2 Sep
2020
2 Sep
'20
12:54 p.m.
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@arndb.de
I didn't keep up, but I think the general concensus was that it's indeed a bit naf.