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From: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>
To: Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 00/16] Enable Linear Address Space Separation support
Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2024 09:16:05 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87plnit616.fsf@ubik.fi.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ZyEX4cp-iiwiF_yX@casper.infradead.org>

Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org> writes:

> On Mon, Oct 28, 2024 at 06:07:48PM +0200, Alexander Shishkin wrote:
> I lack the wit to read & understand these patches to answer this
> question, so I'll just ask it:

I was hoping they are readable and straightforward. Please, do point out
things that are not so, or not explained well enough, I'll fix them.

> What happens when the kernel does a NULL pointer dereference (due to a
> bug)?  It's not an attempt to access userspace, but it should result in
> a good bug report.  Normally this would be outside a STAC/CLAC region,
> but I suppose technically it could be within one.

Outside of STAC/CLAC there will be a message, see 13/16 or [0].  It
doesn't have helpful things like "if (address < PAGE_SIZE) printk("NULL
ptr deref\n);", but since it prints the address, I assumed it was
sufficient. Does this sound reasonable? Or is it preferrable to make it
look exactly like the !LASS NULL dereference?

Inside STAC/CLAC it should trigger a regular page fault and all the
error messages that result from it.

[0] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20241028160917.1380714-14-alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com/

Thanks,
--
Alex

      reply	other threads:[~2024-10-30  7:16 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 42+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-10-28 16:07 [PATCH v5 00/16] Enable Linear Address Space Separation support Alexander Shishkin
2024-10-28 16:07 ` [PATCH v5 01/16] x86/cpu: Enumerate the LASS feature bits Alexander Shishkin
2024-10-29 14:55   ` Kirill A. Shutemov
2024-10-29 21:46     ` Sohil Mehta
2024-10-28 16:07 ` [PATCH v5 02/16] x86/asm: Introduce inline memcpy and memset Alexander Shishkin
2024-10-28 16:07 ` [PATCH v5 03/16] x86/alternatives: Disable LASS when patching kernel alternatives Alexander Shishkin
2024-10-28 17:49   ` Dave Hansen
2024-10-29 11:36     ` Peter Zijlstra
2024-10-29 18:48       ` Peter Zijlstra
2024-10-30  7:40         ` Alexander Shishkin
2024-10-28 16:07 ` [PATCH v5 04/16] init/main.c: Move EFI runtime service initialization to x86/cpu Alexander Shishkin
2024-10-29 22:35   ` Sohil Mehta
2024-10-30  7:36   ` Ard Biesheuvel
2024-10-28 16:07 ` [PATCH v5 05/16] x86/cpu: Defer CR pinning setup until after EFI initialization Alexander Shishkin
2024-10-29 22:10   ` Sohil Mehta
2024-10-29 22:26     ` Luck, Tony
2024-10-29 22:52       ` Dave Hansen
2024-10-29 22:59         ` Luck, Tony
2024-10-29 23:02           ` H. Peter Anvin
2024-10-29 23:03           ` Dave Hansen
2024-10-29 23:05             ` H. Peter Anvin
2024-10-29 23:18               ` Luck, Tony
2024-10-29 23:41                 ` H. Peter Anvin
2024-10-30 11:43                 ` Kirill A. Shutemov
2024-10-28 16:07 ` [PATCH v5 06/16] efi: Disable LASS around set_virtual_address_map call Alexander Shishkin
2024-10-29 15:00   ` Kirill A. Shutemov
2024-10-28 16:07 ` [PATCH v5 07/16] x86/vsyscall: Reorganize the #PF emulation code Alexander Shishkin
2024-10-28 16:07 ` [PATCH v5 08/16] x86/traps: Consolidate user fixups in exc_general_protection() Alexander Shishkin
2024-10-28 16:07 ` [PATCH v5 09/16] x86/vsyscall: Add vsyscall emulation for #GP Alexander Shishkin
2024-10-28 16:07 ` [PATCH v5 10/16] x86/vsyscall: Disable LASS if vsyscall mode is set to EMULATE Alexander Shishkin
2024-10-28 16:07 ` [PATCH v5 11/16] x86/vsyscall: Document the fact that vsyscall=emulate disables LASS Alexander Shishkin
2024-10-29 23:41   ` Sohil Mehta
2024-10-28 16:08 ` [PATCH v5 12/16] x86/cpu: Set LASS CR4 bit as pinning sensitive Alexander Shishkin
2024-10-28 16:08 ` [PATCH v5 13/16] x86/traps: Communicate a LASS violation in #GP message Alexander Shishkin
2024-10-28 16:08 ` [PATCH v5 14/16] x86/cpu: Make LAM depend on LASS Alexander Shishkin
2024-10-31  0:06   ` Sohil Mehta
2024-10-28 16:08 ` [PATCH v5 15/16] x86/cpu: Enable LASS during CPU initialization Alexander Shishkin
2024-10-28 16:08 ` [PATCH v5 16/16] Revert "x86/lam: Disable ADDRESS_MASKING in most cases" Alexander Shishkin
2024-10-28 20:41   ` Kirill A. Shutemov
2024-10-28 22:00     ` Alexander Shishkin
2024-10-29 17:14 ` [PATCH v5 00/16] Enable Linear Address Space Separation support Matthew Wilcox
2024-10-30  7:16   ` Alexander Shishkin [this message]

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