linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Fix SEV-ES INS/OUTS instructions for word, dword, and qword.

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Date:   Fri, 19 Nov 2021 09:36:51 +0100
From:   Joerg Roedel <jroedel@...e.de>
To:     Michael Sterritt <sterritt@...gle.com>
Cc:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>, x86@...nel.org,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@....com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
        linux-coco@...ts.linux.dev, marcorr@...gle.com, pgonda@...gle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix SEV-ES INS/OUTS instructions for word, dword, and
 qword.

Hi Michael,

On Wed, Nov 17, 2021 at 06:13:26PM -0800, Michael Sterritt wrote:
> Properly type the operands being passed to __put_user()/__get_user().
> Otherwise, these routines truncate data for dependent instructions
> (e.g., INSW) and only read/write one byte.
> 
> Tested: Tested by sending a string with `REP OUTSW` to a port and then
> reading it back in with `REP INSW` on the same port. Previous behavior
> was to only send and receive the first char of the size. For example,
> word operations for "abcd" would only read/write "ac". With change, the
> full string is now written and read back.

Thanks for fixing this! When you re-send, please change the subject to

	x86/sev-es: Fix SEV-ES INS/OUTS instructions for word, dword, and qword

Regards,

-- 
Jörg Rödel
jroedel@...e.de

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