linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V5 08/10] x86/entry: Preserve PKRS MSR across exceptions

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Date:   Wed, 31 Mar 2021 18:15:40 -0700
From:   Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@...el.com>
To:     Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>
Cc:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
        Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>, x86@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH V5 08/10] x86/entry: Preserve PKRS MSR across exceptions

On Wed, Mar 31, 2021 at 12:31:56PM -0700, Dave Hansen wrote:
> On 3/31/21 12:14 PM, ira.weiny@...el.com wrote:
> > + * To protect against exceptions having access to this memory we save the
> > + * current running value and sets the PKRS value to be used during the
> > + * exception.
> 
> This series seems to have grown some "we's".

I suppose it has...

> 
> The preexisting pkey code was not innocent in this regard, either.  But,
> please fix this up across the series in the next submission.  Literally
> removing "we" from this sentence doesn't change the meaning at all.

Sure I can audit the series for this...  Waiting a day for other comments.

Thanks,
Ira