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

From: Hunter, Adrian
Date: Thu Mar 26 2020 - 10:19:15 EST


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2020 3:56 PM
> To: Hunter, Adrian <adrian.hunter@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>; Mingbo Zhang
> <whensungoes@xxxxxxxxx>; Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
> <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>; x86@xxxxxxxxxx; Thomas Gleixner
> <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>; Borislav Petkov
> <bp@xxxxxxxxx>; H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>; Andi Kleen
> <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx>; linux-
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> Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: perf: insn: Tweak opcode map for Intel CET
> instructions
>
> Em Thu, Mar 26, 2020 at 07:09:45AM +0200, Adrian Hunter escreveu:
> > On 26/03/20 3:31 am, Masami Hiramatsu wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > On Mon, 2 Mar 2020 23:50:30 -0500
> > > Mingbo Zhang <whensungoes@xxxxxxxxx> 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.
> > >>
> > >
> > > This looks good to me. BTW, wouldn't we need to add decode test cases
> to perf?
> > >
> > > Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > >
> > > Thank you,
> > >
> >
> > We have correct patches that you ack'ed for CET here:
> >
> >
> > https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20200204171425.28073-1-yu-cheng.yu@intel.
> > com/
> >
> > But they have not yet been applied.
> >
> > Sorry for the confusion.
>
> I'll collect them, thanks for pointing this out.

The patches are in tip courtesy of Borislav Petkov thank you!