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From: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
To: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Cc: "Xin Li (Intel)" <xin@zytor.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,  linux-tip-commits@vger.kernel.org,
	Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>,
	 "H. Peter Anvin (Intel)" <hpa@zytor.com>,
	Sohil Mehta <sohil.mehta@intel.com>,
	 "Peter Zijlstra (Intel)" <peterz@infradead.org>,
	stable@vger.kernel.org, x86@kernel.org
Subject: Re: [tip: x86/urgent] x86/traps: Initialize DR7 by writing its architectural reset value
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2025 06:32:01 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <aF1L0fbNL6xE0C8d@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250626090439.GBaF0NJ34n065_4vb-@fat_crate.local>

On Thu, Jun 26, 2025, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 24, 2025 at 08:35:22PM -0000, tip-bot2 for Xin Li (Intel) wrote:
> > The following commit has been merged into the x86/urgent branch of tip:
> > 
> > Commit-ID:     fa7d0f83c5c4223a01598876352473cb3d3bd4d7
> > Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/fa7d0f83c5c4223a01598876352473cb3d3bd4d7
> > Author:        Xin Li (Intel) <xin@zytor.com>
> > AuthorDate:    Fri, 20 Jun 2025 16:15:04 -07:00
> > Committer:     Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
> > CommitterDate: Tue, 24 Jun 2025 13:15:52 -07:00
> > 
> > x86/traps: Initialize DR7 by writing its architectural reset value
> > 
> > Initialize DR7 by writing its architectural reset value to always set
> > bit 10, which is reserved to '1', when "clearing" DR7 so as not to
> > trigger unanticipated behavior if said bit is ever unreserved, e.g. as
> > a feature enabling flag with inverted polarity.
> 
> OMG, who wrote that "text"? 

I'm pretty sure I can take credit for the latter half.  You're welcome :-)

  reply	other threads:[~2025-06-26 13:32 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-06-24 20:35 [tip: x86/urgent] x86/traps: Initialize DR7 by writing its architectural reset value tip-bot2 for Xin Li (Intel)
2025-06-26  9:04 ` Borislav Petkov
2025-06-26 13:32   ` Sean Christopherson [this message]
2025-06-26 13:56     ` Borislav Petkov

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