From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.8 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SIGNED_OFF_BY,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 38273C43331 for ; Mon, 30 Mar 2020 11:26:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from kanga.kvack.org (kanga.kvack.org [205.233.56.17]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E920B20716 for ; Mon, 30 Mar 2020 11:26:27 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org E920B20716 Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=arm.com Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Received: by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix) id 9AC8E6B000C; Mon, 30 Mar 2020 07:26:27 -0400 (EDT) Received: by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix, from userid 40) id 95CBE6B0032; Mon, 30 Mar 2020 07:26:27 -0400 (EDT) X-Delivered-To: int-list-linux-mm@kvack.org Received: by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix, from userid 63042) id 84C076B0037; Mon, 30 Mar 2020 07:26:27 -0400 (EDT) X-Delivered-To: linux-mm@kvack.org Received: from forelay.hostedemail.com (smtprelay0188.hostedemail.com [216.40.44.188]) by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 67B9A6B000C for ; Mon, 30 Mar 2020 07:26:27 -0400 (EDT) Received: from smtpin06.hostedemail.com (10.5.19.251.rfc1918.com [10.5.19.251]) by forelay05.hostedemail.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2B00E181AD0A8 for ; Mon, 30 Mar 2020 11:26:27 +0000 (UTC) X-FDA: 76651800414.06.trail88_556049ee92a1e X-HE-Tag: trail88_556049ee92a1e X-Filterd-Recvd-Size: 4753 Received: from foss.arm.com (foss.arm.com [217.140.110.172]) by imf38.hostedemail.com (Postfix) with ESMTP for ; Mon, 30 Mar 2020 11:26:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from usa-sjc-imap-foss1.foss.arm.com (unknown [10.121.207.14]) by usa-sjc-mx-foss1.foss.arm.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id E980531B; Mon, 30 Mar 2020 04:26:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: from C02TD0UTHF1T.local (usa-sjc-imap-foss1.foss.arm.com [10.121.207.14]) by usa-sjc-imap-foss1.foss.arm.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 9111A3F52E; Mon, 30 Mar 2020 04:26:22 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2020 12:26:19 +0100 From: Mark Rutland To: Kees Cook Cc: Thomas Gleixner , Elena Reshetova , x86@kernel.org, Andy Lutomirski , Peter Zijlstra , Catalin Marinas , Will Deacon , Alexander Potapenko , Ard Biesheuvel , Jann Horn , "Perla, Enrico" , kernel-hardening@lists.openwall.com, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 5/5] arm64: entry: Enable random_kstack_offset support Message-ID: <20200330112619.GE1309@C02TD0UTHF1T.local> References: <20200324203231.64324-1-keescook@chromium.org> <20200324203231.64324-6-keescook@chromium.org> <20200325132127.GB12236@lakrids.cambridge.arm.com> <202003251319.AECA788D63@keescook> <20200326111521.GA72909@C02TD0UTHF1T.local> <202003260926.83BC44B@keescook> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <202003260926.83BC44B@keescook> X-Bogosity: Ham, tests=bogofilter, spamicity=0.000000, version=1.2.4 Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Precedence: bulk X-Loop: owner-majordomo@kvack.org List-ID: On Thu, Mar 26, 2020 at 09:31:32AM -0700, Kees Cook wrote: > On Thu, Mar 26, 2020 at 11:15:21AM +0000, Mark Rutland wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 25, 2020 at 01:22:07PM -0700, Kees Cook wrote: > > > On Wed, Mar 25, 2020 at 01:21:27PM +0000, Mark Rutland wrote: > > > > On Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 01:32:31PM -0700, Kees Cook wrote: > > > > > Allow for a randomized stack offset on a per-syscall basis, with roughly > > > > > 5 bits of entropy. > > > > > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Kees Cook > > > > > > > > Just to check, do you have an idea of the impact on arm64? Patch 3 had > > > > figures for x86 where it reads the TSC, and it's unclear to me how > > > > get_random_int() compares to that. > > > > > > I didn't do a measurement on arm64 since I don't have a good bare-metal > > > test environment. I know Andy Lutomirki has plans for making > > > get_random_get() as fast as possible, so that's why I used it here. > > > > Ok. I suspect I also won't get the chance to test that in the next few > > days, but if I do I'll try to share the results. > > Okay, thanks! I can try a rough estimate under emulation, but I assume > that'll be mostly useless. :) > > > My concern here was that, get_random_int() has to grab a spinlock and > > mess with IRQ masking, so has the potential to block for much longer, > > but that might not be an issue in practice, and I don't think that > > should block these patches. > > Gotcha. I was already surprised by how "heavy" the per-cpu access was > when I looked at the resulting assembly (there looked to be preempt > stuff, etc). But my hope was that this is configurable so people can > measure for themselves if they want it, and most people who want this > feature have a high tolerance for performance trade-offs. ;) > > > > I couldn't figure out if there was a comparable instruction like rdtsc > > > in aarch64 (it seems there's a cycle counter, but I found nothing in > > > the kernel that seemed to actually use it)? > > > > AArch64 doesn't have a direct equivalent. The generic counter > > (CNTxCT_EL0) is the closest thing, but its nominal frequency is > > typically much lower than the nominal CPU clock frequency (unlike TSC > > where they're the same). The cycle counter (PMCCNTR_EL0) is part of the > > PMU, and can't be relied on in the same way (e.g. as perf reprograms it > > to generate overflow events, and it can stop for things like WFI/WFE). > > Okay, cool; thanks for the details! It's always nice to confirm I didn't > miss some glaringly obvious solution. ;) > > For a potential v2, should I add your reviewed-by or wait for your > timing analysis, etc? I'd rather not give an R-b until I've seen numbers, but please don't block waiting for that. For the moment, feel free to add: Acked-by: Mark Rutland ... and it's down to Will and Catalin to make the call for arm64. Thanks, Mark.