From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.2 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 00FF9C74A36 for ; Wed, 10 Jul 2019 22:46:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D709520665 for ; Wed, 10 Jul 2019 22:46:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1727595AbfGJWqn (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Jul 2019 18:46:43 -0400 Received: from mga01.intel.com ([192.55.52.88]:3827 "EHLO mga01.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726708AbfGJWqn (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Jul 2019 18:46:43 -0400 X-Amp-Result: UNKNOWN X-Amp-Original-Verdict: FILE UNKNOWN X-Amp-File-Uploaded: False Received: from fmsmga003.fm.intel.com ([10.253.24.29]) by fmsmga101.fm.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 10 Jul 2019 15:46:42 -0700 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.63,476,1557212400"; d="scan'208";a="173986954" Received: from teutenbb-mobl1.ger.corp.intel.com (HELO localhost) ([10.252.50.108]) by FMSMGA003.fm.intel.com with ESMTP; 10 Jul 2019 15:46:38 -0700 Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2019 01:46:28 +0300 From: Jarkko Sakkinen To: "Xing, Cedric" Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-sgx@vger.kernel.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org, dave.hansen@intel.com, sean.j.christopherson@intel.com, serge.ayoun@intel.com, shay.katz-zamir@intel.com, haitao.huang@intel.com, kai.svahn@intel.com, kai.huang@intel.com Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v2 0/3] An alternative __vdso_sgx_enter_enclave() to allow enclave/host parameter passing using untrusted stack Message-ID: <20190710224628.epjxwlpqqxdurmzo@linux.intel.com> References: <20190424062623.4345-1-cedric.xing@intel.com> <20190710111719.nnoedfo4wvbfghq7@linux.intel.com> <686e47d2-f45c-6828-39d1-48374925de6c@intel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <686e47d2-f45c-6828-39d1-48374925de6c@intel.com> Organization: Intel Finland Oy - BIC 0357606-4 - Westendinkatu 7, 02160 Espoo User-Agent: NeoMutt/20180716 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Jul 10, 2019 at 11:08:37AM -0700, Xing, Cedric wrote: > > With these conclusions I think the current vDSO API is sufficient for > > Linux. > > The new vDSO API is to support data exchange on stack. It has nothing to do > with debugging. BTW, the community has closed on this. And how that is useful? > The CFI directives are for stack unwinding. They don't affect what the code > does so you can just treat them as NOPs if you don't understand what they > do. However, they are useful to not only debuggers but also exception > handling code. libunwind also has a setjmp()/longjmp() implementation based > on CFI directives. Of course I won't merge code of which usefulness I don't understand. /Jarkko