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SubjectRe: [PATCHv3 4/8] x86/mm: Handle LAM on context switch
On Fri, Jun 17, 2022 at 05:35:05PM +0200, Alexander Potapenko wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 10, 2022 at 4:35 PM Kirill A. Shutemov
> <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com> wrote:
> >
> > Linear Address Masking mode for userspace pointers encoded in CR3 bits.
> > The mode is selected per-thread. Add new thread features indicate that the
> > thread has Linear Address Masking enabled.
> >
> > switch_mm_irqs_off() now respects these flags and constructs CR3
> > accordingly.
> >
> > The active LAM mode gets recorded in the tlb_state.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com>
>
>
> > +#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
> > +static inline u64 mm_cr3_lam_mask(struct mm_struct *mm)
> > +{
> > + return mm->context.lam_cr3_mask;
> > +}
>
> Nit: can we have either "cr3_lam_mask" or "lam_cr3_mask" in both places?

With changes sugessted by Peter, the field in the mmu_context will be
called 'lam' as it is not CR3 mask anymore.

--
Kirill A. Shutemov

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