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Bus lock debug exception is an ability to notify the kernel by an #DB trap after the instruction acquires a bus lock and is executed when CPL>0. This allows the kernel to enforce user application throttling or mitigations. Existence of bus lock debug exception is enumerated via CPUID.(EAX=7,ECX=0).ECX[24]. Software can enable these exceptions by setting bit 2 of the MSR_IA32_DEBUGCTL. Expose the CPUID to guest and emulate the MSR handling when guest enables it. Support for this feature was originally developed by Xiaoyao Li and Chenyi Qiang, but code has since changed enough that this patch has nothing in common with theirs, except for this commit message. Co-developed-by: Xiaoyao Li <xiaoyao.li@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Xiaoyao Li <xiaoyao.li@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Chenyi Qiang <chenyi.qiang@intel.com> Message-Id: <20210202090433.13441-4-chenyi.qiang@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.