Re: [PATCH 1/6] x86/entry: Introduce local_db_{save,restore}()

[Andrew Cooper]

On 28/05/2020 22:15, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Thu, May 28, 2020 at 09:52:30PM +0100, Andrew Cooper wrote:
>> On 28/05/2020 21:19, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
>>> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/debugreg.h
>>> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/debugreg.h
>>> @@ -113,6 +113,31 @@ static inline void debug_stack_usage_inc
>>>  static inline void debug_stack_usage_dec(void) { }
>>>  #endif /* X86_64 */
>>>  
>>> +static __always_inline void local_db_save(unsigned long *dr7)
>>> +{
>>> +	get_debugreg(*dr7, 7);
>>> +	if (*dr7)
>>> +		set_debugreg(0, 7);
>> %dr7 has an architecturally stuck bit in it.
>>
>> You want *dr7 != 0x400 to avoid writing 0 unconditionally.
> Do we have to have that bit set when writing it? Otherwise I might
> actually prefer masking it out.

Not currently. I guess it depends on how likely %dr7 is to gain an
inverted polarity bit like %dr6 did.

~Andrew