linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86, AMD: Correct F15h IC aliasing issue

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Date:	Tue, 26 Jul 2011 20:13:04 +0200
From:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...64.org>
To:	Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>
Cc:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...64.org>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Przywara, Andre" <Andre.Przywara@....com>,
	"Pohlack, Martin" <Martin.Pohlack@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86, AMD: Correct F15h IC aliasing issue

Hi Avi,

On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 01:59:04PM -0400, Avi Kivity wrote:
> > This change leaves virtual region address allocation on other families
> > and/or vendors unaffected.
> >
> 
> Is it possible to derive the bit positions (and the need to mask them) 
> from the cpuid description of the cache topology and sizes?

As far as I understand your question, there's no need for deriving the
bit positions because they're not special. You just have to have bits
[14:12] the same across all processes - we simply opted for clearing
them in order to keep the patch as simple as possible. But we could just
as well hashed the library name and generated the bits from it and thus
keep them same per library (we have that version too, btw. :)).

FWIW, in both cases, the patch should fix even the virtualization
scenario with and without KSM.

Does that answer your question?

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