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Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] x86/KVM/VMX: Introduce and use try_cmpxchg64()
To:     Uros Bizjak <ubizjak@gmail.com>, x86@kernel.org,
        kvm@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc:     Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
        Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
        Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>,
        Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@redhat.com>,
        Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@tencent.com>,
        Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>,
        Joerg Roedel <joro@8bytes.org>
References: <20201215182805.53913-1-ubizjak@gmail.com>
From:   Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
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Date:   Mon, 18 Jan 2021 19:26:09 +0100
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On 15/12/20 19:28, Uros Bizjak wrote:
> This patch series introduces try_cmpxchg64() atomic locking function.
> 
> try_cmpxchg64() provides the same interface for 64 bit and 32 bit targets,
> emits CMPXCHGQ for 64 bit targets and CMPXCHG8B for 32 bit targets,
> and provides appropriate fallbacks when CMPXCHG8B is unavailable.
> 
> try_cmpxchg64() reuses flags from CMPXCHGQ/CMPXCHG8B instructions and
> avoids unneeded CMP for 64 bit targets or XOR/XOR/OR sequence for
> 32 bit targets.
> 
> Cc: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
> Cc: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com>
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
> Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
> Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
> Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
> Cc: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
> Cc: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@redhat.com>
> Cc: Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@tencent.com>
> Cc: Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>
> Cc: Joerg Roedel <joro@8bytes.org>
> 
> Uros Bizjak (3):
>    asm-generic/atomic: Add try_cmpxchg64() instrumentation
>    locking/atomic/x86: Introduce arch_try_cmpxchg64()
>    KVM/VMX: Use try_cmpxchg64() in posted_intr.c
> 
>   arch/x86/include/asm/cmpxchg_32.h         | 62 +++++++++++++++++++----
>   arch/x86/include/asm/cmpxchg_64.h         |  6 +++
>   arch/x86/kvm/vmx/posted_intr.c            |  9 ++--
>   include/asm-generic/atomic-instrumented.h | 46 ++++++++++++++++-
>   scripts/atomic/gen-atomic-instrumented.sh |  2 +-
>   5 files changed, 108 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
> 

Queued, thanks.

Paolo