From: Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@redhat.com>
To: Chuck Ebbert <cebbert.lkml@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] init/main.c: Give init_task a canary
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2014 14:29:33 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140910132933.GG1436@atomlin.usersys.redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20140910022654.29abc9f3@as>
On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 02:26:54AM -0500, Chuck Ebbert wrote:
> On Tue, 9 Sep 2014 10:42:27 +0100
> Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@redhat.com> wrote:
>
> > +void task_stack_end_magic(struct task_struct *tsk)
> > +{
> > + unsigned long *stackend;
> > +
> > + stackend = end_of_stack(tsk);
> > + *stackend = STACK_END_MAGIC; /* for overflow detection */
> > +}
> > +
>
> For clarity this should probably be called set_task_stack_end_magic().
Agreed.
> And has this been tested on parisc and metag, which use STACK_GROWSUP ?
> I can't see how end_of_stack() as it's defined now could work on those archs.
AFAIU, dup_task_struct() has always done this explicitly.
I see no reason why init_task requires special attention.
--
Aaron Tomlin
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From: Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@redhat.com>
To: Chuck Ebbert <cebbert.lkml@gmail.com>
Cc: peterz@infradead.org, mingo@redhat.com, dzickus@redhat.com,
bmr@redhat.com, jcastillo@redhat.com, oleg@redhat.com,
pzijlstr@redhat.com, riel@redhat.com, prarit@redhat.com,
jgh@redhat.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, tglx@linutronix.de,
x86@kernel.org, rostedt@goodmis.org, hannes@cmpxchg.org,
aneesh.kumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com, akpm@linux-foundation.org,
akpm@google.com, linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org,
minchan@kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] init/main.c: Give init_task a canary
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2014 14:29:33 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140910132933.GG1436@atomlin.usersys.redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20140910022654.29abc9f3@as>
On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 02:26:54AM -0500, Chuck Ebbert wrote:
> On Tue, 9 Sep 2014 10:42:27 +0100
> Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@redhat.com> wrote:
>
> > +void task_stack_end_magic(struct task_struct *tsk)
> > +{
> > + unsigned long *stackend;
> > +
> > + stackend = end_of_stack(tsk);
> > + *stackend = STACK_END_MAGIC; /* for overflow detection */
> > +}
> > +
>
> For clarity this should probably be called set_task_stack_end_magic().
Agreed.
> And has this been tested on parisc and metag, which use STACK_GROWSUP ?
> I can't see how end_of_stack() as it's defined now could work on those archs.
AFAIU, dup_task_struct() has always done this explicitly.
I see no reason why init_task requires special attention.
--
Aaron Tomlin
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-09-10 13:32 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 74+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-09-04 14:50 [PATCH 0/2] sched: Always check the integrity of the canary Aaron Tomlin
2014-09-04 14:50 ` Aaron Tomlin
