linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86/msr: add idle version of wrmsr trace

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Message-ID: <YwXRoUfI87HYOnTd@worktop.programming.kicks-ass.net>
Date:   Wed, 24 Aug 2022 09:22:09 +0200
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     FirstName LastName <pshier@...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>,
        Jacob Pan <jacob.jun.pan@...ux.intel.com>,
        Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>,
        Michael Roth <michael.roth@....com>,
        Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>,
        Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...nel.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-pm@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/msr: add idle version of wrmsr trace

On Wed, Aug 24, 2022 at 08:48:33AM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> diff --git a/drivers/idle/intel_idle.c b/drivers/idle/intel_idle.c
> index 3e101719689a..6e82b2df29cb 100644
> --- a/drivers/idle/intel_idle.c
> +++ b/drivers/idle/intel_idle.c
> @@ -187,12 +187,12 @@ static __cpuidle int intel_idle_ibrs(struct cpuidle_device *dev,
>  	int ret;
>  
>  	if (smt_active)
> -		wrmsrl(MSR_IA32_SPEC_CTRL, 0);
> +		__native_wrmsr(MSR_IA32_SPEC_CTRL, 0);
>  
>  	ret = __intel_idle(dev, drv, index);
>  
>  	if (smt_active)
> -		wrmsrl(MSR_IA32_SPEC_CTRL, spec_ctrl);
> +		__native_wrmsr(MSR_IA32_SPEC_CTRL, spec_ctrl);
>  
>  	return ret;
>  }

Clearly I should not be sending email before having wake-up-juice.. that
should of course be native_wrmsr(SPEC_CTRL, val, 0) etc..