linux-kernel - [PATCH v7 0/2] Fix and optimization of split_lock

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Date:   Wed, 25 Mar 2020 11:09:22 +0800
From:   Xiaoyao Li <xiaoyao.li@...el.com>
To:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        hpa@...or.com
Cc:     x86@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@...el.com>,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>, luto@...nel.org,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Arvind Sankar <nivedita@...m.mit.edu>,
        Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>,
        Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
        Xiaoyao Li <xiaoyao.li@...el.com>
Subject: [PATCH v7 0/2] Fix and optimization of split_lock_detection

This series is split from "[PATCH v6 0/8] x86/split_lock: Fix and
virtualization of split lock detection"[1]. It contains one fix for the
initialization flow of split_lock_detection and one optimiazation for
runtime TEST_CTRL MSR access.

Other patches of [1] needs more time to improve.

Thanks.

[1]: https://lore.kernel.org/kvm/20200324151859.31068-1-xiaoyao.li@intel.com/

Changes in v7:
 - only pick patch 1 and patch 2, and hold all the left.
 - Update SLD bit on each processor based on sld_state.

Changes in v6:
 - Drop the sld_not_exist flag and use X86_FEATURE_SPLIT_LOCK_DETECT to
   check whether need to init split lock detection. [tglx]
 - Use tglx's method to verify the existence of split lock detectoin.
 - small optimization of sld_update_msr() that the default value of
   msr_test_ctrl_cache has split_lock_detect bit cleared.
 - Drop the patch3 in v5 that introducing kvm_only option. [tglx]
 - Rebase patch4-8 to kvm/queue.
 - use the new kvm-cpu-cap to expose X86_FEATURE_CORE_CAPABILITIES in
   Patch 6.

Changes in v5:
 - Use X86_FEATURE_SPLIT_LOCK_DETECT flag in kvm to ensure split lock
   detection is really supported.
 - Add and export sld related helper functions in their related usecase 
   kvm patches.

Changes in v4:
 - Add patch 1 to rework the initialization flow of split lock
   detection.
 - Drop percpu MSR_TEST_CTRL cache, just use a static variable to cache
   the reserved/unused bit of MSR_TEST_CTRL. [Sean]
 - Add new option for split_lock_detect kernel param.
 - Changlog refinement. [Sean]
 - Add a new patch to enable MSR_TEST_CTRL for intel guest. [Sean]


Xiaoyao Li (2):
  x86/split_lock: Rework the initialization flow of split lock detection
  x86/split_lock: Avoid runtime reads of the TEST_CTRL MSR

 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c | 85 +++++++++++++++++++++----------------
 1 file changed, 48 insertions(+), 37 deletions(-)

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