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Date:   Tue, 13 Feb 2018 08:59:43 +0100
From:   Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
To:     Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/6] Spectre v2 updates
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* Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> wrote:

> On 11/02/2018 00:39, David Woodhouse wrote:
> > Using retpoline ensures the kernel is safe because it doesn't contain
> > any indirect branches, but firmware still can — and we make calls into
> > firmware at runtime. Where the IBRS microcode support is available, use
> > that before calling into firmware.
> > 
> > While doing that, I noticed that we were calling C functions without
> > telling the compiler about the call-clobbered registers. Stop that.
> > 
> > This also contains the always_inline fix for the performance problem
> > introduced by retpoline in KVM code, and fixes some other issues with
> > the per-vCPU KVM handling for the SPEC_CTRL MSR.
> > 
> > Finally, update the microcode blacklist to reflect the latest
> > information from Intel.
> > 
> > v2: Drop IBRS_ALL patch for the time being
> >     Add KVM MSR fixes (karahmed)
> >     Update microcode blacklist
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > David Woodhouse (4):
> >   x86/speculation: Update Speculation Control microcode blacklist
> >   Revert "x86/speculation: Simplify
> >     indirect_branch_prediction_barrier()"
> >   KVM: x86: Reduce retpoline performance impact in
> >     slot_handle_level_range()
> >   x86/speculation: Use IBRS if available before calling into firmware
> > 
> > KarimAllah Ahmed (2):
> >   X86/nVMX: Properly set spec_ctrl and pred_cmd before merging MSRs
> >   KVM/nVMX: Set the CPU_BASED_USE_MSR_BITMAPS if we have a valid L02 MSR
> >     bitmap
> > 
> >  arch/x86/include/asm/apm.h           |  6 ++++++
> >  arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h   |  1 +
> >  arch/x86/include/asm/efi.h           | 17 +++++++++++++++--
> >  arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
> >  arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h     |  3 ---
> >  arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c           | 18 +++++++++++-------
> >  arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c          |  4 ----
> >  arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c                   | 10 +++++-----
> >  arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c                   |  7 ++++---
> >  drivers/watchdog/hpwdt.c             |  3 +++
> >  10 files changed, 73 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)
> > 
> 
> Acked-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>

Thanks - I've added your Ack to the three KVM patches.

Thanks,

	Ingo