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SubjectRe: [RFC PATCH] x86/cpu: Fix MSR value truncation issue
On Wed, Nov 11, 2015 at 07:50:04AM -0800, Andy Lutomirski wrote:

> Not terribly surprising :) Someone (I forget who) told me that 32-bit
> SYSCALL (native 32-bit, not compat) was so full of errata that it was
> unusable. Even without errata, I don't really see how it would work
> well

No, showstopper appears much earlier: it is only supported on AMD. Which
would mean, yet another vendor special-handling. And I don't think it's
worth it.

Yeah, yeah, it might still be faster than SYSENTER, but 32-bit?! Srsly?!
I'm surprised that thing still builds even. :-)

> -- there's no MSR_SYSCALL_MASK,

Of course there is:

MSRC000_0084 SYSCALL Flag Mask (SYSCALL_FLAG_MASK):

31:0 - Mask: SYSCALL flag mask. Read-write. Reset: 0000_0000h. This register holds the EFLAGS
mask used by the SYSCALL instruction. 1=Clear the corresponding EFLAGS bit when executing the
SYSCALL instruction.

Intel has that too, except again, no SYSCALL in legacy mode on Intel.

--
Regards/Gruss,
Boris.

ECO tip #101: Trim your mails when you reply.


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