From: Menglong Dong <menglong.dong@linux.dev>
To: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@gmail.com>,
Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>,
X86 ML <x86@kernel.org>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>,
Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@google.com>,
Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>,
Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>,
Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>,
Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>,
Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>,
LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, bpf <bpf@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/ibt: make is_endbr() notrace
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2025 15:21:58 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2384581.ElGaqSPkdT@7940hx> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250922071911.GQ3245006@noisy.programming.kicks-ass.net>
On 2025/9/22 15:19 Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> write:
> On Mon, Sep 22, 2025 at 03:13:38PM +0800, menglong.dong@linux.dev wrote:
>
> > > Anyway, I don't mind making is_endbr() invisible to tracing, that might
> > > just have security benefits too. But I think first the ftrace folks need
> > > to figure out how to best kill that recursion, because I don't think
> > > is_endbr is particularly special here.
> >
> > So, does this patch seem useful after all?
>
> The use lies in making it harder to find/manipulate endbr things.
>
> > OK, I'll send a V2 base on your following suggestion.
>
> Hold off until Masami/Steve have fixed the ftrace recursion issue. After
> that we can do this.
OK!
>
>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-09-22 7:22 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 32+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-09-18 12:09 [PATCH] x86/ibt: make is_endbr() notrace Menglong Dong
2025-09-18 13:05 ` Peter Zijlstra
2025-09-18 13:32 ` Menglong Dong
2025-09-18 16:02 ` Alexei Starovoitov
2025-09-18 16:59 ` Peter Zijlstra
2025-09-18 17:53 ` Alexei Starovoitov
2025-09-19 1:13 ` Menglong Dong
2025-09-22 6:52 ` Peter Zijlstra
2025-09-22 7:13 ` menglong.dong
2025-09-22 7:19 ` Peter Zijlstra
2025-09-22 7:21 ` Menglong Dong [this message]
2025-09-22 6:36 ` Peter Zijlstra
2025-09-18 16:56 ` Peter Zijlstra
2025-09-19 12:35 ` Masami Hiramatsu
2025-09-19 8:52 ` Masami Hiramatsu
2025-09-19 8:58 ` Menglong Dong
2025-09-19 12:32 ` Masami Hiramatsu
2025-09-19 11:57 ` [PATCH] tracing: fgraph: Protect return handler from recursion loop Masami Hiramatsu (Google)
2025-09-19 15:27 ` Steven Rostedt
2025-09-20 7:45 ` Jiri Olsa
2025-09-22 6:16 ` Masami Hiramatsu
2025-09-22 13:38 ` Jiri Olsa
2025-09-22 14:42 ` Steven Rostedt
2025-09-22 19:45 ` Jiri Olsa
2025-09-21 4:05 ` Masami Hiramatsu
2025-09-21 22:52 ` Steven Rostedt
2025-09-24 22:58 ` Masami Hiramatsu
2025-09-20 13:39 ` Menglong Dong
2025-09-21 4:06 ` Masami Hiramatsu
2025-09-21 23:00 ` Steven Rostedt
2025-09-24 22:59 ` Masami Hiramatsu
2025-09-22 5:19 ` Masami Hiramatsu
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