linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5] x86: Enable fast strings on Intel if BIOS hasn't already

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Message-ID: <51815252.4010103@zytor.com>
Date:	Wed, 01 May 2013 10:35:14 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>
CC:	"Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org,
	Andrew Lutomirski <luto@....edu>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5] x86: Enable fast strings on Intel if BIOS hasn't already

On 05/01/2013 09:54 AM, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
> 
> (Just my luck.  I'm currently trying to implement WT via PAT by
> stealing a slot from either UC or UC-.)
> 

NAK on that.  Use a slot in the upper half, perhaps (we already
blacklist the CPUs for which the upper half aren't usable.)

What do you want WT for, anyway?

> Is there any code that memcpys across memory types and expects any
> particularly sensible behavior out of it?

Unlikely (see my post.)

	-hpa

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