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Date:      Fri, 26 Jan 2018 00:13:12 +0200
From:      Konstantin Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com>
To:        Ian FREISLICH <ian.freislich@capeaugusta.com>
Cc:        current <current@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Insta-reset-bootloop with r328166 and vm.pmap.pcid_enabled=1
Message-ID:  <20180125221312.GU55707@kib.kiev.ua>
In-Reply-To: <9e533d36-f2ee-58fc-d629-eed7d70645b4@capeaugusta.com>
References:  <9e533d36-f2ee-58fc-d629-eed7d70645b4@capeaugusta.com>

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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=1 set
> in loader.conf, but I did.š 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=1, comparing with PTI=0.



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