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Re: [RFC][PATCH 0/6] x86: Fix suspend vs retbleed=stuff



On Fri, Jan 13, 2023 at 07:39:38AM +0000, Joan Bruguera wrote:
> Hi Peter,
> 
> I tried your patches on both QEMU and my two (real) computers where
> s2ram with `retbleed=stuff` was failing and they wake up fine now.

Yay \o/

> However, I think some minor reviews are needed:
> 
> (1) I got a build error due to a symbol conflict between the
>     `restore_registers` in `arch/x86/include/asm/suspend_64.h` and the
>     one in `drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/gpio/hw_gpio.c`.
> 
>     (I fixed by renaming the one in `hw_gpio.c`, but it's worth
>      an `allmodconfig` just in case there's something else)

Urgh, must be my .config for not spotting that, will fix!

> (2) Tracing with QEMU I still see two `sarq $5, %gs:0x1337B33F` before
>     `%gs` is restored. Those correspond to the calls from
>     `secondary_startup_64` in `arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S` to
>     `verify_cpu` and `sev_verify_cbit`.
>     Those don't cause a crash but look suspicious, are they correct?
> 
>     (There are also some `sarq`s in the call to `early_setup_idt` from
>     `secondary_startup_64`, but `%gs` is restored immediately before)

OK, I'll have a look, thanks!



 


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