Re: [RFC PATCH 02/16] x86/split_lock: Handle #AC exception for split lock in kernel mode

[Fenghua Yu]

On Fri, Jun 22, 2018 at 01:59:44PM +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> On Fri, 22 Jun 2018, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> > The whole thing is simply:
> > 
> > handle_ac()
> > {
> > 	if (user_mode(regs)) {
> > 		 do_trap(AC, SIGBUS, ...);
> > 	} else {
> > 		disable_ac_on_local_cpu();
> > 		WARN_ONCE(1);
> > 	}
> > }
> > 
> > That wants #AC enabled as early as possible so the kernel gets as much
> > coverage as it can. If it trips in the kernel it's a bug and needs to be
> > fixed and we can them fix ONE by ONE.
> 
> That said, #AC is just yet another badly defined and hastily bolted on
> (mis)feature. This should have been:
> 
>   Bit A:	   Enable #AC if CPL < 3
>   Bit B:	   Enable #AC if CPL == 3
> 
> But that would have been too useful and would allow sensible use of #AC
> without creating software trainwrecks.
>

The two bits would be ideal.

So I will do SIGBUG for user and WARN/disable for kernel in the next version.

Thanks.

-Fenghua