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From: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC v10 2/6] x86/entry: Add STACKLEAK erasing the kernel stack at the end of syscalls
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2018 15:55:24 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <77fab6ea-0bbf-d68b-a38e-3e22d1ae6093@linux.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1522267032-6603-3-git-send-email-alex.popov@linux.com>

On 03/28/2018 12:57 PM, Alexander Popov wrote:
> +.macro ERASE_KSTACK
> +#ifdef CONFIG_GCC_PLUGIN_STACKLEAK
> +	PUSH_AND_CLEAR_REGS
> +	call erase_kstack
> +	POP_REGS
> +#endif
> +.endm

Thanks again for the hard work to trim down the complexity of the
assembly.  I noticed the 64-bit version saves/restores registers while
the 32-bit version doesn't.  What's the reasoning there?

  reply	other threads:[~2018-03-28 22:55 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-03-28 19:57 [PATCH RFC v10 0/6] Introduce the STACKLEAK feature and a test for it Alexander Popov
2018-03-28 19:57 ` [PATCH RFC v10 1/6] gcc-plugins: Clean up the cgraph_create_edge* macros Alexander Popov
2018-03-28 19:57 ` [PATCH RFC v10 2/6] x86/entry: Add STACKLEAK erasing the kernel stack at the end of syscalls Alexander Popov
2018-03-28 22:55   ` Dave Hansen [this message]
2018-03-29  6:58     ` Alexander Popov
2018-03-29 13:51       ` Dave Hansen
     [not found]         ` <CAFUG7Cd7cSqSHCrqxKUFwBBQLuix0Mi5-=V6pq_U7KtFh20Kqg@mail.gmail.com>
2018-03-29 20:56           ` Alexander Popov
2018-03-29 21:00             ` Dave Hansen
     [not found]   ` <alpine.DEB.2.10.1803291137150.27913@vshiva-Udesk>
2018-03-29 21:34     ` Alexander Popov
2018-03-28 19:57 ` [PATCH RFC v10 3/6] gcc-plugins: Add STACKLEAK plugin for tracking the kernel stack Alexander Popov
2018-03-28 19:57 ` [PATCH RFC v10 4/6] lkdtm: Add a test for STACKLEAK Alexander Popov
2018-03-28 19:57 ` [PATCH RFC v10 5/6] fs/proc: Show STACKLEAK metrics in the /proc file system Alexander Popov
2018-03-28 19:57 ` [PATCH RFC v10 6/6] doc: self-protection: Add information about STACKLEAK feature Alexander Popov
2018-03-28 20:13 ` [PATCH RFC v10 0/6] Introduce the STACKLEAK feature and a test for it Kees Cook

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