Linear-address masking (LAM) [1], modifies the checking that is applied to *64-bit* linear addresses, allowing software to use of the untranslated address bits for metadata and masks the metadata bits before using them as linear addresses to access memory.
When the feature is virtualized and exposed to guest, it can be used for efficient address sanitizers (ASAN) implementation and for optimizations in JITs and virtual machines. [1] Intel ISE https://cdrdv2.intel.com/v1/dl/getContent/671368 Chapter Linear Address Masking (LAM) --- Changelog v3: - Some change in commit message. - Add handling of LAM control bits. (Xiaoyao) v2: - https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2023-05/msg07842.html Binbin Wu (1): target/i386: add control bits support for LAM Robert Hoo (1): target/i386: add support for LAM in CPUID enumeration target/i386/cpu.c | 2 +- target/i386/cpu.h | 9 ++++++++- 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) -- 2.25.1
