Re: [PATCH v5 1/9] x86/split_lock: Rework the initialization flow of split lock detection

From: Thomas Gleixner
Date: Tue Mar 24 2020 - 21:14:01 EST


Xiaoyao Li <xiaoyao.li@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> On 3/24/2020 6:29 PM, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
>> - switch (sld_state) {
>> + switch (state) {
>> case sld_off:
>> pr_info("disabled\n");
>> - break;
>> -
>> + return;
> Here, when sld_off, it just returns without
> setup_force_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_SPLIT_LOCK_DETECT).
>
> So for APs, it won't clear SLD bit in split_lock_init().

Trivial fix:

static void split_lock_init(void)
{
split_lock_verify_msr(sld_state != sld_off);
}

You just need to remove the __init annotation from split_lock_verify_msr().

Thanks,

tglx