From: Alex Belits <abelits@marvell.com>
To: "luto@amacapital.net" <luto@amacapital.net>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 04/13] task_isolation: userspace hard isolation from kernel
Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2020 05:07:41 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <bdea1b5d70460386303e59fdc7438d9013293147.camel@marvell.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <915489BC-B2C9-4D47-A205-FC597FC68B98@amacapital.net>
On Thu, 2020-04-09 at 11:00 -0700, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
>
> >
> > Once the task has returned to userspace after issuing the prctl(),
> > if it enters the kernel again via system call, page fault, or any
> > other exception or irq, the kernel will kill it with SIGKILL.
>
> I could easily imagine myself using task isolation, but not with the
> SIGKILL semantics. SIGKILL causes data loss. Please at least let
> users choose what signal to send.
This is already done, even though the documentation is not updated.
There is even a userspace library that deals with this while
compensating for possible race conditions on isolation entry and
automatic re-entry after isolation is broken:
https://github.com/abelits/libtmc
--
Alex
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-04-19 5:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 71+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-03-04 16:01 [PATCH 00/12] "Task_isolation" mode Alex Belits
2020-03-04 16:03 ` [PATCH 01/12] task_isolation: vmstat: add quiet_vmstat_sync function Alex Belits
2020-03-04 16:04 ` [PATCH 02/12] task_isolation: vmstat: add vmstat_idle function Alex Belits
2020-03-04 16:07 ` [PATCH 03/12] task_isolation: userspace hard isolation from kernel Alex Belits
2020-03-05 18:33 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2020-03-08 5:32 ` [EXT] " Alex Belits
2020-04-28 14:12 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2020-03-06 15:26 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2020-03-08 6:06 ` [EXT] " Alex Belits
2020-03-06 16:00 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2020-03-08 7:16 ` [EXT] " Alex Belits
2020-03-04 16:08 ` [PATCH 04/12] task_isolation: Add task isolation hooks to arch-independent code Alex Belits
2020-03-04 16:09 ` [PATCH 05/12] task_isolation: arch/x86: enable task isolation functionality Alex Belits
2020-03-04 16:10 ` [PATCH 06/12] task_isolation: arch/arm64: " Alex Belits
2020-03-04 16:31 ` Mark Rutland
2020-03-08 4:48 ` [EXT] " Alex Belits
2020-03-04 16:11 ` [PATCH 07/12] task_isolation: arch/arm: " Alex Belits
2020-03-04 16:12 ` [PATCH 08/12] task_isolation: don't interrupt CPUs with tick_nohz_full_kick_cpu() Alex Belits
2020-03-06 16:03 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2020-03-08 7:28 ` [EXT] " Alex Belits
2020-03-09 2:38 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2020-03-04 16:13 ` [PATCH 09/12] task_isolation: net: don't flush backlog on CPUs running isolated tasks Alex Belits
2020-03-04 16:14 ` [PATCH 10/12] task_isolation: ringbuffer: don't interrupt CPUs running isolated tasks on buffer resize Alex Belits
2020-03-04 16:15 ` [PATCH 11/12] task_isolation: kick_all_cpus_sync: don't kick isolated cpus Alex Belits
2020-03-06 15:34 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2020-03-08 6:48 ` [EXT] " Alex Belits
2020-03-09 2:28 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2020-03-04 16:16 ` [PATCH 12/12] task_isolation: CONFIG_TASK_ISOLATION prevents distribution of jobs to non-housekeeping CPUs Alex Belits
