linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/5] x86/ibrs: Introduce native_rdmsrl, and native

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Date:   Thu, 11 Jan 2018 17:52:31 -0800
From:   "Raj, Ashok" <ashok.raj@...el.com>
To:     Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@...ux.intel.com>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>,
        Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>,
        Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>,
        Arjan Van De Ven <arjan.van.de.ven@...el.com>,
        David Woodhouse <dwmw@...zon.co.uk>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        Jun Nakajima <jun.nakajima@...el.com>,
        Asit Mallick <asit.k.mallick@...el.com>, ashok.raj@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/5] x86/ibrs: Introduce native_rdmsrl, and native_wrmsrl

On Thu, Jan 11, 2018 at 05:41:34PM -0800, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 11, 2018 at 5:32 PM, Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@...el.com> wrote:
> > - Remove including microcode.h, and use native macros from asm/msr.h
> > - added license header for spec_ctrl.c
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@...el.com>

[snip]
> > +static inline u64 native_rdmsrl(unsigned int msr)
> > +{
> > +       u64 val;
> > +
> > +       val = __rdmsr(msr);
> > +
> > +       return val;
> > +}
> 
> What's wrong with native_read_msr()?

Yes, i think i should have added to msr.h. The names didn't read as a
pair, one was native_read_msr, wrmsrl could be taken over when paravirt is
defined? 

> 
> > +
> > +static inline void native_wrmsrl(unsigned int msr, u64 val)
> > +{
> > +       __wrmsr(msr, (u32) (val & 0xffffffffULL), (u32) (val >> 32));
> > +}
> 
> What's wrong with just wrmsrl()?  If you really need a native helper
> like this, please add it to arch/x86/asm/msr.h.

I should have done that.. will move these to msr.h instead.

Cheers,
Ashok