From: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
To: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, catalin.marinas@arm.com,
will@kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] arm64: remove current_top_of_stack()
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2022 14:09:00 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <202211171408.D9C4DE6BA@keescook> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20221117120902.3974163-2-mark.rutland@arm.com>
On Thu, Nov 17, 2022 at 12:09:01PM +0000, Mark Rutland wrote:
> We no longer use current_top_of_stack() on arm64, so it can be removed.
>
> We introduced current_top_of_stack() for STACKLEAK in commit:
>
> 0b3e336601b82c6a ("arm64: Add support for STACKLEAK gcc plugin")
>
> ... then we figured out the intended semantics were unclear, and
> reworked it in commit:
>
> e85094c31ddb794a ("arm64: stackleak: fix current_top_of_stack()")
>
> ... then we removed the only user in commit:
>
> 0cfa2ccd285d98ad ("stackleak: rework stack high bound handling")
>
> Given that it's no longer used, and it's very easy to misuse, this patch
> removes current_top_of_stack(). For the moment, on_thread_stack() is
> left where it is as moving it will change some header dependencies.
>
> There should be no functional change as a result of this patch.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-11-17 22:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-11-17 12:09 [PATCH 0/2] arm64: stack helper cleanups Mark Rutland
2022-11-17 12:09 ` [PATCH 1/2] arm64: remove current_top_of_stack() Mark Rutland
2022-11-17 15:46 ` Mark Brown
2022-11-17 22:09 ` Kees Cook [this message]
2022-11-17 12:09 ` [PATCH 2/2] arm64: move on_thread_stack() to <asm/stacktrace.h> Mark Rutland
2022-11-17 15:47 ` Mark Brown
2022-11-17 22:09 ` Kees Cook
2022-11-18 19:40 ` [PATCH 0/2] arm64: stack helper cleanups Will Deacon
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