linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 00/12] x86: tag application address space for devices

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Date:   Mon, 15 Jun 2020 09:52:02 +0200
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>
Cc:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        H Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com>,
        David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
        Lu Baolu <baolu.lu@...ux.intel.com>,
        Frederic Barrat <fbarrat@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Andrew Donnellan <ajd@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Felix Kuehling <Felix.Kuehling@....com>,
        Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>,
        Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
        Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@...el.com>,
        Jacob Jun Pan <jacob.jun.pan@...el.com>,
        Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@...el.com>,
        Yu-cheng Yu <yu-cheng.yu@...el.com>,
        Sohil Mehta <sohil.mehta@...el.com>,
        Ravi V Shankar <ravi.v.shankar@...el.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 00/12] x86: tag application address space for devices

On Fri, Jun 12, 2020 at 05:41:21PM -0700, Fenghua Yu wrote:

> This series only provides simple and basic support for ENQCMD and the MSR:
> 1. Clean up type definitions (patch 1-3). These patches can be in a
>    separate series.
>    - Define "pasid" as "unsigned int" consistently (patch 1 and 2).
>    - Define "flags" as "unsigned int"
> 2. Explain different various technical terms used in the series (patch 4).
> 3. Enumerate support for ENQCMD in the processor (patch 5).
> 4. Handle FPU PASID state and the MSR during context switch (patches 6-7).
> 5. Define "pasid" in mm_struct (patch 8).
> 5. Clear PASID state for new mm and forked and cloned thread (patch 9-10).
> 6. Allocate and free PASID for a process (patch 11).
> 7. Fix up the PASID MSR in #GP handler when one thread in a process
>    executes ENQCMD for the first time (patches 12).

If this is per mm, should not switch_mm() update the MSR ? I'm not
seeing that, nor do I see it explained why not.