From: Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu>
To: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>,
LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, X86 ML <x86@kernel.org>,
Brian Gerst <brgerst@gmail.com>,
Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>,
"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v2 2/6] x86/arch_prctl: add ARCH_GET_NOPTI and ARCH_SET_NOPTI to enable/disable PTI
Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2018 23:06:05 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20180109220605.GE13282@1wt.eu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20180109214602.k7cuxwikg6xshztu@pd.tnic>
On Tue, Jan 09, 2018 at 10:46:02PM +0100, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 09, 2018 at 10:32:27PM +0100, Willy Tarreau wrote:
> > Requiring a reboot just to fix a performance problem you've discovered
> > the hard way is not the most friendly way to help users I'm afraid.
>
> That's a very strange argument: if you know you'd need max perf, you
> boot with pti=allow_optout.
>
> Color me confused.
That's very simple : you first know you need more perf when you see the
name of your boss on your phone asking what's happening with the site
suddenly crawling at the worst possible moment, when everyone is there
to see it dead. Performance is something that's tuned at runtime, always,
not via random reboots. When you have 10 servers running at 100% CPU,
the last thing you're thinking about is to remove one of them so that
the 9 remaining ones are at 110% while you reboot :-/
Willy
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-01-09 22:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 103+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-01-09 12:56 [RFC PATCH v2 0/6] Per process PTI activation Willy Tarreau
2018-01-09 12:56 ` [RFC PATCH v2 1/6] x86/mm: add a pti_disable entry in mm_context_t Willy Tarreau
2018-01-09 12:56 ` [RFC PATCH v2 2/6] x86/arch_prctl: add ARCH_GET_NOPTI and ARCH_SET_NOPTI to enable/disable PTI Willy Tarreau
2018-01-09 14:17 ` Borislav Petkov
2018-01-09 14:36 ` Willy Tarreau
2018-01-09 14:51 ` Borislav Petkov
2018-01-09 14:54 ` Willy Tarreau
2018-01-09 21:26 ` Andy Lutomirski
2018-01-09 21:29 ` Borislav Petkov
2018-01-09 21:32 ` Willy Tarreau
2018-01-09 21:46 ` Borislav Petkov
2018-01-09 22:06 ` Willy Tarreau [this message]
2018-01-09 22:20 ` Borislav Petkov
2018-01-09 22:29 ` Dave Hansen
2018-01-09 22:40 ` Willy Tarreau
2018-01-10 14:42 ` Borislav Petkov
2018-01-10 15:39 ` Willy Tarreau
2018-01-10 16:09 ` Borislav Petkov
2018-01-10 16:19 ` Willy Tarreau
2018-01-10 17:28 ` Borislav Petkov
2018-01-10 7:31 ` Ingo Molnar
2018-01-10 7:37 ` Willy Tarreau
2018-01-10 7:59 ` Ingo Molnar
2018-01-09 23:53 ` Andy Lutomirski
2018-01-10 4:25 ` Willy Tarreau
2018-01-10 7:25 ` Ingo Molnar
2018-01-10 14:45 ` Borislav Petkov
2018-01-10 15:43 ` Willy Tarreau
2018-01-10 15:45 ` Ingo Molnar
2018-01-09 21:34 ` Kees Cook
2018-01-09 21:41 ` Willy Tarreau
2018-01-09 21:50 ` Kees Cook
2018-01-09 22:03 ` Willy Tarreau
2018-01-10 7:13 ` Ingo Molnar
2018-01-12 15:03 ` David Laight
2018-01-12 15:06 ` Willy Tarreau
2018-01-09 12:56 ` [RFC PATCH v2 3/6] x86/pti: add a per-cpu variable pti_disable Willy Tarreau
2018-01-10 7:19 ` Ingo Molnar
2018-01-10 7:29 ` Willy Tarreau
2018-01-10 8:01 ` Ingo Molnar
2018-01-10 8:50 ` Willy Tarreau
2018-01-10 8:59 ` Ingo Molnar
2018-01-10 9:00 ` Willy Tarreau
2018-01-09 12:56 ` [RFC PATCH v2 4/6] x86/pti: don't mark the user PGD with _PAGE_NX Willy Tarreau
2018-01-09 12:56 ` [RFC PATCH v2 5/6] x86/entry/pti: avoid setting CR3 when it's already correct Willy Tarreau
2018-01-10 7:16 ` Ingo Molnar
2018-01-10 7:18 ` Willy Tarreau
2018-01-10 20:29 ` Dave Hansen
2018-01-11 6:46 ` Willy Tarreau
2018-01-09 12:56 ` [RFC PATCH v2 6/6] x86/entry/pti: don't switch PGD on when pti_disable is set Willy Tarreau
2018-01-10 7:15 ` Ingo Molnar
2018-01-10 7:23 ` Willy Tarreau
2018-01-10 8:22 ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-01-10 9:11 ` Willy Tarreau
2018-01-10 19:21 ` Andy Lutomirski
2018-01-10 19:39 ` Willy Tarreau
2018-01-10 19:44 ` Andy Lutomirski
2018-01-10 19:50 ` Linus Torvalds
2018-01-10 20:04 ` Andy Lutomirski
2018-01-11 6:42 ` Willy Tarreau
2018-01-11 15:29 ` Dave Hansen
2018-01-11 15:44 ` Willy Tarreau
2018-01-11 15:51 ` Dave Hansen
2018-01-11 17:02 ` Andy Lutomirski
2018-01-11 18:21 ` Alexei Starovoitov
2018-01-11 18:30 ` Dave Hansen
2018-01-11 18:32 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2018-01-11 18:36 ` Linus Torvalds
2018-01-11 18:38 ` Dave Hansen
2018-01-11 18:51 ` Linus Torvalds
2018-01-11 18:57 ` Dave Hansen
2018-01-11 19:05 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2018-01-11 19:07 ` Borislav Petkov
2018-01-11 19:17 ` Dave Hansen
2018-01-11 19:19 ` Olivier Galibert
2018-01-11 19:26 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2018-01-11 19:34 ` Alan Cox
2018-01-11 21:23 ` Willy Tarreau
2018-01-11 21:28 ` Linus Torvalds
2018-01-11 22:06 ` Willy Tarreau
2018-01-12 16:37 ` David Laight
2018-01-11 19:12 ` Linus Torvalds
2018-01-11 19:38 ` Alexei Starovoitov
2018-01-11 19:11 ` Willy Tarreau
2018-01-11 20:00 ` Dave Hansen
2018-01-11 17:09 ` Andy Lutomirski
2018-01-11 17:40 ` Willy Tarreau
2018-01-11 17:53 ` Andy Lutomirski
2018-01-11 18:05 ` Willy Tarreau
2018-01-11 18:15 ` Dave Hansen
2018-01-11 18:31 ` Linus Torvalds
2018-01-11 18:25 ` Linus Torvalds
2018-01-11 18:26 ` Linus Torvalds
2018-01-11 19:33 ` Andy Lutomirski
2018-01-12 20:22 ` Ingo Molnar
2018-01-12 21:18 ` Andy Lutomirski
2018-01-12 21:54 ` Willy Tarreau
2018-01-11 21:59 ` Willy Tarreau
2018-01-12 16:27 ` David Laight
2018-01-12 17:55 ` Linus Torvalds
2018-01-12 19:36 ` Willy Tarreau
2018-01-11 18:35 ` Dave Hansen
2018-01-11 21:49 ` Willy Tarreau
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