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Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2024 09:29:33 -0300
From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>
To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>,
	Daniel Sneddon <daniel.sneddon@...ux.intel.com>,
	Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>, Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>,
	Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
	Pawan Gupta <pawan.kumar.gupta@...ux.intel.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1 fyi] tools headers x86 cpufeatures: Sync with the
 kernel sources to pick TDX, Zen, APIC MSR fence changes

On Thu, Apr 25, 2024 at 06:19:07PM -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> tldr; Just FYI, I'm carrying this on the perf tools tree.

Sorry about the subject line, reused from a previous sync, will fix it
up.

- Arnaldo
 
> Full explanation:
> 
> There used to be no copies, with tools/ code using kernel headers
> directly. From time to time tools/perf/ broke due to legitimate kernel
> hacking. At some point Linus complained about such direct usage. Then we
> adopted the current model.
> 
> The way these headers are used in perf are not restricted to just
> including them to compile something.
> 
> There are sometimes used in scripts that convert defines into string
> tables, etc, so some change may break one of these scripts, or new MSRs
> may use some different #define pattern, etc.
> 
> E.g.:
> 
>   $ ls -1 tools/perf/trace/beauty/*.sh | head -5
>   tools/perf/trace/beauty/arch_errno_names.sh
>   tools/perf/trace/beauty/drm_ioctl.sh
>   tools/perf/trace/beauty/fadvise.sh
>   tools/perf/trace/beauty/fsconfig.sh
>   tools/perf/trace/beauty/fsmount.sh
>   $
>   $ tools/perf/trace/beauty/fadvise.sh
>   static const char *fadvise_advices[] = {
>         [0] = "NORMAL",
>         [1] = "RANDOM",
>         [2] = "SEQUENTIAL",
>         [3] = "WILLNEED",
>         [4] = "DONTNEED",
>         [5] = "NOREUSE",
>   };
>   $
> 
> The tools/perf/check-headers.sh script, part of the tools/ build
> process, points out changes in the original files.
> 
> So its important not to touch the copies in tools/ when doing changes in
> the original kernel headers, that will be done later, when
> check-headers.sh inform about the change to the perf tools hackers.
> 
> To pick the changes from:
> 
>   95a6ccbdc7199a14 ("x86/bhi: Mitigate KVM by default")
>   ec9404e40e8f3642 ("x86/bhi: Add BHI mitigation knob")
>   be482ff9500999f5 ("x86/bhi: Enumerate Branch History Injection (BHI) bug")
>   0f4a837615ff925b ("x86/bhi: Define SPEC_CTRL_BHI_DIS_S")
>   7390db8aea0d64e9 ("x86/bhi: Add support for clearing branch history at syscall entry")
> 
> This causes these perf files to be rebuilt and brings some X86_FEATURE
> that will be used when updating the copies of
> tools/arch/x86/lib/mem{cpy,set}_64.S with the kernel sources:
> 
>       CC       /tmp/build/perf/bench/mem-memcpy-x86-64-asm.o
>       CC       /tmp/build/perf/bench/mem-memset-x86-64-asm.o
> 
> And addresses this perf build warning:
> 
>   Warning: Kernel ABI header differences:
>     diff -u tools/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h
> 
> Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>
> Cc: Daniel Sneddon <daniel.sneddon@...ux.intel.com>
> Cc: Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>
> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>
> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
> Cc: Pawan Gupta <pawan.kumar.gupta@...ux.intel.com>
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
> Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
> ---
>  tools/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h | 7 ++++++-
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h b/tools/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h
> index a38f8f9ba6572912..3c7434329661c66e 100644
> --- a/tools/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h
> +++ b/tools/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h
> @@ -461,11 +461,15 @@
>  
>  /*
>   * Extended auxiliary flags: Linux defined - for features scattered in various
> - * CPUID levels like 0x80000022, etc.
> + * CPUID levels like 0x80000022, etc and Linux defined features.
>   *
>   * Reuse free bits when adding new feature flags!
>   */
>  #define X86_FEATURE_AMD_LBR_PMC_FREEZE	(21*32+ 0) /* AMD LBR and PMC Freeze */
> +#define X86_FEATURE_CLEAR_BHB_LOOP	(21*32+ 1) /* "" Clear branch history at syscall entry using SW loop */
> +#define X86_FEATURE_BHI_CTRL		(21*32+ 2) /* "" BHI_DIS_S HW control available */
> +#define X86_FEATURE_CLEAR_BHB_HW	(21*32+ 3) /* "" BHI_DIS_S HW control enabled */
> +#define X86_FEATURE_CLEAR_BHB_LOOP_ON_VMEXIT (21*32+ 4) /* "" Clear branch history at vmexit using SW loop */
>  
>  /*
>   * BUG word(s)
> @@ -515,4 +519,5 @@
>  #define X86_BUG_SRSO			X86_BUG(1*32 + 0) /* AMD SRSO bug */
>  #define X86_BUG_DIV0			X86_BUG(1*32 + 1) /* AMD DIV0 speculation bug */
>  #define X86_BUG_RFDS			X86_BUG(1*32 + 2) /* CPU is vulnerable to Register File Data Sampling */
> +#define X86_BUG_BHI			X86_BUG(1*32 + 3) /* CPU is affected by Branch History Injection */
>  #endif /* _ASM_X86_CPUFEATURES_H */
> -- 
> 2.44.0
>