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From: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com>
To: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>, Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Cc: X86 ML <x86@kernel.org>,
	jpa@kernelbug.mail.kapsi.fi, LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86/fpu: Reset MXCSR to default in kernel_fpu_begin()
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2020 11:38:04 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <ef327682-7e9f-5652-1664-3e201ac38f60@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CALCETrU0C5yVwfAOj+v1RqNBZY+phXrdvCBZMKdOXOExBgMbVg@mail.gmail.com>

On 6/22/20 11:33 AM, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
> Suppose you do:
> 
> double x = 1.0;
> 
> kernel_fpu_begin();
> 
> x += 2.0;
> 
> We want to make sure that GCC puts things in the right order.  I
> suppose that even a memory clobber is insufficient here, though.

Even with CONFIG_PREEMPT disabled, we still have:

	#define preempt_disable()                       barrier()

I don't see us supporting preemptible kernel_fpu regions any time soon,
so shouldn't this be sufficient now and for a long time?

  parent reply	other threads:[~2020-06-22 18:38 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-06-19 17:41 [PATCH 0/2] x86/FPU: FPU sanitization for in-kernel use Borislav Petkov
2020-06-19 17:41 ` [PATCH 1/2] x86/fpu: Reset MXCSR to default in kernel_fpu_begin() Borislav Petkov
2020-06-19 18:01   ` Andy Lutomirski
2020-06-22 17:09     ` Borislav Petkov
2020-06-22 18:33       ` Andy Lutomirski
2020-06-22 18:36         ` Petteri Aimonen
2020-06-22 18:38         ` Dave Hansen [this message]
2020-06-22 18:40           ` Andy Lutomirski
2020-06-22 18:59             ` Borislav Petkov
2020-06-19 17:41 ` [PATCH 2/2] selftests/fpu: Add an FPU selftest Borislav Petkov
2020-06-19 18:00   ` Andy Lutomirski
2020-06-22 17:12     ` Borislav Petkov
2020-06-22 18:26       ` Andy Lutomirski
2020-06-22 19:01         ` Borislav Petkov
     [not found]           ` <B4D00859-000A-4F8C-8CFB-45B9BBCCA16D@amacapital.net>
2020-06-23 10:28             ` Borislav Petkov
2020-06-23 18:22               ` Andy Lutomirski
2020-06-23 18:47                 ` Borislav Petkov
2020-06-23 19:07                   ` Nick Desaulniers
2020-06-23 19:13                     ` Borislav Petkov
2020-06-23 20:58                       ` Nick Desaulniers
2020-06-23 21:32                         ` Borislav Petkov
2020-06-20 19:55   ` kernel test robot
2020-06-22 17:04     ` Borislav Petkov
2020-06-22 18:15       ` Nick Desaulniers

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