Re: [PATCH 5/7] x86: Use IBRS for firmware update path

[Tim Chen]

On 01/04/2018 12:51 PM, Yves-Alexis Perez wrote:
> On Thu, 2018-01-04 at 09:56 -0800, Tim Chen wrote:
>> @@ -44,6 +47,7 @@ static inline void apm_bios_call_asm(u32 func, u32 ebx_in,
>> u32 ecx_in,
>>                   "=S" (*esi)
>>                 : "a" (func), "b" (ebx_in), "c" (ecx_in)
>>                 : "memory", "cc");
>> +       unprotected_formware_end();
> 
> Just an obvious typo (form/firm) but I thought I'd report it.
>>  }
>>  
>>  static inline bool apm_bios_call_simple_asm(u32 func, u32 ebx_in,
>> @@ -52,6 +56,7 @@ static inline bool apm_bios_call_simple_asm(u32 func, u32
>> ebx_in,
>>         int     cx, dx, si;
>>         bool    error;
>>  
>> +       unprotected_firmware_begin();
>>         /*
>>          * N.B. We do NOT need a cld after the BIOS call
>>          * because we always save and restore the flags.
>> @@ -68,6 +73,7 @@ static inline bool apm_bios_call_simple_asm(u32 func, u32
>> ebx_in,
>>                   "=S" (si)
>>                 : "a" (func), "b" (ebx_in), "c" (ecx_in)
>>                 : "memory", "cc");
>> +       unprotected_formware_end();
>>         return error;
>>  }
> 
> Same here.
> 

Thanks.  Noted.

Tim