Re: [PATCH] x86, AMD: Correct F15h IC aliasing issue

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Tue Jul 26 2011 - 14:35:39 EST



* Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Ok, I went and installed a Debian wheezy with gnome and started
> almost everything I could find in the startup menu. Kernel is 3.0
> with Linus' simpler fix.
>
> The attached file shows all libraries which would create aliases
> (i.e. 2 or more unique values for bits [14:12] along with the
> respective count) in the total of:
>
> Total r-xp mappings: 831, aliasing: 240 (0.289%)

28.9%, right?

> For example, libc gets mapped into all possible slots for [14:12]
>
> Library [14:12] count
> ======= ======= =====
> /lib/libc-2.11.2.so
> 0 12
> 1 12
> 2 11
> 3 12
> 4 13
> 5 16
> 6 13
> 7 9
>
>
> and so on.

Was this done with a stock kernel, or with the simple patch applied?

Thanks,

Ingo
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