RE: [PATCH 2/2][4.17] x86emul: pull permission check ahead for REP INS/OUTS

2022-10-11 Thread Henry Wang
Hi Jan, > -Original Message- > From: Jan Beulich > Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2][4.17] x86emul: pull permission check ahead for REP > INS/OUTS > > On 10.10.2022 20:08, Andrew Cooper wrote: > > On 06/10/2022 14:11, Jan Beulich wrote: > >> Based on observations

Re: [PATCH 2/2][4.17] x86emul: pull permission check ahead for REP INS/OUTS

2022-10-11 Thread Jan Beulich
On 10.10.2022 20:08, Andrew Cooper wrote: > On 06/10/2022 14:11, Jan Beulich wrote: >> Based on observations on a fair range of hardware from both primary >> vendors even zero-iteration-count instances of these insns perform the >> port related permission checking first. >> >> Fixes: fe300600464c (

Re: [PATCH 2/2][4.17] x86emul: pull permission check ahead for REP INS/OUTS

2022-10-10 Thread Andrew Cooper
On 06/10/2022 14:11, Jan Beulich wrote: > Based on observations on a fair range of hardware from both primary > vendors even zero-iteration-count instances of these insns perform the > port related permission checking first. > > Fixes: fe300600464c ("x86: Fix emulation of REP prefix") > Signed-off-

[PATCH 2/2][4.17] x86emul: pull permission check ahead for REP INS/OUTS

2022-10-06 Thread Jan Beulich
Based on observations on a fair range of hardware from both primary vendors even zero-iteration-count instances of these insns perform the port related permission checking first. Fixes: fe300600464c ("x86: Fix emulation of REP prefix") Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich --- Partly RFC for this not being