From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
To: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
"the arch/x86 maintainers" <x86@kernel.org>,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCHSET] x86 uaccess cleanups
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2020 12:16:29 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAHk-=wgAaviS3hmELax6dkTqWsHcV6gGhhwOMUVZ1xit4CXLtQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200323183620.GD23230@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
On Mon, Mar 23, 2020 at 11:36 AM Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> wrote:
>
> Beginning of uaccess series; there's more already linearized, but
> I'll be posting that separately.
Ok, apart from my naming hang-up, I love how this gets rid of some of
my least favorite header file crud.
So big ack.
One thing to look out for: have you done profiling with stack frames
with this? That patch 1/22 looks obviously correct, but all those
magic rules for __copy_from_user_nmi() are the scary ones.
Simple test to run - just do this as root:
perf record -e cycles:pp -g -a sleep 100
while you're doing a kernel build or similar. That will do the
system-level profile of everything with stack trace code, which tends
to trigger a lot of special stuff.
Doing some basic ftrace tests might be good too.
Because that callchain code is the thing that really needs to work
from odd contexts, and also can't afford to have a stack frame because
you get into nasty recursive issues with tracing etc.
I think your patch is "obviously correct" in that you basically just
expand the crazy complex inline rules anyway, but I just want to make
sure it got some basic testing too..
Linus
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-03-23 19:16 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 71+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-03-23 18:36 [RFC][PATCHSET] x86 uaccess cleanups Al Viro
2020-03-23 18:37 ` [RFC][PATCH 01/22] x86 user stack frame reads: switch to explicit __get_user() Al Viro
2020-03-23 18:37 ` [RFC][PATCH 02/22] x86 kvm page table walks: " Al Viro
2020-03-23 18:38 ` [RFC][PATCH 03/22] x86: switch sigframe sigset handling to explict __get_user()/__put_user() Al Viro
2020-03-23 18:38 ` [RFC][PATCH 04/22] x86: get rid of small constant size cases in raw_copy_{to,from}_user() Al Viro
2020-03-23 18:38 ` [RFC][PATCH 05/22] vm86: get rid of get_user_ex() use Al Viro
2020-03-23 18:38 ` [RFC][PATCH 06/22] x86: get rid of get_user_ex() in ia32_restore_sigcontext() Al Viro
2020-03-23 18:38 ` [RFC][PATCH 07/22] x86: get rid of get_user_ex() in restore_sigcontext() Al Viro
2020-03-23 18:38 ` [RFC][PATCH 08/22] x86: kill get_user_{try,catch,ex} Al Viro
2020-03-23 18:38 ` [RFC][PATCH 09/22] x86: switch save_v86_state() to unsafe_put_user() Al Viro
2020-03-23 18:38 ` [RFC][PATCH 10/22] x86: switch setup_sigcontext() " Al Viro
2020-03-23 18:38 ` [RFC][PATCH 11/22] x86: switch ia32_setup_sigcontext() " Al Viro
2020-03-23 18:38 ` [RFC][PATCH 12/22] x86: get rid of put_user_try in {ia32,x32}_setup_rt_frame() Al Viro
2020-03-23 18:38 ` [RFC][PATCH 13/22] x86: ia32_setup_sigcontext(): lift user_access_{begin,end}() into the callers Al Viro
2020-03-23 18:53 ` Linus Torvalds
2020-03-23 21:42 ` Al Viro
2020-03-23 18:38 ` [RFC][PATCH 14/22] x86: ia32_setup_frame(): consolidate uaccess areas Al Viro
2020-03-23 18:38 ` [RFC][PATCH 15/22] x86: ia32_setup_rt_frame(): " Al Viro
2020-03-23 18:38 ` [RFC][PATCH 16/22] x86: get rid of put_user_try in __setup_rt_frame() (both 32bit and 64bit) Al Viro
