linux-mm.kvack.org archive mirror
 help / color / mirror / Atom feed
From: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>
To: "Edgecombe, Rick P" <rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com>
Cc: "debug@rivosinc.com" <debug@rivosinc.com>,
	"Liam.Howlett@oracle.com" <Liam.Howlett@oracle.com>,
	"dave.hansen@linux.intel.com" <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>,
	"bp@alien8.de" <bp@alien8.de>,
	"lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com" <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com>,
	"hpa@zytor.com" <hpa@zytor.com>,
	"mingo@redhat.com" <mingo@redhat.com>,
	"tglx@linutronix.de" <tglx@linutronix.de>,
	"x86@kernel.org" <x86@kernel.org>,
	"vbabka@suse.cz" <vbabka@suse.cz>,
	"arnd@arndb.de" <arnd@arndb.de>,
	"akpm@linux-foundation.org" <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	"linux-mm@kvack.org" <linux-mm@kvack.org>,
	"linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	"linux-arch@vger.kernel.org" <linux-arch@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC/RFT v2 2/2] kernel: converge common shadow stack flow agnostic to arch
Date: Fri, 1 Nov 2024 22:39:15 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <7f392b4e-9970-42d4-8204-2aa967a5375d@sirena.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <7109dfcc6df5a610dcfe35a77bb7a84f8932485b.camel@intel.com>

[-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 819 bytes --]

On Fri, Nov 01, 2024 at 09:50:27PM +0000, Edgecombe, Rick P wrote:
> On Wed, 2024-10-16 at 14:57 -0700, Deepak Gupta wrote:

> > - * The maximum distance INCSSP can move the SSP is 2040 bytes, before
> > - * it would read the memory. Therefore a single page gap will be enough
> > - * to prevent any operation from shifting the SSP to an adjacent stack,
> > - * since it would have to land in the gap at least once, causing a
> > - * fault.

> I want to take a deeper look at this series once I can apply and test it, but
> can we maybe make this comment more generic and keep it? I think it is similar
> reasoning for arm (?), is there anything situation like this for risc-v? Or
> rather, why does risc-v have the guard gaps?

Yes, for arm64 you can only move the pointer in single frames so a
single page is enough.

[-- Attachment #2: signature.asc --]
[-- Type: application/pgp-signature, Size: 488 bytes --]

  reply	other threads:[~2024-11-01 22:39 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-10-16 21:57 [PATCH RFC/RFT v2 0/2] Converge common flows for cpu assisted shadow stack Deepak Gupta
2024-10-16 21:57 ` [PATCH RFC/RFT v2 1/2] mm: helper `is_shadow_stack_vma` to check shadow stack vma Deepak Gupta
2024-10-17 11:22   ` Mark Brown
2024-10-19  1:24     ` Deepak Gupta
2024-11-01 21:47   ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2024-11-14 23:20     ` Deepak Gupta
2024-10-16 21:57 ` [PATCH RFC/RFT v2 2/2] kernel: converge common shadow stack flow agnostic to arch Deepak Gupta
2024-11-01 21:50   ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2024-11-01 22:39     ` Mark Brown [this message]
2024-11-14 23:30       ` Deepak Gupta
2024-11-14 23:33         ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2024-11-01 21:47 ` [PATCH RFC/RFT v2 0/2] Converge common flows for cpu assisted shadow stack Edgecombe, Rick P
2024-11-14 23:15   ` Deepak Gupta
2024-11-15 14:17     ` Mark Brown

Reply instructions:

You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:

* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
  and reply-to-all from there: mbox

  Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style

* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
  switches of git-send-email(1):

  git send-email \
    --in-reply-to=7f392b4e-9970-42d4-8204-2aa967a5375d@sirena.org.uk \
    --to=broonie@kernel.org \
    --cc=Liam.Howlett@oracle.com \
    --cc=akpm@linux-foundation.org \
    --cc=arnd@arndb.de \
    --cc=bp@alien8.de \
    --cc=dave.hansen@linux.intel.com \
    --cc=debug@rivosinc.com \
    --cc=hpa@zytor.com \
    --cc=linux-arch@vger.kernel.org \
    --cc=linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org \
    --cc=linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org \
    --cc=linux-mm@kvack.org \
    --cc=lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com \
    --cc=mingo@redhat.com \
    --cc=rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com \
    --cc=tglx@linutronix.de \
    --cc=vbabka@suse.cz \
    --cc=x86@kernel.org \
    /path/to/YOUR_REPLY

  https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html

* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
  via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line before the message body.
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox