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

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Date:   Mon, 15 Jun 2020 07:53:46 -0700
From:   Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>
To:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
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>,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        x86 <x86@...nel.org>, iommu@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
        amd-gfx <amd-gfx@...ts.freedesktop.org>,
        linuxppc-dev <linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 00/12] x86: tag application address space for devices

Hi, Peter,
On Mon, Jun 15, 2020 at 09:52:02AM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> 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.

PASID value is per mm and all threads in a process have the same PASID
value in the MSR. However, the MSR is per thread and is context switched
by XSAVES/XRSTROS in patches 6-7.

Thanks.

-Fenghua