Re: [PATCH v9 00/17] Enable FSGSBASE instructions

[Andi Kleen]

On Fri, Nov 15, 2019 at 07:29:17PM +0100, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> On Fri, 4 Oct 2019, Chang S. Bae wrote:
> > 
> > Updates from v8 [10]:
> > * Internalized the interrupt check in the helper functions (Andy L.)
> > * Simplified GS base helper functions (Tony L.)
> > * Changed the patch order to put the paranoid path changes before the
> >   context switch changes (Tony L.)
> > * Fixed typos (Randy D.) and massaged a few sentences in the documentation
> > * Massaged the FSGSBASE enablement message
> 
> That still lacks what Andy requested quite some time ago in the V8 thread:
> 
>      https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/034aaf3a-a93d-ec03-0bbd-068e1905b774@xxxxxxxxxx/
> 
>   "I also think that, before this series can have my ack, it needs an 
>    actual gdb maintainer to chime in, publicly, and state that they have 
>    thought about and tested the ABI changes and that gdb still works on 
>    patched kernels with and without FSGSBASE enabled.  I realize that there 
>    were all kinds of discussions, but they were all quite theoretical, and 
>    I think that the actual patches need to be considered by people who 
>    understand the concerns.  Specific test cases would be nice, too."
> 
> What's the state of this?

Adding Markus.

-Andi