linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH v2 04/12] x86/mm/tlb: Flush remote and local TLBs concurrently

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <1DEA29A7-D033-4816-876C-05E7D77F0437@vmware.com>
Date:   Fri, 31 May 2019 19:44:41 +0000
From:   Nadav Amit <namit@...are.com>
To:     Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>
CC:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        the arch/x86 maintainers <x86@...nel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@...rosoft.com>,
        Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>,
        Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@...rosoft.com>,
        Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
        Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>,
        "linux-hyperv@...r.kernel.org" <linux-hyperv@...r.kernel.org>,
        "virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org" 
        <virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org>,
        "kvm@...r.kernel.org" <kvm@...r.kernel.org>,
        "xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org" <xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v2 04/12] x86/mm/tlb: Flush remote and local TLBs
 concurrently

> On May 31, 2019, at 4:48 AM, Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com> wrote:
> 
> On 31/05/2019 08:36, Nadav Amit wrote:
>> 
>> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt_types.h
>> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt_types.h
>> @@ -211,6 +211,12 @@ struct pv_mmu_ops {
>> 	void (*flush_tlb_user)(void);
>> 	void (*flush_tlb_kernel)(void);
>> 	void (*flush_tlb_one_user)(unsigned long addr);
>> +	/*
>> +	 * flush_tlb_multi() is the preferred interface. When it is used,
>> +	 * flush_tlb_others() should return false.
> 
> Didn't you want to remove/change this comment?

Yes! Sorry for that. Fixed now.