netdev - Re: [PATCH v7 10/21] x86/split_lock: Define per CPU variable to cache MSR TEST

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Date:   Thu, 18 Apr 2019 00:14:12 +0200 (CEST)
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>
cc:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        H Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com>,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>,
        Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@...el.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Ravi V Shankar <ravi.v.shankar@...el.com>,
        Xiaoyao Li <xiaoyao.li@...el.com>,
        Christopherson Sean J <sean.j.christopherson@...el.com>,
        Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>,
        Michael Chan <michael.chan@...adcom.com>,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        x86 <x86@...nel.org>, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
        Xiaoyao Li <xiaoyao.li@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 10/21] x86/split_lock: Define per CPU variable to
 cache MSR TEST_CTL

On Wed, 17 Apr 2019, Fenghua Yu wrote:

> MSR TEST_CTL (0x33) value is cached in per CPU variable msr_test_ctl_cache.

It _is_ cached? How so?

> The cached value will be used in virutalization to avoid costly MSR read.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>
> Signed-off-by: Xiaoyao Li <xiaoyao.li@...ux.intel.com>

That SOB chain is bogus.

> ---
>  arch/x86/include/asm/cpu.h  | 1 +
>  arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c | 3 +++
>  2 files changed, 4 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpu.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpu.h
> index 4e03f53fc079..cd7493f20234 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpu.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpu.h
> @@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ int mwait_usable(const struct cpuinfo_x86 *);
>  unsigned int x86_family(unsigned int sig);
>  unsigned int x86_model(unsigned int sig);
>  unsigned int x86_stepping(unsigned int sig);
> +DECLARE_PER_CPU(u64, msr_test_ctl_cache);
>  #ifdef CONFIG_CPU_SUP_INTEL
>  void __init cpu_set_core_cap_bits(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c);
>  #else
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c
> index 62f61a961eb6..997d683d3c27 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c
> @@ -31,6 +31,9 @@
>  #include <asm/apic.h>
>  #endif
>  
> +DEFINE_PER_CPU(u64, msr_test_ctl_cache);
> +EXPORT_PER_CPU_SYMBOL_GPL(msr_test_ctl_cache);

Contrary to things like cpufeatures or MSR bits, it's pretty useless to
have a separate patch for this. Please fold this into the place which
actualy uses it.

Thanks,

	tglx