From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
To: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
x86@kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.cz>,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>, Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>, Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>,
Namhyung Kim <namhyung@gmail.com>,
Bernd Petrovitsch <bernd@petrovitsch.priv.at>,
"Chris J Arges" <chris.j.arges@canonical.com>,
live-patching@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v10 03/20] x86/stackvalidate: Compile-time stack validation
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 2015 00:23:54 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20150815002354.7fb2f21e.akpm@linux-foundation.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <07bf51833b5e1c52bfd9a4dbda41b80c508dffff.1439521412.git.jpoimboe@redhat.com>
On Thu, 13 Aug 2015 22:10:24 -0500 Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com> wrote:
> This adds a CONFIG_STACK_VALIDATION option which enables a host tool
> named stackvalidate which runs at compile time.
It would be useful to
- show example output for a typical error site
- describe the consequences of that error (ie: why should we fix
these things?)
- describe what needs to be done to repair these sites.
IOW, what do we gain from merging all this stuff?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-08-15 7:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-08-14 3:10 [PATCH v10 00/20] Compile-time stack validation Josh Poimboeuf
2015-08-14 3:10 ` [PATCH v10 01/20] x86/asm: Frame pointer macro cleanup Josh Poimboeuf
2015-08-14 3:10 ` [PATCH v10 02/20] x86/asm: Add C versions of frame pointer macros Josh Poimboeuf
2015-08-14 3:10 ` [PATCH v10 03/20] x86/stackvalidate: Compile-time stack validation Josh Poimboeuf
2015-08-15 7:23 ` Andrew Morton [this message]
2015-08-15 12:49 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2015-08-19 10:01 ` Ingo Molnar
2015-08-20 4:00 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2015-08-21 7:54 ` Ingo Molnar
2015-08-21 13:32 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2015-08-22 9:17 ` Ingo Molnar
2015-08-14 3:10 ` [PATCH v10 04/20] x86/stackvalidate: Add file and directory ignores Josh Poimboeuf
2015-08-14 3:10 ` [PATCH v10 05/20] x86/stackvalidate: Add ignore macros Josh Poimboeuf
2015-08-14 3:10 ` [PATCH v10 06/20] x86/xen: Add stack frame dependency to hypercall inline asm calls Josh Poimboeuf
2015-08-14 3:10 ` [PATCH v10 07/20] x86/paravirt: Add stack frame dependency to PVOP " Josh Poimboeuf
2015-08-14 3:10 ` [PATCH v10 08/20] x86/paravirt: Create a stack frame in PV_CALLEE_SAVE_REGS_THUNK Josh Poimboeuf
2015-08-14 3:10 ` [PATCH v10 09/20] x86/amd: Set ELF function type for vide() Josh Poimboeuf
2015-08-14 3:10 ` [PATCH v10 10/20] x86/reboot: Add ljmp instructions to stackvalidate whitelist Josh Poimboeuf
2015-08-14 3:10 ` [PATCH v10 11/20] x86/xen: Add xen_cpuid() and xen_setup_gdt() to stackvalidate whitelists Josh Poimboeuf
2015-08-14 3:10 ` [PATCH v10 12/20] x86/asm/crypto: Create stack frames in aesni-intel_asm.S Josh Poimboeuf
2015-08-14 3:10 ` [PATCH v10 13/20] x86/asm/crypto: Move .Lbswap_mask data to .rodata section Josh Poimboeuf
2015-08-14 3:10 ` [PATCH v10 14/20] x86/asm/crypto: Move jump_table " Josh Poimboeuf
2015-08-14 3:10 ` [PATCH v10 15/20] x86/asm/crypto: Create stack frames in clmul_ghash_mul/update() Josh Poimboeuf
2015-08-14 3:10 ` [PATCH v10 16/20] x86/asm/entry: Create stack frames in thunk functions Josh Poimboeuf
2015-08-14 3:10 ` [PATCH v10 17/20] x86/asm/acpi: Create a stack frame in do_suspend_lowlevel() Josh Poimboeuf
2015-08-14 3:10 ` [PATCH v10 18/20] x86/asm: Create stack frames in rwsem functions Josh Poimboeuf
2015-08-14 3:10 ` [PATCH v10 19/20] x86/asm/efi: Create a stack frame in efi_call() Josh Poimboeuf
2015-08-14 9:11 ` Matt Fleming
2015-08-14 14:07 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2015-08-14 3:10 ` [PATCH v10 20/20] x86/asm/power: Create stack frames in hibernate_asm_64.S Josh Poimboeuf
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