From: Jiri Kosina <jikos@kernel.org>
To: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@linux.intel.com>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>,
LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
x86@kernel.org, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
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Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>,
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Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com>,
Casey Schaufler <casey.schaufler@intel.com>,
Asit Mallick <asit.k.mallick@intel.com>,
Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com>,
Jon Masters <jcm@redhat.com>, Waiman Long <longman9394@gmail.com>,
Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
Dave Stewart <david.c.stewart@intel.com>,
Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Subject: Re: [patch 20/24] x86/speculation: Split out TIF update
Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2018 23:20:11 +0100 (CET) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <nycvar.YFH.7.76.1811272316420.21108@cbobk.fhfr.pm> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <nycvar.YFH.7.76.1811272302070.21108@cbobk.fhfr.pm>
On Tue, 27 Nov 2018, Jiri Kosina wrote:
> > > static int ssb_prctl_set(struct task_struct *task, unsigned long ctrl)
> > > diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
> > > index 3f5e351bdd37..6c4fcef52b19 100644
> > > --- a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
> > > +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
> > > @@ -474,6 +474,21 @@ void __switch_to_xtra(struct task_struct *prev_p, struct task_struct *next_p)
> > >
> > > tifn = READ_ONCE(task_thread_info(next_p)->flags);
> > > tifp = READ_ONCE(task_thread_info(prev_p)->flags);
> > > +
> > > + /*
> > > + * SECCOMP tasks might have had their spec_ctrl flags updated during
> > > + * runtime from a different CPU.
> > > + *
> > > + * When switching to such a task, populate thread flags with the ones
> > > + * that have been temporarily saved in spec_flags by task_update_spec_tif()
> > > + * in order to make sure MSR value is always kept up to date.
> > > + *
> > > + * SECCOMP tasks never disable the mitigation for other threads, only enable.
> > > + */
> > > + if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SECCOMP) &&
> > > + test_and_clear_tsk_thread_flag(next_p, TIF_SPEC_UPDATE))
> > > + tifp |= READ_ONCE(task_thread_info(next_p)->spec_flags);
> >
> > And how does that get folded into task_thread_info(next_p)->flags for the
> > next context switch?
>
> Does it really have to?
I guess I misunderstood the question, and the answer is that it actually
should be 'tifn' there, as I wrote in a followup mail.
But in any case, I agree we need to handle both directions for full
consistency, so your patch is a correct one.
Thanks,
--
Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-11-27 22:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 95+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-11-21 20:14 [patch 00/24] x86/speculation: Remedy the STIBP/IBPB overhead Thomas Gleixner
2018-11-21 20:14 ` [patch 01/24] x86/speculation: Update the TIF_SSBD comment Thomas Gleixner
2018-11-21 20:28 ` Linus Torvalds
2018-11-21 20:30 ` Thomas Gleixner
2018-11-21 20:33 ` Linus Torvalds
2018-11-21 22:48 ` Thomas Gleixner
2018-11-21 22:53 ` Borislav Petkov
2018-11-21 22:55 ` Thomas Gleixner
2018-11-21 22:55 ` Arjan van de Ven
2018-11-21 22:56 ` Borislav Petkov
2018-11-21 23:07 ` Borislav Petkov
2018-11-21 23:04 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2018-11-21 23:08 ` Borislav Petkov
2018-11-22 17:30 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2018-11-22 17:52 ` Borislav Petkov
2018-11-22 21:17 ` Thomas Gleixner
2018-11-21 20:14 ` [patch 02/24] x86/speculation: Clean up spectre_v2_parse_cmdline() Thomas Gleixner
2018-11-21 20:14 ` [patch 03/24] x86/speculation: Remove unnecessary ret variable in cpu_show_common() Thomas Gleixner
2018-11-21 20:14 ` [patch 04/24] x86/speculation: Reorganize cpu_show_common() Thomas Gleixner
2018-11-21 20:14 ` [patch 05/24] x86/speculation: Disable STIBP when enhanced IBRS is in use Thomas Gleixner
