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Subject[PATCH v4 00/13] x86: Enable FSGSBASE instructions
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Update from v3 [3]:
* Raise minimum binutils requirement to use the new instructions directly
* Optimize FIND_PERCPU_BASE macro
* Rename some helper functions, __{rd,wr}gsbase_inactive()
* Use NOKPROBE_SYMBOL instead of __kprobes

Update from v2 [2]:
* Separate out the preparatory patches [11] (now merged to the tip)
* Bisect the paranoid_entry update patch
* Edit minor nits

Updates from v1 [1]:
* Update the GSBASE update mechanism on the paranoid entry/exit.
* Exclude ptracer backward compatibility patches.
* Include FSGSBASE documentation and enumerating capability
for user space
* Add the TAINT_INSECURE flag.

[1] Version 1: https://lore.kernel.org/patchwork/cover/934843
[2] Version 2: https://lore.kernel.org/patchwork/cover/912063
[3] Version 3: https://lore.kernel.org/patchwork/cover/1002725

Andi Kleen (3):
x86/fsgsbase/64: Add intrinsics/macros for FSGSBASE instructions
x86/elf: Enumerate kernel FSGSBASE capability in AT_HWCAP2
x86/fsgsbase/64: Add documentation for FSGSBASE

Andy Lutomirski (4):
x86/fsgsbase/64: Add 'unsafe_fsgsbase' to enable CR4.FSGSBASE
x86/fsgsbase/64: Preserve FS/GS state in __switch_to() if FSGSBASE is
on
selftests/x86/fsgsbase: Test WRGSBASE
x86/fsgsbase/64: Enable FSGSBASE by default and add a chicken bit

Chang S. Bae (6):
taint: Introduce a new taint flag (insecure)
kbuild: Raise the minimum required binutils version to 2.21
x86/fsgsbase/64: Enable FSGSBASE instructions in the helper functions
x86/fsgsbase/64: When copying a thread, use the FSGSBASE instructions
if available
x86/fsgsbase/64: Introduce the FIND_PERCPU_BASE macro
x86/fsgsbase/64: Use the per-CPU base as GSBASE at the paranoid_entry

.../admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 2 +
Documentation/process/changes.rst | 6 +-
Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt | 1 +
Documentation/x86/fsgs.txt | 104 +++++++++++++++
arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S | 71 ++++++++--
arch/x86/include/asm/fsgsbase.h | 126 ++++++++++++++++--
arch/x86/include/asm/inst.h | 15 +++
arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/hwcap2.h | 3 +
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c | 22 +++
arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c | 108 +++++++++++++--
include/linux/kernel.h | 3 +-
kernel/panic.c | 1 +
tools/testing/selftests/x86/fsgsbase.c | 102 +++++++++++++-
13 files changed, 523 insertions(+), 41 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 Documentation/x86/fsgs.txt

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