   ` [tip:x86/mm] " tip-bot for Tom Lendacky
2017-07-17 21:10 ` [PATCH v10 08/38] x86/mm: Add support to enable SME in early boot processing Tom Lendacky
2017-07-18 10:50   ` [tip:x86/mm] " tip-bot for Tom Lendacky
2017-07-17 21:10 ` [PATCH v10 09/38] x86/mm: Simplify p[g4um]d_page() macros Tom Lendacky
2017-07-18 10:50   ` [tip:x86/mm] " tip-bot for Tom Lendacky
2017-07-17 21:10 ` [PATCH v10 10/38] x86/mm: Provide general kernel support for memory encryption Tom Lendacky
2017-07-18 10:50   ` [tip:x86/mm] " tip-bot for Tom Lendacky
2017-07-17 21:10 ` [PATCH v10 11/38] x86/mm: Add SME support for read_cr3_pa() Tom Lendacky
2017-07-18 10:51   ` [tip:x86/mm] " tip-bot for Tom Lendacky
2017-07-17 21:10 ` [PATCH v10 12/38] x86/mm: Extend early_memremap() support with additional attrs Tom Lendacky
2017-07-18 10:51   ` [tip:x86/mm] " tip-bot for Tom Lendacky
2017-07-17 21:10 ` [PATCH v10 13/38] x86/mm: Add support for early encrypt/decrypt of memory Tom Lendacky
2017-07-18 10:51   ` [tip:x86/mm] x86/mm: Add support for early encryption/decryption " tip-bot for Tom Lendacky
2017-10-25 17:34     ` Dave Hansen
2017-10-26 13:05       ` Tom Lendacky
2017-10-26 14:08         ` Dave Hansen [this message]
2017-07-17 21:10 ` [PATCH v10 14/38] x86/mm: Insure that boot memory areas are mapped properly Tom Lendacky
2017-07-18 10:52   ` [tip:x86/mm] " tip-bot for Tom Lendacky
2017-07-17 21:10 ` [PATCH v10 15/38] x86/boot/e820: Add support to determine the E820 type of an address Tom Lendacky
2017-07-18 10:52   ` [tip:x86/mm] " tip-bot for Tom Lendacky
2017-07-17 21:10 ` [PATCH v10 16/38] efi: Add an EFI table address match function Tom Lendacky
2017-07-18 10:53   ` [tip:x86/mm] " tip-bot for Tom Lendacky
2017-07-17 21:10 ` [PATCH v10 17/38] efi: Update efi_mem_type() to return an error rather than 0 Tom Lendacky
2017-07-18 10:53   ` [tip:x86/mm] " tip-bot for Tom Lendacky
2017-07-17 21:10 ` [PATCH v10 18/38] x86/efi: Update EFI pagetable creation to work with SME Tom Lendacky
2017-07-18 10:53   ` [tip:x86/mm] " tip-bot for Tom Lendacky
2017-07-17 21:10 ` [PATCH v10 19/38] x86/mm: Add support to access boot related data in the clear Tom Lendacky
2017-07-18 10:54   ` [tip:x86/mm] " tip-bot for Tom Lendacky
2017-07-17 21:10 ` [PATCH v10 20/38] x86, mpparse: Use memremap to map the mpf and mpc data Tom Lendacky
2017-07-18 10:54   ` [tip:x86/mm] x86/boot: Use memremap() to map the MPF and MPC data tip-bot for Tom Lendacky
2017-07-20  9:23     ` [PATCH] x86/boot: Fix memremap() related build failure Ingo Molnar
2017-07-20 10:27       ` [tip:x86/mm] " tip-bot for Ingo Molnar
2017-11-03 15:12   ` [PATCH v10 20/38] x86, mpparse: Use memremap to map the mpf and mpc data Tomeu Vizoso
2017-11-03 15:31     ` Tom Lendacky
2017-11-06  7:13       ` Tomeu Vizoso
2017-07-17 21:10 ` [PATCH v10 21/38] x86/mm: Add support to access persistent memory in the clear Tom Lendacky
2017-07-18 10:54   ` [tip:x86/mm] " tip-bot for Tom Lendacky
2017-07-17 21:10 ` [PATCH v10 22/38] x86/mm: Add support for changing the memory encryption attribute Tom Lendacky
2017-07-18 10:55   ` [tip:x86/mm] " tip-bot for Tom Lendacky
