linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/3] x86/split_lock: Bits in IA32_CORE

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Date:   Fri, 17 Apr 2020 12:04:36 +0200
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>
Cc:     Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>, H Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com>,
        Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@...el.com>,
        Ravi V Shankar <ravi.v.shankar@...el.com>,
        Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@...el.com>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] x86/split_lock: Bits in IA32_CORE_CAPABILITIES are not architectural

Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com> writes:
> +	m = x86_match_cpu(split_lock_cpu_ids);
> +	if (!m)
> +		return;
> +
> +	if (m->driver_data && cpu_has(c, X86_FEATURE_CORE_CAPABILITIES))
> {

This condition results in the following:

    driver_data     MSR_CORE_CAPS	 MSR_CORE_CAPS_SLD	SLD available

1       0             Don't care          Don't care               Y
2       1                N                Don't care               Y
3       1                Y                    Y                    Y
4       1                Y                    N                    N

#2 does not make any sense to me.

Thanks,

        tglx