RE: [RFC PATCH 23/32] x86/fred: update MSR_IA32_FRED_RSP0 during task switch

[Li, Xin3]

> > --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/switch_to.h
> > +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/switch_to.h
> > @@ -71,9 +71,13 @@ static inline void update_task_stack(struct task_struct
> *task)
> >  	else
> >  		this_cpu_write(cpu_tss_rw.x86_tss.sp1, task->thread.sp0);  #else
> > -	/* Xen PV enters the kernel on the thread stack. */
> > -	if (static_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_XENPV))
> > +	if (cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_FRED)) {
> > +		wrmsrl(MSR_IA32_FRED_RSP0,
> > +		       task_top_of_stack(task) + TOP_OF_KERNEL_STACK_PADDING);
> 
> Urgh, I'm assuming this is a *fast* MSR ?

You're right, however that is another feature under development AFAIK.

Xin