2017-07-17 21:10 ` [PATCH v10 23/38] x86/realmode: Decrypt trampoline area if memory encryption is active Tom Lendacky
2017-07-18 10:55   ` [tip:x86/mm] " tip-bot for Tom Lendacky
2017-07-17 21:10 ` [PATCH v10 24/38] x86, swiotlb: Add memory encryption support Tom Lendacky
2017-07-18 10:56   ` [tip:x86/mm] " tip-bot for Tom Lendacky
2017-07-17 21:10 ` [PATCH v10 25/38] swiotlb: Add warnings for use of bounce buffers with SME Tom Lendacky
2017-07-18 10:56   ` [tip:x86/mm] " tip-bot for Tom Lendacky
2017-07-17 21:10 ` [PATCH v10 26/38] x86/CPU/AMD: Make the microcode level available earlier in the boot Tom Lendacky
2017-07-18 10:56   ` [tip:x86/mm] x86/cpu/AMD: " tip-bot for Tom Lendacky
2017-07-17 21:10 ` [PATCH v10 27/38] iommu/amd: Allow the AMD IOMMU to work with memory encryption Tom Lendacky
2017-07-18 10:57   ` [tip:x86/mm] " tip-bot for Tom Lendacky
2017-07-17 21:10 ` [PATCH v10 28/38] x86, realmode: Check for memory encryption on the APs Tom Lendacky
2017-07-18 10:57   ` [tip:x86/mm] x86/boot/realmode: " tip-bot for Tom Lendacky
2017-07-17 21:10 ` [PATCH v10 29/38] x86, drm, fbdev: Do not specify encrypted memory for video mappings Tom Lendacky
2017-07-18 10:57   ` [tip:x86/mm] " tip-bot for Tom Lendacky
2017-07-17 21:10 ` [PATCH v10 30/38] kvm: x86: svm: Support Secure Memory Encryption within KVM Tom Lendacky
2017-07-18 10:58   ` [tip:x86/mm] kvm/x86/svm: " tip-bot for Tom Lendacky
2017-07-17 21:10 ` [PATCH v10 31/38] x86/mm, kexec: Allow kexec to be used with SME Tom Lendacky
2017-07-18 10:58   ` [tip:x86/mm] " tip-bot for Tom Lendacky
2017-07-17 21:10 ` [PATCH v10 32/38] xen/x86: Remove SME feature in PV guests Tom Lendacky
2017-07-18 10:58   ` [tip:x86/mm] " tip-bot for Tom Lendacky
2017-07-17 21:10 ` [PATCH v10 33/38] x86/mm: Use proper encryption attributes with /dev/mem Tom Lendacky
2017-07-18 10:59   ` [tip:x86/mm] " tip-bot for Tom Lendacky
2017-07-17 21:10 ` [PATCH v10 34/38] x86/mm: Create native_make_p4d() for PGTABLE_LEVELS <= 4 Tom Lendacky
2017-07-18 10:59   ` [tip:x86/mm] " tip-bot for Tom Lendacky
2017-07-17 21:10 ` [PATCH v10 35/38] x86/mm: Add support to encrypt the kernel in-place Tom Lendacky
2017-07-18 11:00   ` [tip:x86/mm] " tip-bot for Tom Lendacky
2017-07-17 21:10 ` [PATCH v10 36/38] x86/boot: Add early cmdline parsing for options with arguments Tom Lendacky
2017-07-18 11:00   ` [tip:x86/mm] " tip-bot for Tom Lendacky
2017-07-17 21:10 ` [PATCH v10 37/38] compiler-gcc.h: Introduce __nostackp function attribute Tom Lendacky
2017-07-18  9:36   ` Ingo Molnar
2017-07-18 13:56     ` Tom Lendacky
2017-07-18 11:00   ` [tip:x86/mm] compiler-gcc.h: Introduce __nostackprotector " tip-bot for Tom Lendacky
2017-07-18 18:27   ` tip-bot for Tom Lendacky
2017-07-17 21:10 ` [PATCH v10 38/38] x86/mm: Add support to make use of Secure Memory Encryption Tom Lendacky
2017-07-18 11:01   ` [tip:x86/mm] " tip-bot for Tom Lendacky
2017-07-18 18:28   ` tip-bot for Tom Lendacky
2017-07-18 12:03 ` [PATCH v10 00/38] x86: Secure Memory Encryption (AMD) Thomas Gleixner
2017-07-18 14:02   ` Tom Lendacky

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