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From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
To: David Laight <David.Laight@ACULAB.COM>
Cc: 'Thomas Gleixner' <tglx@linutronix.de>,
	'Fenghua Yu' <fenghua.yu@intel.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
	H Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>,
	Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
	Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com>,
	Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@intel.com>,
	Ravi V Shankar <ravi.v.shankar@intel.com>,
	Xiaoyao Li <xiaoyao.li@intel.com>,
	Christopherson Sean J <sean.j.christopherson@intel.com>,
	Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>,
	Michael Chan <michael.chan@broadcom.com>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, x86 <x86@kernel.org>,
	"kvm@vger.kernel.org" <kvm@vger.kernel.org>,
	"netdev@vger.kernel.org" <netdev@vger.kernel.org>,
	"linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" <linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 13/15] x86/split_lock: Enable split lock detection by default
Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2019 13:41:37 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20190425114137.GO4038@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <551673e41ac649689243cbe060364b0d@AcuMS.aculab.com>

On Thu, Apr 25, 2019 at 11:13:23AM +0000, David Laight wrote:
> I'm not at all sure that 'compare and exchange' operations
> are atomic on all cpus if the data is misaligned and crosses
> a page boundary and either (or both) pages need faulting in
> (or hit a TLB miss).

Most sane architectures already trap if you attempt that.

  reply	other threads:[~2019-04-25 11:41 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 45+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-04-24 19:32 [PATCH v8 00/15] x86/split_lock: Enable split lock detection Fenghua Yu
2019-04-24 19:32 ` [PATCH v8 01/15] x86/common: Align cpu_caps_cleared and cpu_caps_set to unsigned long Fenghua Yu
2019-04-24 19:32 ` [PATCH v8 02/15] drivers/net/b44: Align pwol_mask to unsigned long for better performance Fenghua Yu
2019-04-24 19:32 ` [PATCH v8 03/15] wlcore: simplify/fix/optimize reg_ch_conf_pending operations Fenghua Yu
2019-04-25 17:12   ` Kalle Valo
2019-04-24 19:32 ` [PATCH v8 04/15] x86/split_lock: Align x86_capability to unsigned long to avoid split locked access Fenghua Yu
2019-04-24 19:32 ` [PATCH v8 05/15] x86/msr-index: Define MSR_IA32_CORE_CAPABILITY and split lock detection bit Fenghua Yu
2019-04-25  5:45   ` Ingo Molnar
2019-04-25 19:01     ` Fenghua Yu
2019-04-25 19:47       ` Ingo Molnar
2019-04-25 19:51         ` Fenghua Yu
2019-04-25 20:08           ` Ingo Molnar
2019-04-25 20:22             ` Fenghua Yu
2019-04-26  6:00               ` Ingo Molnar
2019-05-06  0:12                 ` Fenghua Yu
2019-04-24 19:32 ` [PATCH v8 06/15] x86/cpufeatures: Enumerate MSR_IA32_CORE_CAPABILITY Fenghua Yu
2019-04-24 19:32 ` [PATCH v8 07/15] x86/split_lock: Enumerate split lock detection by MSR_IA32_CORE_CAPABILITY Fenghua Yu
2019-04-24 19:32 ` [PATCH v8 08/15] x86/split_lock: Enumerate split lock detection on Icelake mobile processor Fenghua Yu
2019-04-24 19:32 ` [PATCH v8 09/15] x86/split_lock: Define MSR TEST_CTL register Fenghua Yu
2019-04-25  6:21   ` Ingo Molnar
2019-04-25 19:48     ` Fenghua Yu
2019-04-24 19:32 ` [PATCH v8 10/15] x86/split_lock: Handle #AC exception for split lock Fenghua Yu
2019-04-25  6:07   ` Ingo Molnar
2019-04-25  7:29   ` Thomas Gleixner
2019-04-24 19:32 ` [PATCH v8 11/15] kvm/x86: Emulate MSR IA32_CORE_CAPABILITY Fenghua Yu
2019-04-24 19:32 ` [PATCH v8 12/15] kvm/vmx: Emulate MSR TEST_CTL Fenghua Yu
2019-04-25  7:42   ` Thomas Gleixner
2019-04-27 12:20     ` Xiaoyao Li
2019-04-28  7:09       ` Thomas Gleixner
2019-04-28  7:34         ` Xiaoyao Li
2019-04-29  7:31           ` Thomas Gleixner
2019-04-29  5:21         ` Xiaoyao Li
2019-04-24 19:33 ` [PATCH v8 13/15] x86/split_lock: Enable split lock detection by default Fenghua Yu
2019-04-25  7:50   ` Thomas Gleixner
2019-05-06 21:39     ` Fenghua Yu
2019-04-25 10:52   ` David Laight
2019-04-25 10:58     ` Thomas Gleixner
2019-04-25 11:13       ` David Laight
2019-04-25 11:41         ` Peter Zijlstra [this message]
2019-04-25 13:04         ` Thomas Gleixner
2019-05-07 20:48       ` Fenghua Yu
2019-04-24 19:33 ` [PATCH v8 14/15] x86/split_lock: Disable split lock detection by kernel parameter "nosplit_lock_detect" Fenghua Yu
2019-04-24 19:33 ` [PATCH v8 15/15] x86/split_lock: Add a sysfs interface to enable/disable split lock detection during run time Fenghua Yu
2019-04-25  6:31   ` Ingo Molnar
2019-05-06  0:21     ` Fenghua Yu

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