Re: [PATCH v7 34/41] x86/shstk: Support WRSS for userspace

From: Edgecombe, Rick P
Date: Fri Mar 10 2023 - 12:16:57 EST


On Fri, 2023-03-10 at 17:44 +0100, Borislav Petkov wrote:

Thanks on text edits.

> >
> > +/* Helper that can never get accidentally un-inlined. */
> > +#define set_clr_bits_msrl(msr, set, clear) do { \
>
> Uff, pls kill this thing.
>
> Our MSR interfaces universe is already insane and arch/x86/lib/msr.c
> already has similar attempts to what you're doing here in addition to
> all the other gunk in msr.h.
>
> I highly doubt this can't be done the usual way, lemme see...

Seems reasonable.