2018-11-21 20:33 ` Borislav Petkov
2018-11-21 20:36 ` Thomas Gleixner
2018-11-21 22:01 ` Thomas Gleixner
2018-11-21 20:14 ` [patch 06/24] x86/speculation: Rename SSBD update functions Thomas Gleixner
2018-11-21 20:14 ` [patch 07/24] x86/speculation: Reorganize speculation control MSRs update Thomas Gleixner
2018-11-21 20:14 ` [patch 08/24] sched/smt: Make sched_smt_present track topology Thomas Gleixner
2018-11-21 20:14 ` [patch 09/24] x86/Kconfig: Select SCHED_SMT if SMP enabled Thomas Gleixner
2018-11-21 20:14 ` [patch 10/24] sched/smt: Expose sched_smt_present static key Thomas Gleixner
2018-11-21 20:41 ` Thomas Gleixner
2018-11-21 20:14 ` [patch 11/24] x86/speculation: Rework SMT state change Thomas Gleixner
2018-11-21 20:14 ` [patch 12/24] x86/l1tf: Show actual SMT state Thomas Gleixner
2018-11-21 20:14 ` [patch 13/24] x86/speculation: Reorder the spec_v2 code Thomas Gleixner
2018-11-21 20:14 ` [patch 14/24] x86/speculation: Unify conditional spectre v2 print functions Thomas Gleixner
2018-11-22 7:59 ` Ingo Molnar
2018-11-21 20:14 ` [patch 15/24] x86/speculation: Add command line control for indirect branch speculation Thomas Gleixner
2018-11-21 23:43 ` Borislav Petkov
2018-11-22 8:14 ` Thomas Gleixner
2018-11-22 9:07 ` Thomas Gleixner
2018-11-22 9:18 ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-11-22 10:10 ` Borislav Petkov
2018-11-22 10:48 ` Thomas Gleixner
2018-11-21 20:14 ` [patch 16/24] x86/speculation: Prepare for per task indirect branch speculation control Thomas Gleixner
2018-11-22 7:57 ` Ingo Molnar
2018-11-21 20:14 ` [patch 17/24] x86/speculation: Move IBPB control out of switch_mm() Thomas Gleixner
2018-11-22 0:01 ` Andi Kleen
2018-11-22 7:42 ` Jiri Kosina
2018-11-22 9:18 ` Thomas Gleixner
2018-11-22 1:40 ` Tim Chen
2018-11-22 7:52 ` Ingo Molnar
2018-11-22 22:29 ` Thomas Gleixner
2018-11-21 20:14 ` [patch 18/24] x86/speculation: Avoid __switch_to_xtra() calls Thomas Gleixner
2018-11-22 1:23 ` Tim Chen
2018-11-22 7:44 ` Ingo Molnar
2018-11-21 20:14 ` [patch 19/24] ptrace: Remove unused ptrace_may_access_sched() and MODE_IBRS Thomas Gleixner
2018-11-21 20:14 ` [patch 20/24] x86/speculation: Split out TIF update Thomas Gleixner
2018-11-22 2:13 ` Tim Chen
2018-11-22 23:00 ` Thomas Gleixner
2018-11-23 7:37 ` Ingo Molnar
2018-11-26 18:35 ` Tim Chen
2018-11-26 21:55 ` Thomas Gleixner
2018-11-27 7:05 ` Jiri Kosina
2018-11-27 7:13 ` Thomas Gleixner
2018-11-27 7:30 ` Jiri Kosina
2018-11-27 12:52 ` Jiri Kosina
2018-11-27 13:18 ` Jiri Kosina
2018-11-27 21:57 ` Thomas Gleixner
2018-11-27 22:07 ` Jiri Kosina
2018-11-27 22:20 ` Jiri Kosina [this message]
2018-11-27 22:36 ` Thomas Gleixner
2018-11-28 1:50 ` Tim Chen
2018-11-28 10:43 ` Thomas Gleixner
2018-11-28 6:05 ` Jiri Kosina
2018-11-28 14:33 ` [tip:x86/pti] x86/speculation: Prevent stale SPEC_CTRL msr content tip-bot for Thomas Gleixner
2018-11-22 7:43 ` [patch 20/24] x86/speculation: Split out TIF update Ingo Molnar
2018-11-22 23:04 ` Thomas Gleixner
2018-11-23 7:37 ` Ingo Molnar
2018-11-21 20:14 ` [patch 21/24] x86/speculation: Prepare arch_smt_update() for PRCTL mode Thomas Gleixner
2018-11-22 7:34 ` Ingo Molnar
2018-11-22 23:17 ` Thomas Gleixner
2018-11-22 23:28 ` Jiri Kosina
2018-11-21 20:14 ` [patch 22/24] x86/speculation: Create PRCTL interface to restrict indirect branch speculation Thomas Gleixner
2018-11-22 7:10 ` Ingo Molnar
2018-11-22 9:03 ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-11-22 9:08 ` Thomas Gleixner
2018-11-22 12:26 ` Borislav Petkov
2018-11-22 12:33 ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-11-21 20:14 ` [patch 23/24] x86/speculation: Enable PRCTL mode for spectre_v2_app2app Thomas Gleixner
2018-11-22 7:17 ` Ingo Molnar
2018-11-21 20:14 ` [patch 24/24] x86/speculation: Add seccomp Spectre v2 app to app protection mode Thomas Gleixner
2018-11-22 2:24 ` Tim Chen
2018-11-22 7:26 ` Ingo Molnar
2018-11-22 23:45 ` Thomas Gleixner
2018-11-21 23:48 ` [patch 00/24] x86/speculation: Remedy the STIBP/IBPB overhead Tim Chen
2018-11-22 9:55 ` Thomas Gleixner
2018-11-22 9:45 ` Peter Zijlstra
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