Re: [PATCH 1/5] x86/ibrs: Introduce native_rdmsrl, and native_wrmsrl

[Raj, Ashok]

On Thu, Jan 11, 2018 at 05:41:34PM -0800, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 11, 2018 at 5:32 PM, Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > - Remove including microcode.h, and use native macros from asm/msr.h
> > - added license header for spec_ctrl.c
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@xxxxxxxxx>

[snip]
> > +static inline u64 native_rdmsrl(unsigned int msr)
> > +{
> > +       u64 val;
> > +
> > +       val = __rdmsr(msr);
> > +
> > +       return val;
> > +}
> 
> What's wrong with native_read_msr()?

Yes, i think i should have added to msr.h. The names didn't read as a
pair, one was native_read_msr, wrmsrl could be taken over when paravirt is
defined? 

> 
> > +
> > +static inline void native_wrmsrl(unsigned int msr, u64 val)
> > +{
> > +       __wrmsr(msr, (u32) (val & 0xffffffffULL), (u32) (val >> 32));
> > +}
> 
> What's wrong with just wrmsrl()?  If you really need a native helper
> like this, please add it to arch/x86/asm/msr.h.

I should have done that.. will move these to msr.h instead.

Cheers,
Ashok