2020-03-08 3:42 ` [PATCH v2 00/12] "Task_isolation" mode Alex Belits
2020-03-08 3:44 ` [PATCH v2 01/12] task_isolation: vmstat: add quiet_vmstat_sync function Alex Belits
2020-03-08 3:46 ` [PATCH v2 02/12] task_isolation: vmstat: add vmstat_idle function Alex Belits
2020-03-08 3:47 ` [PATCH v2 03/12] task_isolation: userspace hard isolation from kernel Alex Belits
[not found] ` <20200307214254.7a8f6c22@hermes.lan>
2020-03-08 7:33 ` [EXT] " Alex Belits
2020-03-27 8:42 ` Marta Rybczynska
2020-04-06 4:31 ` Kevyn-Alexandre Paré
2020-04-06 4:43 ` Kevyn-Alexandre Paré
2020-03-08 3:48 ` [PATCH v2 04/12] task_isolation: Add task isolation hooks to arch-independent code Alex Belits
2020-03-08 3:49 ` [PATCH v2 05/12] task_isolation: arch/x86: enable task isolation functionality Alex Belits
2020-03-08 3:50 ` [PATCH v2 06/12] task_isolation: arch/arm64: " Alex Belits
2020-03-09 16:59 ` Mark Rutland
2020-03-08 3:52 ` [PATCH v2 07/12] task_isolation: arch/arm: " Alex Belits
2020-03-08 3:53 ` [PATCH v2 08/12] task_isolation: don't interrupt CPUs with tick_nohz_full_kick_cpu() Alex Belits
2020-03-08 3:54 ` [PATCH v2 09/12] task_isolation: net: don't flush backlog on CPUs running isolated tasks Alex Belits
2020-03-08 3:55 ` [PATCH v2 10/12] task_isolation: ringbuffer: don't interrupt CPUs running isolated tasks on buffer resize Alex Belits
2020-04-06 4:27 ` Kevyn-Alexandre Paré
2020-03-08 3:56 ` [PATCH v2 11/12] task_isolation: kick_all_cpus_sync: don't kick isolated cpus Alex Belits
2020-03-08 3:57 ` [PATCH v2 12/12] task_isolation: CONFIG_TASK_ISOLATION prevents distribution of jobs to non-housekeeping CPUs Alex Belits
2020-04-09 15:09 ` [PATCH v3 00/13] "Task_isolation" mode Alex Belits
2020-04-09 15:15 ` [PATCH 01/13] task_isolation: vmstat: add quiet_vmstat_sync function Alex Belits
2020-04-09 15:16 ` [PATCH 02/13] task_isolation: vmstat: add vmstat_idle function Alex Belits
2020-04-09 15:17 ` [PATCH v3 03/13] task_isolation: add instruction synchronization memory barrier Alex Belits
2020-04-15 12:44 ` Mark Rutland
2020-04-19 5:02 ` [EXT] " Alex Belits
2020-04-20 12:23 ` Will Deacon
2020-04-20 12:36 ` Mark Rutland
2020-04-20 13:55 ` Will Deacon
2020-04-21 7:41 ` Will Deacon
2020-04-20 12:45 ` Mark Rutland
2020-04-09 15:20 ` [PATCH v3 04/13] task_isolation: userspace hard isolation from kernel Alex Belits
2020-04-09 18:00 ` Andy Lutomirski
2020-04-19 5:07 ` Alex Belits [this message]
2020-04-09 15:21 ` [PATCH 05/13] task_isolation: Add task isolation hooks to arch-independent code Alex Belits
2020-04-09 15:22 ` [PATCH 06/13] task_isolation: arch/x86: enable task isolation functionality Alex Belits
2020-04-09 15:23 ` [PATCH v3 07/13] task_isolation: arch/arm64: " Alex Belits
2020-04-22 12:08 ` Catalin Marinas
2020-04-09 15:24 ` [PATCH v3 08/13] task_isolation: arch/arm: " Alex Belits
2020-04-09 15:25 ` [PATCH v3 09/13] task_isolation: don't interrupt CPUs with tick_nohz_full_kick_cpu() Alex Belits
2020-04-09 15:26 ` [PATCH v3 10/13] task_isolation: net: don't flush backlog on CPUs running isolated tasks Alex Belits
2020-04-09 15:27 ` [PATCH v3 11/13] task_isolation: ringbuffer: don't interrupt CPUs running isolated tasks on buffer resize Alex Belits
2020-04-09 15:27 ` [PATCH v3 12/13] task_isolation: kick_all_cpus_sync: don't kick isolated cpus Alex Belits
2020-04-09 15:28 ` [PATCH v3 13/13] task_isolation: CONFIG_TASK_ISOLATION prevents distribution of jobs to non-housekeeping CPUs Alex Belits
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