From: Dave Hansen <dave@sr71.net>
To: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, x86@kernel.org, tglx@linutronix.de,
dave.hansen@linux.intel.com, oleg@redhat.com, riel@redhat.com,
sbsiddha@gmail.com, luto@amacapital.net, mingo@redhat.com,
hpa@zytor.com, fenghua.yu@intel.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/17] x86, fpu: wrap get_xsave_addr() to make it safer
Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2015 09:35:10 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <551586BE.1040501@sr71.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20150327151555.GB5517@pd.tnic>
On 03/27/2015 08:15 AM, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> I'm not sure we want to export this to modules... and MPX cannot be
> built as a module either. So why export it?
The thing I was wrapping (get_xsave_addr()) was EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(). I
assumed that it was exported for good reason and that my wrapper should
follow suit.
I do expect this to get used by more things than just MPX going forward.
But, I guess folks can just export it if and when they need it.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-03-27 16:35 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 56+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-03-26 18:33 [PATCH 00/17] x86, mpx updates for 4.1 (take 2) Dave Hansen
2015-03-26 18:33 ` [PATCH 01/17] x86, fpu: wrap get_xsave_addr() to make it safer Dave Hansen
2015-03-27 15:15 ` Borislav Petkov
2015-03-27 16:35 ` Dave Hansen [this message]
2015-03-27 18:57 ` Oleg Nesterov
2015-03-26 18:33 ` [PATCH 02/17] x86, mpx: use new tsk_get_xsave_addr() Dave Hansen
2015-03-26 18:33 ` [PATCH 03/17] x86, mpx: trace #BR exceptions Dave Hansen
2015-03-27 10:21 ` Borislav Petkov
2015-03-26 18:33 ` [PATCH 04/17] x86, mpx: trace entry to bounds exception paths Dave Hansen
2015-03-27 12:02 ` Borislav Petkov
2015-03-26 18:33 ` [PATCH 05/17] x86, mpx: trace when MPX is zapping pages Dave Hansen
2015-03-27 12:26 ` Borislav Petkov
2015-03-26 18:33 ` [PATCH 06/17] x86, mpx: trace attempts to find bounds tables Dave Hansen
2015-03-27 12:32 ` Borislav Petkov
2015-03-27 14:08 ` Dave Hansen
2015-03-26 18:33 ` [PATCH 07/17] x86, mpx: trace allocation of new " Dave Hansen
2015-03-26 18:33 ` [PATCH 08/17] x86, mpx: boot-time disable Dave Hansen
2015-03-27 15:07 ` Borislav Petkov
2015-03-27 15:16 ` Dave Hansen
2015-03-26 18:33 ` [PATCH 09/17] x86: make is_64bit_mm() widely available Dave Hansen
2015-03-26 22:35 ` Andy Lutomirski
2015-03-27 15:21 ` Borislav Petkov
2015-03-26 18:33 ` [PATCH 10/17] x86: make __VIRTUAL_MASK safe to use on 32 bit Dave Hansen
2015-03-26 18:33 ` [PATCH 11/17] x86, mpx: we do not allocate the bounds directory Dave Hansen
2015-03-26 18:33 ` [PATCH 12/17] x86, mpx: remove redundant MPX_BNDCFG_ADDR_MASK Dave Hansen
2015-03-27 17:01 ` Borislav Petkov
2015-03-27 20:45 ` Dave Hansen
2015-03-26 18:33 ` [PATCH 13/17] x86, mpx: Add temporary variable to reduce masking Dave Hansen
2015-03-26 18:33 ` [PATCH 14/17] x86, mpx: new directory entry to addr helper Dave Hansen
2015-03-26 18:33 ` [PATCH 15/17] x86, mpx: do 32-bit-only cmpxchg for 32-bit apps Dave Hansen
2015-03-27 17:29 ` Borislav Petkov
2015-03-27 18:16 ` Dave Hansen
2015-03-28 8:39 ` Borislav Petkov
2015-03-30 16:57 ` Dave Hansen
2015-03-30 16:59 ` Borislav Petkov
2015-03-30 18:58 ` Dave Hansen
2015-03-26 18:33 ` [PATCH 16/17] x86, mpx: support 32-bit binaries on 64-bit kernel Dave Hansen
2015-03-26 18:33 ` [PATCH 17/17] x86, mpx: allow mixed binaries again Dave Hansen
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2015-04-22 18:27 [PATCH 00/17] x86, mpx updates for 4.2 (take 5) Dave Hansen
2015-04-22 18:27 ` [PATCH 01/17] x86, fpu: wrap get_xsave_addr() to make it safer Dave Hansen
2015-04-25 9:31 ` Borislav Petkov
2015-05-05 17:27 ` Borislav Petkov
2015-05-08 17:42 ` Dave Hansen
2015-03-27 21:52 [PATCH 00/17] x86, mpx updates for 4.1 (take 3) Dave Hansen
2015-03-27 21:52 ` [PATCH 01/17] x86, fpu: wrap get_xsave_addr() to make it safer Dave Hansen
[not found] <1427235664-25318-1-git-send-email-dave.hansen@intel.com>
[not found] ` <1427235664-25318-2-git-send-email-dave.hansen@intel.com>
2015-03-24 22:28 ` Andy Lutomirski
2015-03-24 23:42 ` Dave Hansen
2015-03-24 23:52 ` Andy Lutomirski
2015-03-25 0:12 ` Dave Hansen
2015-03-25 0:18 ` Andy Lutomirski
2015-03-25 0:20 ` Andy Lutomirski
2015-03-25 1:01 ` Rik van Riel
2015-03-25 9:08 ` Borislav Petkov
2015-03-25 14:15 ` Oleg Nesterov
2015-03-25 12:56 ` Oleg Nesterov
2015-03-25 12:45 ` Oleg Nesterov
2015-03-25 14:28 ` Dave Hansen
2015-03-25 17:11 ` Oleg Nesterov
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