From: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
To: speck@linutronix.de
Subject: [MODERATED] Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] v2: more sampling fun 1
Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2020 12:07:37 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200226110737.GB17448@zn.tnic> (raw)
In-Reply-To: cover.1582580710.git.mgross@linux.intel.com
On Thu, Feb 06, 2020 at 02:11:02PM -0800, speck for mark gross wrote:
> From: mark gross <mgross@linux.intel.com>
> Subject: [PATCH v2 1/2] Add capability to specify a range of steppings in the
> vulnerability white list structure.
>
> From: mark gross <mgross@linux.intel.com>
> Subject: [PATCH v2 1/2] Add capability to specify a range of steppings in the
That second subject is incomplete. Do just one pls.
Also, you need a subject prefix:
x86/CPU: Add ...
git log arch/x86/
is your friend if you're wondering what to call it.
> Intel has produced processors with the same CPUID family+model. Code
> may need to check the stepping when programming model specific behavior.
>
> Add an API to allow easy specification of stepping or range of steppings
> with a 16 bit bitmask.
>
> Update cpu_vuln_whitelist using this new API.
>
> I implemented this in the way I did to avoid modifying x86_cpu_id as
> that structure is an exported ABI and any change would impact user mode
> code using the structure.
Exported ABI? Which usermode code uses this? The module loading tools?
Even if, we do add new struct members at the end of exported structs
just fine. So what is the problem here?
> Signed-off-by: mark gross <mgross@linux.intel.com>
> Reviewed-by: tony luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
Please write names capitalized.
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Boris.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-02-26 11:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-02-24 21:45 [MODERATED] [PATCH v2 0/2] v2: more sampling fun 0 mark gross
2020-01-16 22:16 ` [MODERATED] [PATCH v2 2/2] v2: more sampling fun 2 mark gross
2020-02-06 22:11 ` [MODERATED] [PATCH v2 1/2] v2: more sampling fun 1 mark gross
2020-02-25 16:55 ` [MODERATED] Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] v2: more sampling fun 0 Josh Poimboeuf
2020-02-25 17:43 ` mark gross
2020-02-25 20:47 ` Thomas Gleixner
2020-02-25 21:51 ` [MODERATED] " mark gross
[not found] ` <5e5595e6.1c69fb81.69e80.2880SMTPIN_ADDED_BROKEN@mx.google.com>
2020-02-26 7:27 ` [MODERATED] Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] v2: more sampling fun 2 Greg KH
2020-02-26 18:02 ` mark gross
2020-02-26 11:07 ` Borislav Petkov [this message]
2020-02-26 17:11 ` [MODERATED] Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] v2: more sampling fun 1 mark gross
2020-02-26 17:59 ` Borislav Petkov
2020-02-26 18:16 ` Thomas Gleixner
2020-02-26 22:13 ` [MODERATED] " mark gross
2020-02-26 23:53 ` Thomas Gleixner
2020-02-27 16:43 ` [MODERATED] " mark gross
2020-02-26 22:11 ` mark gross
2020-02-26 22:43 ` Borislav Petkov
2020-02-26 23:34 ` mark gross
2020-02-26 18:55 ` Thomas Gleixner
2020-02-26 22:23 ` [MODERATED] " mark gross
2020-02-26 21:13 ` Andi Kleen
2020-02-26 22:01 ` Thomas Gleixner
2020-02-27 7:08 ` [MODERATED] " Greg KH
2020-02-26 11:46 ` [MODERATED] Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] v2: more sampling fun 2 Borislav Petkov
2020-02-26 17:35 ` mark gross
2020-02-26 18:13 ` Borislav Petkov
2020-02-26 22:37 ` mark gross
2020-02-26 22:50 ` Borislav Petkov
2020-02-26 23:42 ` mark gross
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