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Date:      Fri, 26 Jan 2018 21:07:29 -0500
From:      Ed Maste <emaste@freebsd.org>
To:        Ian FREISLICH <ian.freislich@capeaugusta.com>
Cc:        Konstantin Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com>, current <current@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Insta-reset-bootloop with r328166 and vm.pmap.pcid_enabled=1
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References:  <9e533d36-f2ee-58fc-d629-eed7d70645b4@capeaugusta.com> <20180125221312.GU55707@kib.kiev.ua> <f64e380b-344b-c02f-004a-2c67525134b1@capeaugusta.com>

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On 25 January 2018 at 17:21, Ian FREISLICH
<ian.freislich@capeaugusta.com> wrote:
>> 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=1, comparing with PTI=0.
>
> Maybe there should be an "interlock" on these knobs, although judging
> from the number of reports I'm the only that shot my foot.

Sorry for the trouble.

Once D13985 is committed these knobs can both be set to 1 (and in fact
that will be the default configuration on Intel systems). I suspect
the commit will happen soon and until then it's just a temporary bump
inherent in running -current.



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