Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 15 Jun 2020 09:52:02 +0200 | From | Peter Zijlstra <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2 00/12] x86: tag application address space for devices |
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On Fri, Jun 12, 2020 at 05:41:21PM -0700, Fenghua Yu wrote:
> This series only provides simple and basic support for ENQCMD and the MSR: > 1. Clean up type definitions (patch 1-3). These patches can be in a > separate series. > - Define "pasid" as "unsigned int" consistently (patch 1 and 2). > - Define "flags" as "unsigned int" > 2. Explain different various technical terms used in the series (patch 4). > 3. Enumerate support for ENQCMD in the processor (patch 5). > 4. Handle FPU PASID state and the MSR during context switch (patches 6-7). > 5. Define "pasid" in mm_struct (patch 8). > 5. Clear PASID state for new mm and forked and cloned thread (patch 9-10). > 6. Allocate and free PASID for a process (patch 11). > 7. Fix up the PASID MSR in #GP handler when one thread in a process > executes ENQCMD for the first time (patches 12).
If this is per mm, should not switch_mm() update the MSR ? I'm not seeing that, nor do I see it explained why not.
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