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From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
To: speck@linutronix.de
Subject: Re: [patch V6 10/14] MDS basics 10
Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2019 19:35:26 +0100 (CET)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.21.1903061933140.1646@nanos.tec.linutronix.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.2.21.1903061629170.1646@nanos.tec.linutronix.de>

On Wed, 6 Mar 2019, speck for Thomas Gleixner wrote:

> On Wed, 6 Mar 2019, speck for Borislav Petkov wrote:
> > On Fri, Mar 01, 2019 at 10:47:48PM +0100, speck for Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> > > +/* Update the static key controlling the MDS CPU buffer clear in idle */
> > > +static void update_mds_branch_idle(void)
> > > +{
> > > +	/*
> > > +	 * Enable the idle clearing on CPUs which are affected only by
> > > +	 * MDBDS and not any other MDS variant. The other variants cannot
> > > +	 * be mitigated when SMT is enabled,
> > 
> > ... but we're not enabling the key when SMT on those is disabled,
> > AFAICT. Or is that coming later?
> 
> Five lines down ....

Following up on our conversation on IRC, I've reworded the comment:

 	/*
	 * Enable the idle clearing if SMT is active on CPUs which are
	 * affected only by MSBDS and not any other MDS variant.
	 *
	 * The other variants cannot be mitigated when SMT is enabled, so
	 * clearing the buffers on idle just to prevent the Store Buffer
	 * repartitioning leak would be a window dressing exercise.
 	 */
 	if (!boot_cpu_has_bug(X86_BUG_MSBDS_ONLY))
 		return;

Thanks,

	tglx

  reply	other threads:[~2019-03-06 18:35 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 59+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-03-01 21:47 [patch V6 00/14] MDS basics 0 Thomas Gleixner
2019-03-01 21:47 ` [patch V6 01/14] MDS basics 1 Thomas Gleixner
2019-03-02  0:06   ` [MODERATED] " Frederic Weisbecker
2019-03-01 21:47 ` [patch V6 02/14] MDS basics 2 Thomas Gleixner
2019-03-02  0:34   ` [MODERATED] " Frederic Weisbecker
2019-03-02  8:34   ` Greg KH
2019-03-05 17:54   ` Borislav Petkov
2019-03-01 21:47 ` [patch V6 03/14] MDS basics 3 Thomas Gleixner
2019-03-02  1:12   ` [MODERATED] " Frederic Weisbecker
2019-03-01 21:47 ` [patch V6 04/14] MDS basics 4 Thomas Gleixner
2019-03-02  1:28   ` [MODERATED] " Frederic Weisbecker
2019-03-05 14:52     ` Thomas Gleixner
2019-03-06 20:00   ` [MODERATED] " Andrew Cooper
2019-03-06 20:32     ` Thomas Gleixner
2019-03-07 23:56   ` [MODERATED] " Andi Kleen
2019-03-08  0:36     ` Linus Torvalds
2019-03-01 21:47 ` [patch V6 05/14] MDS basics 5 Thomas Gleixner
2019-03-02  1:37   ` [MODERATED] " Frederic Weisbecker
2019-03-07 23:59   ` Andi Kleen
2019-03-08  6:37     ` Thomas Gleixner
2019-03-01 21:47 ` [patch V6 06/14] MDS basics 6 Thomas Gleixner
2019-03-04  6:28   ` [MODERATED] Encrypted Message Jon Masters
2019-03-05 14:55     ` Thomas Gleixner
2019-03-01 21:47 ` [patch V6 07/14] MDS basics 7 Thomas Gleixner
2019-03-02  2:22   ` [MODERATED] " Frederic Weisbecker
2019-03-05 15:30     ` Thomas Gleixner
2019-03-06 15:49       ` [MODERATED] " Frederic Weisbecker
2019-03-06  5:21   ` Borislav Petkov
2019-03-01 21:47 ` [patch V6 08/14] MDS basics 8 Thomas Gleixner
2019-03-03  2:54   ` [MODERATED] " Frederic Weisbecker
2019-03-04  6:57   ` [MODERATED] Encrypted Message Jon Masters
2019-03-04  7:06     ` Jon Masters
2019-03-04  8:12       ` Jon Masters
2019-03-05 15:34     ` Thomas Gleixner
2019-03-06 16:21       ` [MODERATED] " Jon Masters
2019-03-06 14:11   ` [MODERATED] Re: [patch V6 08/14] MDS basics 8 Borislav Petkov
2019-03-01 21:47 ` [patch V6 09/14] MDS basics 9 Thomas Gleixner
2019-03-06 16:14   ` [MODERATED] " Frederic Weisbecker
2019-03-01 21:47 ` [patch V6 10/14] MDS basics 10 Thomas Gleixner
2019-03-04  6:45   ` [MODERATED] Encrypted Message Jon Masters
2019-03-05 18:42   ` [MODERATED] Re: [patch V6 10/14] MDS basics 10 Andrea Arcangeli
2019-03-06 19:15     ` Thomas Gleixner
2019-03-06 14:31   ` [MODERATED] " Borislav Petkov
2019-03-06 15:30     ` Thomas Gleixner
2019-03-06 18:35       ` Thomas Gleixner [this message]
2019-03-06 19:34         ` [MODERATED] Re: " Borislav Petkov
2019-03-01 21:47 ` [patch V6 11/14] MDS basics 11 Thomas Gleixner
2019-03-01 21:47 ` [patch V6 12/14] MDS basics 12 Thomas Gleixner
2019-03-04  5:47   ` [MODERATED] Encrypted Message Jon Masters
2019-03-05 16:04     ` Thomas Gleixner
2019-03-05 16:40   ` [MODERATED] Re: [patch V6 12/14] MDS basics 12 mark gross
2019-03-06 14:42   ` Borislav Petkov
2019-03-01 21:47 ` [patch V6 13/14] MDS basics 13 Thomas Gleixner
2019-03-03  4:01   ` [MODERATED] " Josh Poimboeuf
2019-03-05 16:04     ` Thomas Gleixner
2019-03-05 16:43   ` [MODERATED] " mark gross
2019-03-01 21:47 ` [patch V6 14/14] MDS basics 14 Thomas Gleixner
2019-03-01 23:48 ` [patch V6 00/14] MDS basics 0 Thomas Gleixner
2019-03-04  5:30 ` [MODERATED] Encrypted Message Jon Masters

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