From: Stephen Boyd <sboyd@codeaurora.org>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org,
netdev@vger.kernel.org,
Intel Linux Wireless <ilw@linux.intel.com>,
linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, x86@kernel.org,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/9] strict user copy checks on x86_64
Date: Tue, 24 May 2011 14:29:19 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4DDC232F.7080005@codeaurora.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1305244212-19183-1-git-send-email-sboyd@codeaurora.org>
Hi Andrew,
(I don't know who to pick on sorry)
On 05/12/2011 04:50 PM, Stephen Boyd wrote:
> It turns out that strict user copy checks (also known as
> CONFIG_DEBUG_STRICT_USER_COPY_CHECKS) isn't actually implemented
> on x86_64 and thus we aren't catching potential security holes
> at compile time.
>
> This series adds support for strict user copy checks on x86_64
> and silences all the benign warnings in the x86_64 allyesconfig.
>
> The final patch consolidates the config option as its duplicated
> across mutliple arches. I don't know what tree this series should
> go through so I tried to send the individual driver patches to the
> respective maintainers.
>
> Stephen Boyd (9):
> iwlegacy: Silence DEBUG_STRICT_USER_COPY_CHECKS=y warning
> iwlwifi: Silence DEBUG_STRICT_USER_COPY_CHECKS=y warning
> [SCSI] lpfc: Silence DEBUG_STRICT_USER_COPY_CHECKS=y warning
> debugfs: Silence DEBUG_STRICT_USER_COPY_CHECKS=y warning
> kprobes: Silence DEBUG_STRICT_USER_COPY_CHECKS=y warning
> Bluetooth: Silence DEBUG_STRICT_USER_COPY_CHECKS=y warning
> ASoC: Silence DEBUG_STRICT_USER_COPY_CHECKS=y warning
> x86: Implement strict user copy checks for x86_64
> Consolidate CONFIG_DEBUG_STRICT_USER_COPY_CHECKS
It looks like 1, 2, 4, 6, and 7 got picked up. Should I resend the left
over patches with appropriate acked-bys and tags? Would it be
appropriate to push this through your tree?
--
Sent by an employee of the Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc.
The Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. is a member of the Code Aurora Forum.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-05-24 21:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 29+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-05-12 23:50 [PATCH 0/9] strict user copy checks on x86_64 Stephen Boyd
2011-05-12 23:50 ` [PATCH 1/9] iwlegacy: Silence DEBUG_STRICT_USER_COPY_CHECKS=y warning Stephen Boyd
2011-05-13 0:01 ` wwguy
2011-05-13 9:08 ` Stanislaw Gruszka
2011-05-12 23:50 ` [PATCH 2/9] iwlwifi: " Stephen Boyd
2011-05-13 0:02 ` wwguy
2011-05-12 23:50 ` [PATCH 3/9] [SCSI] lpfc: " Stephen Boyd
2011-05-24 13:32 ` James Smart
2011-05-12 23:50 ` [PATCH 4/9] debugfs: " Stephen Boyd
2011-05-13 23:14 ` Greg KH
2011-05-12 23:50 ` [PATCH 5/9] kprobes: " Stephen Boyd
2011-05-13 0:29 ` Masami Hiramatsu
2011-05-12 23:50 ` [PATCH 6/9] Bluetooth: " Stephen Boyd
2011-05-13 21:06 ` Gustavo F. Padovan
2011-05-13 21:06 ` Gustavo F. Padovan
2011-05-12 23:50 ` [PATCH 7/9] ASoC: " Stephen Boyd
2011-05-16 16:26 ` Liam Girdwood
2011-05-16 16:26 ` Liam Girdwood
2011-05-16 20:22 ` Mark Brown
2011-05-16 20:22 ` Mark Brown
2011-05-12 23:50 ` [PATCH 8/9] x86: Implement strict user copy checks for x86_64 Stephen Boyd
2011-05-13 10:15 ` Ingo Molnar
2011-05-12 23:50 ` [PATCH 9/9] Consolidate CONFIG_DEBUG_STRICT_USER_COPY_CHECKS Stephen Boyd
2011-05-13 0:55 ` Chris Metcalf
2011-05-13 0:55 ` Chris Metcalf
2011-05-13 7:31 ` Ingo Molnar
2011-05-13 16:55 ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-05-24 21:29 ` Stephen Boyd [this message]
2011-05-24 23:33 ` [PATCH 0/9] strict user copy checks on x86_64 H. Peter Anvin
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