linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHv15 00/17] Linear Address Masking enabling

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Date:   Thu, 26 Jan 2023 17:42:06 +0300
From:   "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill@...temov.name>
To:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>, x86@...nel.org,
        Kostya Serebryany <kcc@...gle.com>,
        Andrey Ryabinin <ryabinin.a.a@...il.com>,
        Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@...il.com>,
        Alexander Potapenko <glider@...gle.com>,
        Taras Madan <tarasmadan@...gle.com>,
        Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@...gle.com>,
        "H . J . Lu" <hjl.tools@...il.com>,
        Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>,
        Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@...el.com>,
        Bharata B Rao <bharata@....com>,
        Jacob Pan <jacob.jun.pan@...ux.intel.com>,
        Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@...el.com>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCHv15 00/17] Linear Address Masking enabling

On Tue, Jan 24, 2023 at 02:01:58PM +0300, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 23, 2023 at 06:07:20PM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> > On Mon, Jan 23, 2023 at 2:05 PM Kirill A. Shutemov
> > <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Linear Address Masking[1] (LAM) modifies the checking that is applied to
> > > 64-bit linear addresses, allowing software to use of the untranslated
> > > address bits for metadata.
> > >
> > > The capability can be used for efficient address sanitizers (ASAN)
> > > implementation and for optimizations in JITs and virtual machines.
> > >
> > > The patchset brings support for LAM for userspace addresses. Only LAM_U57 at
> > > this time.
> > 
> > I didn't react to anything objectionable in the series.
> > 
> > My only reaction was actually to ask "when / what CPU cores are
> > expected to support this feature"?
> > 
> > Maybe it was mentioned somewhere, and I'm just blind and not finding
> > it.  But even the "Instruction Set Extensions and Future Features"
> > paper seems to just be talking about the CPUID bits, not about any
> > actual "this is when we expect it".
> 
> There's no announced CPUs that have the feature. And it is above my pay
> grade to disclose anything beyond that.

I've asked around and if everything goes well it will be available early
2024.

-- 
  Kiryl Shutsemau / Kirill A. Shutemov