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Linus Torvalds 550c2129d9 A single fix for x86 which removes the RDPID usage from the paranoid entry
path and unconditionally uses LSL to retrieve the CPU number. RDPID depends
 on MSR_TSX_AUX.  KVM has an optmization to avoid expensive MRS read/writes
 on VMENTER/EXIT. It caches the MSR values and restores them either when
 leaving the run loop, on preemption or when going out to user
 space. MSR_TSX_AUX is part of that lazy MSR set, so after writing the guest
 value and before the lazy restore any exception using the paranoid entry
 will read the guest value and use it as CPU number to retrieve the GSBASE
 value for the current CPU when FSGSBASE is enabled. As RDPID is only used
 in that particular entry path, there is no reason to burden VMENTER/EXIT
 with two extra MSR writes. Remove the RDPID optimization, which is not even
 backed by numbers from the paranoid entry path instead.
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Merge tag 'x86-urgent-2020-08-23' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

Pull x86 fix from Thomas Gleixner:
 "A single fix for x86 which removes the RDPID usage from the paranoid
  entry path and unconditionally uses LSL to retrieve the CPU number.

  RDPID depends on MSR_TSX_AUX. KVM has an optmization to avoid
  expensive MRS read/writes on VMENTER/EXIT. It caches the MSR values
  and restores them either when leaving the run loop, on preemption or
  when going out to user space. MSR_TSX_AUX is part of that lazy MSR
  set, so after writing the guest value and before the lazy restore any
  exception using the paranoid entry will read the guest value and use
  it as CPU number to retrieve the GSBASE value for the current CPU when
  FSGSBASE is enabled. As RDPID is only used in that particular entry
  path, there is no reason to burden VMENTER/EXIT with two extra MSR
  writes. Remove the RDPID optimization, which is not even backed by
  numbers from the paranoid entry path instead"

* tag 'x86-urgent-2020-08-23' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  x86/entry/64: Do not use RDPID in paranoid entry to accomodate KVM
2020-08-23 11:21:16 -07:00
arch A single fix for x86 which removes the RDPID usage from the paranoid entry 2020-08-23 11:21:16 -07:00
block block-5.9-2020-08-14 2020-08-15 20:36:42 -07:00
certs .gitignore: add SPDX License Identifier 2020-03-25 11:50:48 +01:00
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Documentation A set of EFI fixes: 2020-08-23 11:08:32 -07:00
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Linux kernel
============

There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``.  The formatted documentation can also be read online at:

    https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/

There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.

Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.