Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Wed, 31 Jan 2018 09:07:10 +0100 (CET) | From | Thomas Gleixner <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v6 11/13] kvm, x86: update spectre-v1 mitigation |
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On Tue, 30 Jan 2018, Dan Williams wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 29, 2018 at 5:03 PM, Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com> wrote: > > Commit 75f139aaf896 "KVM: x86: Add memory barrier on vmcs field lookup" > > added a raw 'asm("lfence");' to prevent a bounds check bypass of > > 'vmcs_field_to_offset_table'. We can save an lfence in this path and > > just use the common array_index_nospec() helper designed for these types > > of fixes. > > > > Cc: Andrew Honig <ahonig@google.com> > > Cc: Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com> > > Acked-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> > > Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com> > > > Hi Thomas, > > I notice this one missing from -tip, I suspect because of the > collision with the raw 'lfence' that is in current mainline? No > worries, I'll send a rebased fixup to Paolo directly once > array_idx_nospec() goes upstream.
It did not apply for that reason and I'm still trying to keep x86/pti as clean as it goes to keep GregKHs backporting hell somehow under control.
Sorry, I wanted to reply on that, but then my brain shut down after pushing it out.
Thanks,
tglx
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