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Date:      Thu, 25 Jan 2018 17:21:34 -0500
From:      Ian FREISLICH <ian.freislich@capeaugusta.com>
To:        Konstantin Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com>
Cc:        current <current@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Insta-reset-bootloop with r328166 and vm.pmap.pcid_enabled=1
Message-ID:  <f64e380b-344b-c02f-004a-2c67525134b1@capeaugusta.com>
In-Reply-To: <20180125221312.GU55707@kib.kiev.ua>
References:  <9e533d36-f2ee-58fc-d629-eed7d70645b4@capeaugusta.com> <20180125221312.GU55707@kib.kiev.ua>

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On 01/25/18 17:13, Konstantin Belousov wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 25, 2018 at 04:58:04PM -0500, Ian FREISLICH wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> I cannot for the life of me recall why I had vm.pmap.pcid_enabled=3D1 se=
t
>> in loader.conf, but I did.=9A Most likely very historical reasons.
>>
>> r328166 and later reset without dropping into the debugger during boot,
>> no panic message.
> Yes, this is how it is currently behaves.
> PCID can be used to optimize PTI, see https://reviews.freebsd.org/D13985.
> It is used for very differrent algorithm when PTI=3D1, comparing with PTI=
=3D0.

Maybe there should be an "interlock" on these knobs, although judging
from the number of reports I'm the only that shot my foot.

Ian

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Ian Freislich

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