linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/5] x86/ibrs: Add direct access support for MSR_IA32_SPEC

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Date:   Thu, 11 Jan 2018 19:14:13 -0800
From:   "Raj, Ashok" <ashok.raj@...el.com>
To:     Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@...ux.intel.com>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        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 <ashok.raj@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/5] x86/ibrs: Add direct access support for
 MSR_IA32_SPEC_CTRL

On Thu, Jan 11, 2018 at 05:58:11PM -0800, Dave Hansen wrote:
> On 01/11/2018 05:32 PM, Ashok Raj wrote:
> > +static void save_guest_spec_ctrl(struct vcpu_vmx *vmx)
> > +{
> > +	if (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_SPEC_CTRL)) {
> > +		vmx->spec_ctrl = spec_ctrl_get();
> > +		spec_ctrl_restriction_on();
> > +	} else
> > +		rmb();
> > +}
> 
> Does this need to be "ifence()"?  Better yet, do we just need to create
> a helper for boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_SPEC_CTRL) that does the barrier?

Yes... Didn't keep track of ifence() evolution :-)..

We could do a helper, will look into other uses and see we can make find a 
common way to comprehend usages like above.

Cheers,
Ashok