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Date:   Wed, 21 Jun 2023 09:38:35 +0200
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
To:     Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com>
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        Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/5] intel_idle: Sync up the SPEC_CTRL MSR value to
 x86_spec_ctrl_current
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On Tue, Jun 20, 2023 at 10:06:23AM -0400, Waiman Long wrote:
> When intel_idle_ibrs() is called, it modifies the SPEC_CTRL MSR to 0
> in order disable IBRS. However, the new MSR value isn't reflected in
> x86_spec_ctrl_current. That will cause the new spec_ctrl_msrs debugfs
> file to show incorrect result. Fix that by updating x86_spec_ctrl_current
> percpu value to always match the content of the SPEC_CTRL MSR.

What debugfs file?