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From: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
To: Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net>
Cc: 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: Wed, 07 Jan 2015 15:18:09 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <54ADBEB1.7000902@linux.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CALCETrUeMS7zwjXfSMN-6A8-gpLc68n7U5Y6SPdzgw6hSbYGNg@mail.gmail.com>

On 01/05/2015 03:04 PM, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
> Anyway, if it's actually a problem to change it, I have no real
> problem keeping it, but I think we *really* need to validate the rest
> of the arguments at the very least.

If we "validate" the arguments like you suggested, then a call like this:

	prctl(PR_MPX_DISABLE_MANAGEMENT);

ends up returning -EINVAL:

> prctl(0x2b /* PR_??? */, 0x7fffffd3, 0x7f360955e9e0, 0x2c, 0x7f3609314840) = -1 EINVAL (Invalid argument)

A quick grep through ltp and some other source I have laying around does
*not* show folks adding 0's to these calls for "empty" arguments.  Is
this really something we want to do?

	prctl(PR_MPX_DISABLE_MANAGEMENT, 0, 0, 0, 0);

  parent reply	other threads:[~2015-01-07 23:18 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
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 [this message]
2015-01-07 23:24             ` Andy Lutomirski

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