From owner-freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Wed Feb 10 21:57:56 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9451BAA5755 for ; Wed, 10 Feb 2016 21:57:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org) Received: from kenobi.freebsd.org (kenobi.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::16:76]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 878471843 for ; Wed, 10 Feb 2016 21:57:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org) Received: from bugs.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.118]) by kenobi.freebsd.org (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id u1ALvuoX039279 for ; Wed, 10 Feb 2016 21:57:56 GMT (envelope-from bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org) From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 207068] hwpmc wrap around/sign extension Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2016 21:57:56 +0000 X-Bugzilla-Reason: CC X-Bugzilla-Type: changed X-Bugzilla-Watch-Reason: None X-Bugzilla-Product: Base System X-Bugzilla-Component: kern X-Bugzilla-Version: 10.2-STABLE X-Bugzilla-Keywords: hwpmc X-Bugzilla-Severity: Affects Some People X-Bugzilla-Who: joss.upton@yahoo.com X-Bugzilla-Status: New X-Bugzilla-Resolution: X-Bugzilla-Priority: --- X-Bugzilla-Assigned-To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org X-Bugzilla-Flags: X-Bugzilla-Changed-Fields: Message-ID: In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Bugzilla-URL: https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/ Auto-Submitted: auto-generated MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailman-Approved-At: Thu, 11 Feb 2016 00:20:12 +0000 X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2016 21:57:56 -0000 https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D207068 --- Comment #6 from joss.upton@yahoo.com --- (In reply to joss.upton from comment #5) Actually, the best test might be to do this: uint64_t num; num =3D rdmsr(0xc1); printf("init: %lx\n", num); wrmsr(0xc1, 0x80000000); num =3D rdmsr(0xc1); printf("after e31: %lx\n", num); When I do this: init: 0 after e31: ffff80000000 This behavior is correct according to the Intel manual, but causes issues w= ith negative increments if you race it long enough. --=20 You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.=