On Tue, Sep 01, 2020 at 09:18:57AM -0700, Nadav Amit wrote: > Unless I misunderstand the logic, __force_order should also be used by > rdpkru() and wrpkru() which do not have dependency on __force_order. I > also did not understand why native_write_cr0() has R/W dependency on > __force_order, and why native_write_cr4() no longer has any dependency > on __force_order. There was a fairly large thread about this thing here: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200527135329.1172644-1-arnd@xxxxxxxx I didn't keep up, but I think the general concensus was that it's indeed a bit naf.
