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From: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
To: Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>,
	"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	X86 ML <x86@kernel.org>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3.19 3/3] x86, mpx: Change the MPX enable/disable API to arch_prctl
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2015 05:04:28 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20150106040428.GR2915@two.firstfloor.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CALCETrUeMS7zwjXfSMN-6A8-gpLc68n7U5Y6SPdzgw6hSbYGNg@mail.gmail.com>

> We should avoid arch_prctl because glibc won't add a syscall stub that
> libgcc or whatever would want?  My mind boggles.

Please turn brain on before posting.

Of course they would add it. But only in the next version. Which means
everyone using older glibc would be out of luck. So all the users
would be stuck using syscall(). Anything you may gain in the kernel
would be totally made up by that.

BTW I added arch_prctl, but in hindsight it wasn't good idea.

-Andi

  parent reply	other threads:[~2015-01-06  4:04 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-12-30  0:52 [PATCH 3.19 0/3] Possible MPX improvements for 3.19 Andy Lutomirski
2014-12-30  0:52 ` [PATCH 3.19 1/3] x86, mpx: Check user mode bitness correctly when decoding instructions Andy Lutomirski
2015-01-07 17:22   ` Dave Hansen
2015-01-12 22:48     ` Andy Lutomirski
2014-12-30  0:52 ` [PATCH 3.19 2/3] x86, mpx: Short-circuit the instruction decoder for unexpected opcodes Andy Lutomirski
2014-12-30  0:58   ` Andy Lutomirski
2014-12-30  0:52 ` [PATCH 3.19 3/3] x86, mpx: Change the MPX enable/disable API to arch_prctl Andy Lutomirski
2015-01-02  7:53   ` Dave Hansen
2015-01-05 20:42     ` Andi Kleen
2015-01-05 21:18       ` Dave Hansen
2015-01-05 23:04         ` Andy Lutomirski
2015-01-05 23:10           ` Dave Hansen
2015-01-05 23:22             ` Andy Lutomirski
2015-01-06  4:04           ` Andi Kleen [this message]
2015-01-06  5:59             ` Andy Lutomirski
2015-01-06 17:48               ` Dave Hansen
2015-01-06 18:06                 ` Andy Lutomirski
2015-01-06 18:30                   ` Dave Hansen
2015-01-06 18:41                     ` Andy Lutomirski
2015-01-06 18:54                       ` Dave Hansen
2015-01-06 19:16                         ` Andi Kleen
2015-01-06 19:51                           ` Andy Lutomirski
2015-01-06 21:22                             ` Andi Kleen
2015-01-06 21:34                               ` Andy Lutomirski
2015-01-06 21:39                                 ` Andi Kleen
2015-01-12 10:34                     ` Enkovich, Ilya
2015-01-07 23:18           ` Dave Hansen
2015-01-07 23:24             ` Andy Lutomirski

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