From: Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@mellanox.com>
To: Eugene Syromiatnikov <esyr@redhat.com>, <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v15 04/13] task_isolation: add initial support
Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2017 13:12:27 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3fd6fcf2-e31c-7623-a52b-927ade68e2b2@mellanox.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20170202161338.GA31779@asgard.redhat.com>
On 2/2/2017 11:13 AM, Eugene Syromiatnikov wrote:
>> case PR_GET_FP_MODE:
>> error = GET_FP_MODE(me);
>> break;
>> +#ifdef CONFIG_TASK_ISOLATION
>> + case PR_SET_TASK_ISOLATION:
>> + error = task_isolation_set(arg2);
>> + break;
>> + case PR_GET_TASK_ISOLATION:
>> + error = me->task_isolation_flags;
>> + break;
>> +#endif
>> default:
>> error = -EINVAL;
>> break;
> It is not a very good idea to ignore the values of unused arguments; it
> prevents future their usage, as user space can pass some garbage values
> here. Check out the code for newer prctl handlers, like
> PR_SET_NO_NEW_PRIVS, PR_SET_THP_DISABLE, or PR_MPX_ENABLE_MANAGEMENT
> (PR_[SG]_FP_MODE is an unfortunate recent omission).
>
> The other thing is the usage of #ifdef's, which is generally avoided
> there. Also, the patch for man-pages, describing the new prctl calls, is
> missing.
Thanks, I appreciate the feedback. I'll fold this into the next spin of the series!
--
Chris Metcalf, Mellanox Technologies
http://www.mellanox.com
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Thread overview: 80+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-08-16 21:19 [PATCH v15 00/13] support "task_isolation" mode Chris Metcalf
2016-08-16 21:19 ` [PATCH v15 01/13] vmstat: add quiet_vmstat_sync function Chris Metcalf
2016-08-16 21:19 ` [PATCH v15 02/13] vmstat: add vmstat_idle function Chris Metcalf
2016-08-16 21:19 ` [PATCH v15 03/13] lru_add_drain_all: factor out lru_add_drain_needed Chris Metcalf
2016-08-16 21:19 ` [PATCH v15 04/13] task_isolation: add initial support Chris Metcalf
2016-08-29 16:33 ` Peter Zijlstra
2016-08-29 16:40 ` Chris Metcalf
2016-08-29 16:48 ` Peter Zijlstra
2016-08-29 16:53 ` Chris Metcalf
2016-08-30 7:59 ` Peter Zijlstra
2016-08-30 7:58 ` Peter Zijlstra
2016-08-30 15:32 ` Chris Metcalf
2016-08-30 16:30 ` Andy Lutomirski
2016-08-30 17:02 ` Chris Metcalf
2016-08-30 18:43 ` Andy Lutomirski
2016-08-30 19:37 ` Chris Metcalf
2016-08-30 19:50 ` Andy Lutomirski
2016-09-02 14:04 ` Chris Metcalf
2016-09-02 17:28 ` Andy Lutomirski
2016-09-09 17:40 ` Chris Metcalf
2016-09-12 17:41 ` Andy Lutomirski
2016-09-12 19:25 ` Chris Metcalf
2016-09-27 14:22 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2016-09-27 14:39 ` Peter Zijlstra
2016-09-27 14:51 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2016-09-27 14:48 ` Paul E. McKenney
2016-09-30 16:59 ` Chris Metcalf
2016-09-01 10:06 ` Peter Zijlstra
2016-09-02 14:03 ` Chris Metcalf
2016-09-02 16:40 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-02-02 16:13 ` Eugene Syromiatnikov
2017-02-02 18:12 ` Chris Metcalf [this message]
2016-08-16 21:19 ` [PATCH v15 05/13] task_isolation: track asynchronous interrupts Chris Metcalf
2016-08-16 21:19 ` [PATCH v15 06/13] arch/x86: enable task isolation functionality Chris Metcalf
2016-08-30 21:46 ` Andy Lutomirski
2016-08-16 21:19 ` [PATCH v15 07/13] arm64: factor work_pending state machine to C Chris Metcalf
2016-08-17 8:05 ` Will Deacon
2016-08-16 21:19 ` [PATCH v15 08/13] arch/arm64: enable task isolation functionality Chris Metcalf
2016-08-26 16:25 ` Catalin Marinas
2016-08-16 21:19 ` [PATCH v15 09/13] arch/tile: " Chris Metcalf
2016-08-16 21:19 ` [PATCH v15 10/13] arm, tile: turn off timer tick for oneshot_stopped state Chris Metcalf
2016-08-16 21:19 ` [PATCH v15 11/13] task_isolation: support CONFIG_TASK_ISOLATION_ALL Chris Metcalf
2016-08-16 21:19 ` [PATCH v15 12/13] task_isolation: add user-settable notification signal Chris Metcalf
2016-08-16 21:19 ` [PATCH v15 13/13] task_isolation self test Chris Metcalf
2016-08-17 19:37 ` [PATCH] Fix /proc/stat freezes (was [PATCH v15] "task_isolation" mode) Christoph Lameter
2016-08-20 1:42 ` Chris Metcalf
2016-09-28 13:16 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2016-08-29 16:27 ` Ping: [PATCH v15 00/13] support "task_isolation" mode Chris Metcalf
2016-09-07 21:11 ` Francis Giraldeau
2016-09-07 21:39 ` Francis Giraldeau
2016-09-08 16:21 ` Francis Giraldeau
2016-09-12 16:01 ` Chris Metcalf
2016-09-12 16:14 ` Peter Zijlstra
2016-09-12 21:15 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2016-09-13 0:05 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2016-09-13 16:00 ` Francis Giraldeau
2016-09-13 0:20 ` Francis Giraldeau
2016-09-13 16:12 ` Chris Metcalf
2016-09-27 14:49 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2016-09-27 14:35 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2016-09-30 17:07 ` Chris Metcalf
2016-11-05 4:04 ` task isolation discussion at Linux Plumbers Chris Metcalf
2016-11-05 16:05 ` Christoph Lameter
2016-11-07 16:55 ` Thomas Gleixner
2016-11-07 18:36 ` Thomas Gleixner
2016-11-07 19:12 ` Rik van Riel
2016-11-07 19:16 ` Will Deacon
2016-11-07 19:18 ` Rik van Riel
2016-11-11 20:54 ` Luiz Capitulino
2016-11-09 1:40 ` Paul E. McKenney
2016-11-09 11:14 ` Andy Lutomirski
2016-11-09 17:38 ` Paul E. McKenney
2016-11-09 18:57 ` Will Deacon
2016-11-09 19:11 ` Paul E. McKenney
2016-11-10 1:44 ` Andy Lutomirski
2016-11-10 4:52 ` Paul E. McKenney
2016-11-10 5:10 ` Paul E. McKenney
2016-11-11 17:00 ` Andy Lutomirski
2016-11-09 11:07 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2016-12-19 14:37 ` Paul E. McKenney
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