linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 2/4] x86/split_lock: Align x86_capability to unsigned long to avoid split locked access

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Date:   Fri, 29 Jun 2018 09:04:39 -0700
From:   Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>
To:     Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, H Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com>
Cc:     Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@...el.com>, Alan Cox <alan@...ux.intel.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Rafael Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>,
        Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
        Ravi V Shankar <ravi.v.shankar@...el.com>,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, x86 <x86@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/4] x86/split_lock: Align x86_capability to unsigned
 long to avoid split locked access

On 06/29/2018 07:33 AM, Fenghua Yu wrote:
> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
> @@ -105,7 +105,8 @@ struct cpuinfo_x86 {
>  	__u32			extended_cpuid_level;
>  	/* Maximum supported CPUID level, -1=no CPUID: */
>  	int			cpuid_level;
> -	__u32			x86_capability[NCAPINTS + NBUGINTS];
> +	__u32			x86_capability[NCAPINTS + NBUGINTS]
> +				__aligned(sizeof(unsigned long));
>  	char			x86_vendor_id[16];
>  	char			x86_model_id[64];
>  	/* in KB - valid for CPUS which support this call: */

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