Re: [PATCH] x86: perf: insn: Tweak opcode map for Intel CET instructions

From: Adrian Hunter
Date: Mon Mar 16 2020 - 03:11:44 EST


On 3/03/20 9:17 am, Adrian Hunter wrote:
> On 3/03/20 6:50 am, Mingbo Zhang wrote:
>> Intel CET instructions are not described in the Intel SDM. When trying to
>> get the instruction length, the following instructions get wrong (missing
>> ModR/M byte).
>>
>> RDSSPD r32
>> RSDDPQ r64
>> ENDBR32
>> ENDBR64
>> WRSSD r/m32, r32
>> WRSSQ r/m64, r64
>>
>> RDSSPD/Q and ENDBR32/64 use the same opcode (f3 0f 1e) slot, which is
>> described in SDM as Reserved-NOP with no encoding characters, and got an
>> empty slot in the opcode map. WRSSD/Q (0f 38 f6) also got an empty slot.
>
> We have patches for that:
>
> https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20200204171425.28073-1-yu-cheng.yu@xxxxxxxxx/
>
> But they have not yet been applied. Arnaldo, could you take them?
>

Any takers?