linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 0/3] x86/mm: INVPCID support

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Date:	Mon, 25 Jan 2016 19:57:06 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
To:	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
Cc:	x86@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
	Brian Gerst <brgerst@...il.com>,
	Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
	"linux-mm@...ck.org" <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	Andrey Ryabinin <aryabinin@...tuozzo.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/3] x86/mm: INVPCID support


* Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org> wrote:

> Ingo, before applying this, please apply these two KASAN fixes:
> 
> http://lkml.kernel.org/g/1452516679-32040-2-git-send-email-aryabinin@virtuozzo.com
> http://lkml.kernel.org/g/1452516679-32040-3-git-send-email-aryabinin@virtuozzo.com
> 
> Without those fixes, this series will trigger a KASAN bug.
> 
> This is a straightforward speedup on Ivy Bridge and newer, IIRC.
> (I tested on Skylake.  INVPCID is not available on Sandy Bridge.
> I don't have Ivy Bridge, Haswell or Broadwell to test on, so I
> could be wrong as to when the feature was introduced.)
> 
> I think we should consider these patches separately from the rest
> of the PCID stuff -- they barely interact, and this part is much
> simpler and is useful on its own.
> 
> This is exactly identical to patches 2-4 of the PCID RFC series.
> 
> Andy Lutomirski (3):
>   x86/mm: Add INVPCID helpers
>   x86/mm: Add a noinvpcid option to turn off INVPCID
>   x86/mm: If INVPCID is available, use it to flush global mappings
> 
>  Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt |  2 ++
>  arch/x86/include/asm/tlbflush.h     | 50 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c        | 16 ++++++++++++
>  3 files changed, 68 insertions(+)

Ok, I'll pick these up tomorrow unless there are objections.

Thanks,

	Ingo