On 17.01.2018 10:48, Martin Schwidefsky wrote:
> Implement nospec_load() and nospec_ptr() for s390 with the new
> gmb() barrier between the boundary condition and the load that
> may not be done speculatively.
>
> Acked-by: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/s390/include/asm/barrier.h | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> arch/s390/kernel/alternative.c | 7 +++++++
> 2 files changed, 45 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/arch/s390/include/asm/barrier.h b/arch/s390/include/asm/barrier.h
> index 1043260..b8836a6 100644
> --- a/arch/s390/include/asm/barrier.h
> +++ b/arch/s390/include/asm/barrier.h
> @@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
> #ifndef __ASM_BARRIER_H
> #define __ASM_BARRIER_H
>
> +#include <asm/alternative.h>
> +
> /*
> * Force strict CPU ordering.
> * And yes, this is required on UP too when we're talking
> @@ -23,6 +25,42 @@
>
> #define mb() do { asm volatile(__ASM_BARRIER : : : "memory"); } while (0)
>
> +static inline void gmb(void)
> +{
> + asm volatile(
> + ALTERNATIVE("", ".long 0xb2e8f000", 81)
> + : : : "memory");
> +}
Just to be sure:
There are now 2 new facilities:
81 and 82.
Is 82 just the virtualization (SIE) support for 81?
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Thanks,
David / dhildenb
