linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] x86/asm: Pin sensitive CR4 bits

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Date:   Mon, 17 Jun 2019 21:09:09 -0700
From:   Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>, x86@...nel.org,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] x86/asm: Pin sensitive CR4 bits

On Mon, Jun 17, 2019 at 12:26:01AM +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> Nah. The straight forward approach is to do right when the secondary CPU
> comes into life, before it does any cr4 write (except for the code in
> entry_64.S), something like the below.

Okay, will do; thanks! :) I'll respin things and get it tested.

-- 
Kees Cook