2020-03-23 18:38 ` [RFC][PATCH 17/22] x86: setup_sigcontext(): list user_access_{begin,end}() into callers Al Viro
2020-03-23 18:56 ` Linus Torvalds
2020-03-23 18:38 ` [RFC][PATCH 18/22] x86: __setup_frame(): consolidate uaccess areas Al Viro
2020-03-23 18:38 ` [RFC][PATCH 19/22] x86: __setup_rt_frame(): " Al Viro
2020-03-23 18:38 ` [RFC][PATCH 20/22] x86: x32_setup_rt_frame(): " Al Viro
2020-03-23 18:38 ` [RFC][PATCH 21/22] x86: unsafe_put_... macros for sigcontext and sigmask Al Viro
2020-03-23 18:38 ` [RFC][PATCH 22/22] kill uaccess_try() Al Viro
2020-03-24 15:15 ` [RFC][PATCH 01/22] x86 user stack frame reads: switch to explicit __get_user() Peter Zijlstra
2020-03-28 10:48 ` Ingo Molnar
2020-03-28 11:59 ` Al Viro
2020-03-29 9:26 ` Ingo Molnar
2020-03-29 16:50 ` Andy Lutomirski
2020-03-29 17:05 ` Linus Torvalds
2020-03-29 17:41 ` David Laight
2020-03-29 17:56 ` Linus Torvalds
2020-03-29 18:03 ` David Laight
2020-03-29 18:16 ` Linus Torvalds
2020-03-29 18:32 ` David Laight
2020-03-29 18:55 ` Linus Torvalds
2020-03-29 21:21 ` Andy Lutomirski
2020-03-29 22:06 ` Linus Torvalds
2020-03-29 22:12 ` Linus Torvalds
2020-03-29 18:16 ` Al Viro
2020-03-29 18:19 ` Linus Torvalds
2020-03-29 17:57 ` Al Viro
2020-03-30 15:54 ` David Laight
2020-03-23 19:16 ` Linus Torvalds [this message]
2020-03-27 2:24 ` [RFC][PATCHSET v2] x86 uaccess cleanups Al Viro
2020-03-27 2:26 ` Al Viro
2020-03-27 2:30 ` Al Viro
2020-03-27 2:31 ` [RFC][PATCH v2 01/22] x86 user stack frame reads: switch to explicit __get_user() Al Viro
2020-03-27 2:31 ` [RFC][PATCH v2 02/22] x86 kvm page table walks: " Al Viro
2020-03-27 2:31 ` [RFC][PATCH v2 03/22] x86: switch sigframe sigset handling to explict __get_user()/__put_user() Al Viro
2020-03-27 2:31 ` [RFC][PATCH v2 04/22] x86: get rid of small constant size cases in raw_copy_{to,from}_user() Al Viro
2020-03-27 2:31 ` [RFC][PATCH v2 05/22] vm86: get rid of get_user_ex() use Al Viro
2020-03-27 2:31 ` [RFC][PATCH v2 06/22] x86: get rid of get_user_ex() in ia32_restore_sigcontext() Al Viro
2020-03-27 2:31 ` [RFC][PATCH v2 07/22] x86: get rid of get_user_ex() in restore_sigcontext() Al Viro
2020-03-27 2:31 ` [RFC][PATCH v2 08/22] x86: kill get_user_{try,catch,ex} Al Viro
2020-03-27 2:31 ` [RFC][PATCH v2 09/22] x86: switch save_v86_state() to unsafe_put_user() Al Viro
2020-03-27 2:31 ` [RFC][PATCH v2 10/22] x86: switch setup_sigcontext() " Al Viro
2020-03-27 2:31 ` [RFC][PATCH v2 11/22] x86: switch ia32_setup_sigcontext() " Al Viro
2020-03-27 2:31 ` [RFC][PATCH v2 12/22] x86: get rid of put_user_try in {ia32,x32}_setup_rt_frame() Al Viro
2020-03-27 2:31 ` [RFC][PATCH v2 13/22] x86: ia32_setup_sigcontext(): lift user_access_{begin,end}() into the callers Al Viro
2020-03-27 2:31 ` [RFC][PATCH v2 14/22] x86: ia32_setup_frame(): consolidate uaccess areas Al Viro
2020-03-27 2:31 ` [RFC][PATCH v2 15/22] x86: ia32_setup_rt_frame(): " Al Viro
2020-03-27 2:31 ` [RFC][PATCH v2 16/22] x86: get rid of put_user_try in __setup_rt_frame() (both 32bit and 64bit) Al Viro
2020-03-27 2:32 ` [RFC][PATCH v2 17/22] x86: setup_sigcontext(): list user_access_{begin,end}() into callers Al Viro
2020-03-27 2:32 ` [RFC][PATCH v2 18/22] x86: __setup_frame(): consolidate uaccess areas Al Viro
2020-03-27 2:32 ` [RFC][PATCH v2 19/22] x86: __setup_rt_frame(): " Al Viro
2020-03-27 2:32 ` [RFC][PATCH v2 20/22] x86: x32_setup_rt_frame(): " Al Viro
2020-03-27 2:32 ` [RFC][PATCH v2 21/22] x86: unsafe_put-style macro for sigmask Al Viro
2020-03-27 2:32 ` [RFC][PATCH v2 22/22] kill uaccess_try() Al Viro
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