Re: [PATCH RFC V2 17/17] x86/entry: Preserve PKRS MSR across exceptions

From: Ira Weiny
Date: Tue Jul 21 2020 - 14:01:43 EST


On Fri, Jul 17, 2020 at 11:30:41AM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 17, 2020 at 12:20:56AM -0700, ira.weiny@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > +static void noinstr idt_save_pkrs(idtentry_state_t state)
>
> noinstr goes in the same place you would normally put inline, that's
> before the return type, not after it.
>

Sorry about that. But that does not look to be consistent.

10:57:35 > git grep 'noinstr' arch/x86/entry/common.c
...
arch/x86/entry/common.c:idtentry_state_t noinstr idtentry_enter(struct pt_regs *regs)
arch/x86/entry/common.c:void noinstr idtentry_exit(struct pt_regs *regs, idtentry_state_t state)
arch/x86/entry/common.c:void noinstr idtentry_enter_user(struct pt_regs *regs)
arch/x86/entry/common.c:void noinstr idtentry_exit_user(struct pt_regs *regs)
...

Are the above 'wrong'? Is it worth me sending a patch?

I've changed my code,
Ira