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From: Yu-cheng Yu <yu-cheng.yu@intel.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v2 25/27] x86/cet: Add PTRACE interface for CET
Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2018 15:37:14 -0700
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On Thu, 2018-07-12 at 16:03 +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> * Yu-cheng Yu <yu-cheng.yu@intel.com> wrote:
> 
> > 
> > > 
> > > > 
> > > > diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c b/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c
> > > > index e2ee403865eb..ac2bc3a18427 100644
> > > > --- a/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c
> > > > +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c
> > > > @@ -49,7 +49,9 @@ enum x86_regset {
> > > >  	REGSET_IOPERM64 = REGSET_XFP,
> > > >  	REGSET_XSTATE,
> > > >  	REGSET_TLS,
> > > > +	REGSET_CET64 = REGSET_TLS,
> > > >  	REGSET_IOPERM32,
> > > > +	REGSET_CET32,
> > > >  };
> > > Why does REGSET_CET64 alias on REGSET_TLS?
> > In x86_64_regsets[], there is no [REGSET_TLS].  The core dump code
> > cannot handle holes in the array.
> Is there a fundamental (ABI) reason for that?

What I did was, ran Linux with 'slub_debug', and forced a core dump
(kill -abrt <pid>), then there was a red zone warning in the dmesg.
My feeling is there could be issues in the core dump code.  These
enum's are only local to arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c and not exported.
I am not aware this is in the ABI.

> 
> > 
> > > 
> > > to "CET" (which is a well-known acronym for "Central European Time"),
> > > not to CFE?
> > > 
> > I don't know if I can change that, will find out.
> So what I'd suggest is something pretty simple: to use CFT/cft in kernel internal 
> names, except for the Intel feature bit and any MSR enumeration which can be CET 
> if Intel named it that way, and a short comment explaining the acronym difference.
> 
> Or something like that.

Ok, I will make changes in the next version and probably revise
from that if still not optimal.

Yu-cheng