Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH for-4.7/4.8] x86: Fix "x86: further CPUID handling adjustments"

["Jan Beulich" <JBeulich@xxxxxxxx>]

>>> On 15.05.18 at 19:54, <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Also, I don't see any link between the change and the commit message.  With
> the microcode installed, STIBP and IBPB are already visible to dom0.

They reportedly weren't (and I was able to confirm that), and given this
original (prior to that change) code

            }
        }
        else
            b = c = 0;
        a = d = 0;

I also can't see how IBRSB and STIBP could have been visible. I agree I
had wrongly extended that to IBPB.

> The only required adjustment is to force STIBP == IBRSB, which must be done
> after applying the pv_featureset[] mask to the toolstack's choice of value.

I can see how I've got that part wrong from a leveling perspective (I was
really too focused on Dom0 back then), but I don't see how reporting IBPB
when IBRSB is available in hardware (implying IBPB itself isn't) would work
with your change in place.

I'm also not convinced assimilating Sergey's original change into this one is
appropriate - raw_featureset[] isn't used for anything except the sysctl.

Jan



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