From nobody Thu Apr 9 06:20:23 2026 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B477C433FE for ; Wed, 2 Nov 2022 07:47:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S230420AbiKBHr1 (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 Nov 2022 03:47:27 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:58338 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S230419AbiKBHrX (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 Nov 2022 03:47:23 -0400 Received: from smtp-out2.suse.de (smtp-out2.suse.de [IPv6:2001:67c:2178:6::1d]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9F6D225EAA for ; Wed, 2 Nov 2022 00:47:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from imap2.suse-dmz.suse.de (imap2.suse-dmz.suse.de [192.168.254.74]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature ECDSA (P-521) server-digest SHA512) (No client certificate requested) by smtp-out2.suse.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 55A521F8F6; Wed, 2 Nov 2022 07:47:21 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=suse.com; s=susede1; t=1667375241; h=from:from:reply-to:date:date:message-id:message-id:to:to:cc:cc: mime-version:mime-version: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=2leKddvHcFKOPECovCQoX+YzpPkMWoS3wh7BhleyL14=; b=qFgHZiO+6+gBo4apQivoOgk7d+PDAndeKnWMGSowg6KGs6QioJHppeR7vHkmYpH6KtMdgF cfzprQcBHxXtNLEUIaqOn+EWTQrTuPdKkviAL7c1c2/IGtql0fIxihe8NlKNOAHv5ul4aP J/cF3nKW98YaLLZ0NFGUupSp9zkkHtM= Received: from imap2.suse-dmz.suse.de (imap2.suse-dmz.suse.de [192.168.254.74]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature ECDSA (P-521) server-digest SHA512) (No client certificate requested) by imap2.suse-dmz.suse.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1C4171376E; Wed, 2 Nov 2022 07:47:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from dovecot-director2.suse.de ([192.168.254.65]) by imap2.suse-dmz.suse.de with ESMTPSA id zhumBYkgYmOLcgAAMHmgww (envelope-from ); Wed, 02 Nov 2022 07:47:21 +0000 From: Juergen Gross To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, x86@kernel.org Cc: Juergen Gross , Thomas Gleixner , Ingo Molnar , Borislav Petkov , Dave Hansen , "H. Peter Anvin" Subject: [PATCH v5 01/16] x86/mtrr: add comment for set_mtrr_state() serialization Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2022 08:46:58 +0100 Message-Id: <20221102074713.21493-2-jgross@suse.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.35.3 In-Reply-To: <20221102074713.21493-1-jgross@suse.com> References: <20221102074713.21493-1-jgross@suse.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Add a comment how set_mtrr_state() is needing serialization. Note that this patch has already been applied to tip.git. Suggested-by: Borislav Petkov Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross --- V3: - new patch instead of old patch 1 --- arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/generic.c | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/generic.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/= generic.c index 558108296f3c..cd64eab02393 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/generic.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/generic.c @@ -684,7 +684,10 @@ static u32 deftype_lo, deftype_hi; /** * set_mtrr_state - Set the MTRR state for this CPU. * - * NOTE: The CPU must already be in a safe state for MTRR changes. + * NOTE: The CPU must already be in a safe state for MTRR changes, includi= ng + * measures that only a single CPU can be active in set_mtrr_state()= in + * order to not be subject to races for usage of deftype_lo (this is + * accomplished by taking set_atomicity_lock). * RETURNS: 0 if no changes made, else a mask indicating what was changed. */ static unsigned long set_mtrr_state(void) --=20 2.35.3