Hi, Josh,

On Fri, Dec 17, 2021 at 02:57:06PM -0800, Josh Poimboeuf wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 17, 2021 at 10:01:35PM +0000, Fenghua Yu wrote:
> > The ENQCMD implicitly accesses the PASID_MSR to fill in the pasid field
> > of the descriptor being submitted to an accelerator. But there is no
> > precise (and stable across kernel changes) point at which the PASID_MSR
> > is updated from the value for one task to the next.
> > 
> > Kernel code that uses accelerators must always use the ENQCMDS instruction
> > which does not access the PASID_MSR.
> > 
> > Check for use of the ENQCMD instruction in the kernel and warn on its
> > usage.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Fenghua Yu <[email protected]>
> > Reviewed-by: Tony Luck <[email protected]>
> > ---
> > v2:
> > - Simplify handling ENQCMD (PeterZ and Josh)
> 
> Acked-by: Josh Poimboeuf <[email protected]>

Thank you!

-Fenghua
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