Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 20 Feb 2018 18:18:12 +0100 (CET) | From | Thomas Gleixner <> | Subject | Re: [RFC PATCH V2 11/22] x86/intel_rdt: Associate pseudo-locked regions with its domain |
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On Tue, 20 Feb 2018, Reinette Chatre wrote: > On 2/20/2018 2:00 AM, Thomas Gleixner wrote: > > On Mon, 19 Feb 2018, Reinette Chatre wrote: > >> In addition to the above research from my side I also followed up with > >> the CPU architects directly to question the usage of these instructions > >> instead of wbinvd. > > > > What was their answer? This really wants a proper explanation and not just > > experimentation results as it makes absolutely no sense at all. > > I always prefer to provide detailed answers but here I find myself at > the threshold where I may end up sharing information not publicly known. > This cannot be the first time you find yourself in this situation. How > do you prefer to proceed?
Well, if it's secret sauce we'll have to accept it. Though it really does not improve the confidence in all those mechanisms ....
Thanks,
tglx
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