From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
To: Balbir Singh <sblbir@amazon.com>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: jpoimboe@redhat.com, tony.luck@intel.com, keescook@chromium.org,
benh@kernel.crashing.org, x86@kernel.org, dave.hansen@intel.com,
thomas.lendacky@amd.com, Balbir Singh <sblbir@amazon.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 5/6] Optionally flush L1D on context switch
Date: Wed, 13 May 2020 18:16:56 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <875zcz3j47.fsf@nanos.tec.linutronix.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200510014803.12190-6-sblbir@amazon.com>
Balbir Singh <sblbir@amazon.com> writes:
This part:
> --- a/include/uapi/linux/prctl.h
> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/prctl.h
> @@ -238,4 +238,8 @@ struct prctl_mm_map {
> #define PR_SET_IO_FLUSHER 57
> #define PR_GET_IO_FLUSHER 58
>
> +/* Flush L1D on context switch (mm) */
> +#define PR_SET_L1D_FLUSH 59
> +#define PR_GET_L1D_FLUSH 60
...
> @@ -2514,6 +2524,16 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(prctl, int, option, unsigned long, arg2, unsigned long, arg3,
>
> error = (current->flags & PR_IO_FLUSHER) == PR_IO_FLUSHER;
> break;
> + case PR_SET_L1D_FLUSH:
> + if (arg3 || arg4 || arg5)
> + return -EINVAL;
> + error = arch_prctl_l1d_flush_set(me, arg2);
> + break;
> + case PR_GET_L1D_FLUSH:
> + if (arg2 || arg3 || arg4 || arg5)
> + return -EINVAL;
> + error = arch_prctl_l1d_flush_get(me);
> + break;
> default:
> error = -EINVAL;
> break;
wants to be split into a separate patch, really. Then we get a proper
subject lines with proper subsystem prefixes. This part also lacks a
description in Documentation/userspace-api/ and function prototypes for
the arch_prctl* functions.
But looking at this deeper (yes I should have noticed earlier):
Why do we need yet another PRCTL?
We already have PR_SET_SPECULATION_CTRL/PR_GET_SPECULATION_CTRL. That
L1D flush thingy fits into this category, right?
This makes even more sense if you think about the second use case for
L1D flush, i.e. the flush when a untrusted task comes in. If we ever
want to support that case then this will be imposed by seccomp and then
we'd need yet another interface there.
And for this reason we should also name that current opt-in thingy:
L1D_FLUSH_OUT in the prctl and also for the TIF bits.
Hmm? Kees?
I've applied the first 4 patches to:
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tglx/devel.git x86/mm
so the polishing I did gets preserved and you don't have to resend the
whole pile.
Thanks,
tglx
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-05-13 16:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-05-10 1:47 [PATCH v6 0/6] Optionally flush L1D on context switch Balbir Singh
2020-05-10 1:47 ` [PATCH v6 1/6] arch/x86/kvm: Refactor l1d flush lifecycle management Balbir Singh
2020-05-13 13:35 ` Thomas Gleixner
2020-05-14 8:23 ` Singh, Balbir
2020-05-13 13:53 ` Thomas Gleixner
2020-05-14 8:25 ` Singh, Balbir
2020-05-22 9:32 ` [tip: x86/mm] x86/kvm: Refactor L1D flush page management tip-bot2 for Balbir Singh
2020-05-10 1:47 ` [PATCH v6 2/6] arch/x86/kvm: Refactor tlbflush and l1d flush Balbir Singh
2020-05-22 9:32 ` [tip: x86/mm] x86/kvm: Refactor L1D flush operations tip-bot2 for Balbir Singh
2020-05-10 1:48 ` [PATCH v6 3/6] arch/x86/mm: Refactor cond_ibpb() to support other use cases Balbir Singh
2020-05-13 14:16 ` Thomas Gleixner
2020-05-22 9:32 ` [tip: x86/mm] x86/mm: " tip-bot2 for Balbir Singh
2020-09-16 13:11 ` [tip: x86/pti] " tip-bot2 for Balbir Singh
2020-05-10 1:48 ` [PATCH v6 4/6] arch/x86/kvm: Refactor L1D flushing Balbir Singh
2020-05-22 9:32 ` [tip: x86/mm] x86/kvm: " tip-bot2 for Balbir Singh
2020-05-10 1:48 ` [PATCH v6 5/6] Optionally flush L1D on context switch Balbir Singh
2020-05-13 15:04 ` Thomas Gleixner
2020-05-14 8:23 ` Singh, Balbir
2020-05-13 15:27 ` Thomas Gleixner
2020-05-14 21:28 ` Singh, Balbir
2020-05-13 16:16 ` Thomas Gleixner [this message]
2020-05-14 7:43 ` Singh, Balbir
2020-05-14 11:33 ` Thomas Gleixner
2020-05-10 1:48 ` [PATCH v6 6/6] Documentation: Add L1D flushing Documentation Balbir Singh
2020-05-13 13:33 ` Thomas Gleixner
2020-05-14 1:12 ` Singh, Balbir
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