Re: [PATCH v3 10/11] x86/mm: Enable CR4.PCIDE on supported systems

From: Thomas Gleixner
Date: Wed Jun 21 2017 - 09:40:20 EST


On Wed, 21 Jun 2017, Thomas Gleixner wrote:

> On Tue, 20 Jun 2017, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
> > + /* Set up PCID */
> > + if (cpu_has(c, X86_FEATURE_PCID)) {
> > + if (cpu_has(c, X86_FEATURE_PGE)) {
> > + cr4_set_bits(X86_CR4_PCIDE);
>
> So I assume that you made sure that the PCID bits in CR3 are zero under all
> circumstances as setting PCIDE would cause a #GP if not.

And what happens on kexec etc? We need to reset the asid and PCIDE I assume.

Thanks,

tglx