From: Alan Cox <gnomes@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
Cc: Olivier Galibert <galibert@pobox.com>,
Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>,
Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@gmail.com>,
Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>, Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu>,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, X86 ML <x86@kernel.org>,
Brian Gerst <brgerst@gmail.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v2 6/6] x86/entry/pti: don't switch PGD on when pti_disable is set
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2018 19:34:31 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20180111193431.7e2d7f63@alans-desktop> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20180111192601.cck3eq26vorybudk@treble>
On Thu, 11 Jan 2018 13:26:01 -0600
Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 11, 2018 at 08:19:35PM +0100, Olivier Galibert wrote:
> > Wouldn't the time taken by an easy syscall like getuid be a clear indicator?
>
> I think only if you had a baseline measurement to compare against.
getuid can also be cached by a smart libc. getppid() is what micro
benchmarks seem to favour.
Alan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-01-11 19:35 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 104+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-01-09 12:56 [RFC PATCH v2 0/6] Per process PTI activation Willy Tarreau
2018-01-09 12:56 ` [RFC PATCH v2 1/6] x86/mm: add a pti_disable entry in mm_context_t Willy Tarreau
2018-01-09 12:56 ` [RFC PATCH v2 2/6] x86/arch_prctl: add ARCH_GET_NOPTI and ARCH_SET_NOPTI to enable/disable PTI Willy Tarreau
2018-01-09 14:17 ` Borislav Petkov
2018-01-09 14:36 ` Willy Tarreau
2018-01-09 14:51 ` Borislav Petkov
2018-01-09 14:54 ` Willy Tarreau
2018-01-09 21:26 ` Andy Lutomirski
2018-01-09 21:29 ` Borislav Petkov
2018-01-09 21:32 ` Willy Tarreau
2018-01-09 21:46 ` Borislav Petkov
2018-01-09 22:06 ` Willy Tarreau
2018-01-09 22:20 ` Borislav Petkov
2018-01-09 22:29 ` Dave Hansen
2018-01-09 22:40 ` Willy Tarreau
2018-01-10 14:42 ` Borislav Petkov
2018-01-10 15:39 ` Willy Tarreau
2018-01-10 16:09 ` Borislav Petkov
2018-01-10 16:19 ` Willy Tarreau
2018-01-10 17:28 ` Borislav Petkov
2018-01-10 7:31 ` Ingo Molnar
2018-01-10 7:37 ` Willy Tarreau
2018-01-10 7:59 ` Ingo Molnar
2018-01-09 23:53 ` Andy Lutomirski
2018-01-10 4:25 ` Willy Tarreau
2018-01-10 7:25 ` Ingo Molnar
2018-01-10 14:45 ` Borislav Petkov
2018-01-10 15:43 ` Willy Tarreau
2018-01-10 15:45 ` Ingo Molnar
2018-01-09 21:34 ` Kees Cook
2018-01-09 21:41 ` Willy Tarreau
2018-01-09 21:50 ` Kees Cook
2018-01-09 22:03 ` Willy Tarreau
2018-01-10 7:13 ` Ingo Molnar
2018-01-12 15:03 ` David Laight
2018-01-12 15:06 ` Willy Tarreau
2018-01-09 12:56 ` [RFC PATCH v2 3/6] x86/pti: add a per-cpu variable pti_disable Willy Tarreau
2018-01-10 7:19 ` Ingo Molnar
2018-01-10 7:29 ` Willy Tarreau
2018-01-10 8:01 ` Ingo Molnar
2018-01-10 8:50 ` Willy Tarreau
2018-01-10 8:59 ` Ingo Molnar
2018-01-10 9:00 ` Willy Tarreau
2018-01-09 12:56 ` [RFC PATCH v2 4/6] x86/pti: don't mark the user PGD with _PAGE_NX Willy Tarreau
2018-01-09 12:56 ` [RFC PATCH v2 5/6] x86/entry/pti: avoid setting CR3 when it's already correct Willy Tarreau
2018-01-10 7:16 ` Ingo Molnar
2018-01-10 7:18 ` Willy Tarreau
2018-01-10 20:29 ` Dave Hansen
2018-01-11 6:46 ` Willy Tarreau
2018-01-09 12:56 ` [RFC PATCH v2 6/6] x86/entry/pti: don't switch PGD on when pti_disable is set Willy Tarreau
2018-01-10 7:15 ` Ingo Molnar
2018-01-10 7:23 ` Willy Tarreau
2018-01-10 8:22 ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-01-10 9:11 ` Willy Tarreau
2018-01-10 19:21 ` Andy Lutomirski
2018-01-10 19:39 ` Willy Tarreau
2018-01-10 19:44 ` Andy Lutomirski
2018-01-10 19:50 ` Linus Torvalds
2018-01-10 20:04 ` Andy Lutomirski
2018-01-11 6:42 ` Willy Tarreau
2018-01-11 15:29 ` Dave Hansen
2018-01-11 15:44 ` Willy Tarreau
2018-01-11 15:51 ` Dave Hansen
2018-01-11 17:02 ` Andy Lutomirski
2018-01-11 18:21 ` Alexei Starovoitov
2018-01-11 18:30 ` Dave Hansen
2018-01-11 18:32 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2018-01-11 18:36 ` Linus Torvalds
2018-01-11 18:38 ` Dave Hansen
2018-01-11 18:51 ` Linus Torvalds
2018-01-11 18:57 ` Dave Hansen
2018-01-11 19:05 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2018-01-11 19:07 ` Borislav Petkov
2018-01-11 19:17 ` Dave Hansen
2018-01-11 19:19 ` Olivier Galibert
2018-01-11 19:26 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2018-01-11 19:34 ` Alan Cox [this message]
2018-01-11 21:23 ` Willy Tarreau
2018-01-11 21:28 ` Linus Torvalds
2018-01-11 22:06 ` Willy Tarreau
2018-01-12 16:37 ` David Laight
2018-01-11 19:12 ` Linus Torvalds
2018-01-11 19:38 ` Alexei Starovoitov
2018-01-11 19:11 ` Willy Tarreau
2018-01-11 20:00 ` Dave Hansen
2018-01-11 17:09 ` Andy Lutomirski
2018-01-11 17:40 ` Willy Tarreau
2018-01-11 17:53 ` Andy Lutomirski
2018-01-11 18:05 ` Willy Tarreau
2018-01-11 18:15 ` Dave Hansen
2018-01-11 18:31 ` Linus Torvalds
2018-01-11 18:25 ` Linus Torvalds
2018-01-11 18:26 ` Linus Torvalds
2018-01-11 19:33 ` Andy Lutomirski
2018-01-12 20:22 ` Ingo Molnar
2018-01-12 21:18 ` Andy Lutomirski
2018-01-12 21:54 ` Willy Tarreau
2018-01-11 21:59 ` Willy Tarreau
2018-01-12 16:27 ` David Laight
2018-01-12 17:55 ` Linus Torvalds
2018-01-12 19:36 ` Willy Tarreau
2018-01-11 18:35 ` Dave Hansen
2018-01-11 21:49 ` Willy Tarreau
2018-01-11 23:11 Alexey Dobriyan
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