2014-09-04 14:50 ` [PATCH 1/2] sched: Add helper for task stack page overrun checking Aaron Tomlin
2014-09-04 14:50 ` Aaron Tomlin
2014-09-04 15:02 ` Oleg Nesterov
2014-09-04 15:02 ` Oleg Nesterov
2014-09-04 15:52 ` Aaron Tomlin
2014-09-04 15:52 ` Aaron Tomlin
2014-09-04 15:30 ` Peter Zijlstra
2014-09-04 15:30 ` Peter Zijlstra
2014-09-04 14:50 ` [PATCH 2/2] sched: BUG when stack end location is over written Aaron Tomlin
2014-09-04 14:50 ` Aaron Tomlin
2014-09-04 15:32 ` Peter Zijlstra
2014-09-04 15:32 ` Peter Zijlstra
2014-09-04 16:11 ` Aaron Tomlin
2014-09-04 16:11 ` Aaron Tomlin
2014-09-08 19:23 ` [PATCH v2 0/3] sched: Always check the integrity of the canary Aaron Tomlin
2014-09-08 19:23 ` Aaron Tomlin
2014-09-08 19:23 ` [PATCH 1/3] init/main.c: Give init_task a canary Aaron Tomlin
2014-09-08 19:23 ` Aaron Tomlin
2014-09-08 19:23 ` [PATCH 2/3] sched: Add helper for task stack page overrun checking Aaron Tomlin
2014-09-08 19:23 ` Aaron Tomlin
2014-09-08 19:23 ` [PATCH 3/3] sched: BUG when stack end location is over written Aaron Tomlin
2014-09-08 19:23 ` Aaron Tomlin
2014-09-09 9:42 ` [PATCH v2 0/3] sched: Always check the integrity of the canary Aaron Tomlin
2014-09-09 9:42 ` Aaron Tomlin
2014-09-09 9:42 ` [PATCH v2 1/3] init/main.c: Give init_task a canary Aaron Tomlin
2014-09-09 9:42 ` Aaron Tomlin
2014-09-10 7:26 ` Chuck Ebbert
2014-09-10 7:26 ` Chuck Ebbert
2014-09-10 13:29 ` Aaron Tomlin [this message]
2014-09-10 13:29 ` Aaron Tomlin
2014-09-11 12:23 ` Chuck Ebbert
2014-09-11 12:23 ` Chuck Ebbert
2014-09-11 14:47 ` Aaron Tomlin
2014-09-11 14:47 ` Aaron Tomlin
2014-09-09 9:42 ` [PATCH v2 2/3] sched: Add helper for task stack page overrun checking Aaron Tomlin
2014-09-09 9:42 ` Aaron Tomlin
2014-09-09 9:42 ` [PATCH v2 3/3] sched: BUG when stack end location is over written Aaron Tomlin
2014-09-09 9:42 ` Aaron Tomlin
2014-09-11 15:41 ` [PATCH v3 0/3] sched: Always check the integrity of the canary Aaron Tomlin
2014-09-11 15:41 ` Aaron Tomlin
2014-09-11 15:41 ` [PATCH v3 1/3] init/main.c: Give init_task a canary Aaron Tomlin
2014-09-11 15:41 ` Aaron Tomlin
2014-09-12 7:28 ` Michael Ellerman
2014-09-12 7:28 ` Michael Ellerman
2014-09-11 15:41 ` [PATCH v3 2/3] sched: Add helper for task stack page overrun checking Aaron Tomlin
2014-09-11 15:41 ` Aaron Tomlin
2014-09-11 15:41 ` [PATCH v3 3/3] sched: BUG when stack end location is over written Aaron Tomlin
2014-09-11 15:41 ` Aaron Tomlin
2014-09-12 4:06 ` Michael Ellerman
2014-09-12 4:06 ` Michael Ellerman
2014-09-12 9:44 ` Aaron Tomlin
2014-09-12 9:44 ` Aaron Tomlin
2014-09-12 10:58 ` Mike Galbraith
2014-09-12 10:58 ` Mike Galbraith
2014-09-15 2:39 ` Michael Ellerman
2014-09-15 2:39 ` Michael Ellerman
2014-09-12 6:04 ` Michael Ellerman
2014-09-12 6:04 ` Michael Ellerman
2014-09-12 9:50 ` Aaron Tomlin
2014-09-12 9:50 ` Aaron Tomlin
2014-09-11 15:53 ` [PATCH v3 0/3] sched: Always check the integrity of the canary Peter Zijlstra
2014-09-11 15:53 ` Peter Zijlstra
2014-09-11 15:59 ` Aaron Tomlin
2014-09-11 15:59 ` Aaron Tomlin
2014-09-11 16:02 ` David Laight
2014-09-11 16:02 ` David Laight
2014-09-11 17:26 ` Chuck Ebbert
2014-09-11 17:26 ` Chuck Ebbert
2014-09-12 8:43 ` David Laight
2014-09-12 8:43 ` David Laight
2014-09-11 17:44 ` Aaron Tomlin
2014-09-11 17:44 ` Aaron Tomlin
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