> On Sep 2, 2020, at 5:54 AM, peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > 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://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flkml.kernel.org%2Fr%2F20200527135329.1172644-1-arnd%40arndb.de&data=02%7C01%7Cnamit%40vmware.com%7C387b68745a984454d50708d84f3f499c%7Cb39138ca3cee4b4aa4d6cd83d9dd62f0%7C0%7C0%7C637346480527901622&sdata=PR%2BCUy%2FYNKza6he78coaDR3x1G7BYuzFfS9SGfWZ9p8%3D&reserved=0 > > I didn't keep up, but I think the general concensus was that it's > indeed a bit naf. Thanks for pointer. I did not see the discussion, and embarrassingly, I have also never figured out how to reply on lkml emails without registering to lkml. Anyhow, indeed, the patch that Arvind provided seems to address this issue.