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Re: [PATCH CPU v1] cpuid: initialize cpuinfo with boot_cpu_data


  • To: Norbert Manthey <nmanthey@xxxxxxxxx>
  • From: Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2022 10:02:34 +0100
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On Fri, Feb 11, 2022 at 08:23:27AM +0100, Norbert Manthey wrote:
> When re-identifying CPU data, we might use uninitialized data when
> checking for the cache line property to adapt the cache
> alignment. The data that depends on this uninitialized read is
> currently not forwarded.
> 
> To avoid problems in the future, initialize the data cpuinfo
> structure before re-identifying the CPU again.
> 
> The trace to hit the uninitialized read reported by Coverity is:
> 
> bool recheck_cpu_features(unsigned int cpu)
> ...
>     struct cpuinfo_x86 c;
>     ...
>     identify_cpu(&c);
> 
> void identify_cpu(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
> ...
>     generic_identify(c)
> 
> static void generic_identify(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
> ...

Would it be more appropriate for generic_identify to also set
x86_cache_alignment like it's done in early_cpu_init?

generic_identify already re-fetches a bunch of stuff that's also
set by early_cpu_init for the BSP.

Thanks, Roger.



 


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