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<title>lockin/x86: Implement sync_core_before_usermode()</title>
<updated>2018-02-05T20:34:57+00:00</updated>
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<name>Mathieu Desnoyers</name>
<email>mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com</email>
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<published>2018-01-29T20:20:16+00:00</published>
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Ensure that a core serializing instruction is issued before returning to
user-mode. x86 implements return to user-space through sysexit, sysrel,
and sysretq, which are not core serializing.

Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers &lt;mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com&gt;
Acked-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Cc: Andrea Parri &lt;parri.andrea@gmail.com&gt;
Cc: Andrew Hunter &lt;ahh@google.com&gt;
Cc: Andy Lutomirski &lt;luto@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Arnd Bergmann &lt;arnd@arndb.de&gt;
Cc: Avi Kivity &lt;avi@scylladb.com&gt;
Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt &lt;benh@kernel.crashing.org&gt;
Cc: Boqun Feng &lt;boqun.feng@gmail.com&gt;
Cc: Dave Watson &lt;davejwatson@fb.com&gt;
Cc: David Sehr &lt;sehr@google.com&gt;
Cc: Greg Hackmann &lt;ghackmann@google.com&gt;
Cc: H. Peter Anvin &lt;hpa@zytor.com&gt;
Cc: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Cc: Maged Michael &lt;maged.michael@gmail.com&gt;
Cc: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt;
Cc: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
Cc: Paul Mackerras &lt;paulus@samba.org&gt;
Cc: Russell King &lt;linux@armlinux.org.uk&gt;
Cc: Will Deacon &lt;will.deacon@arm.com&gt;
Cc: linux-api@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-arch@vger.kernel.org
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180129202020.8515-8-mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
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Ensure that a core serializing instruction is issued before returning to
user-mode. x86 implements return to user-space through sysexit, sysrel,
and sysretq, which are not core serializing.

Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers &lt;mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com&gt;
Acked-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Cc: Andrea Parri &lt;parri.andrea@gmail.com&gt;
Cc: Andrew Hunter &lt;ahh@google.com&gt;
Cc: Andy Lutomirski &lt;luto@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Arnd Bergmann &lt;arnd@arndb.de&gt;
Cc: Avi Kivity &lt;avi@scylladb.com&gt;
Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt &lt;benh@kernel.crashing.org&gt;
Cc: Boqun Feng &lt;boqun.feng@gmail.com&gt;
Cc: Dave Watson &lt;davejwatson@fb.com&gt;
Cc: David Sehr &lt;sehr@google.com&gt;
Cc: Greg Hackmann &lt;ghackmann@google.com&gt;
Cc: H. Peter Anvin &lt;hpa@zytor.com&gt;
Cc: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Cc: Maged Michael &lt;maged.michael@gmail.com&gt;
Cc: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt;
Cc: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
Cc: Paul Mackerras &lt;paulus@samba.org&gt;
Cc: Russell King &lt;linux@armlinux.org.uk&gt;
Cc: Will Deacon &lt;will.deacon@arm.com&gt;
Cc: linux-api@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-arch@vger.kernel.org
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180129202020.8515-8-mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
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