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From: David Laight <David.Laight@ACULAB.COM>
To: "'Madhavan T. Venkataraman'" <madvenka@linux.microsoft.com>,
	"Andy Lutomirski" <luto@kernel.org>
Cc: "kernel-hardening@lists.openwall.com" 
	<kernel-hardening@lists.openwall.com>,
	"linux-api@vger.kernel.org" <linux-api@vger.kernel.org>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org" 
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	"linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org>,
	"linux-integrity@vger.kernel.org"
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	"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	"linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org" 
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	"oleg@redhat.com" <oleg@redhat.com>,
	"x86@kernel.org" <x86@kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH v1 0/4] [RFC] Implement Trampoline File Descriptor
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2020 08:36:33 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <a159f2e8417746fb88f31a97c6f366ba@AcuMS.aculab.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <59246260-e535-a9f1-d89e-4e953288b977@linux.microsoft.com>

From: Madhavan T. Venkataraman
> Sent: 28 July 2020 19:52
...
> trampfd faults are instruction faults that go through a different code path than
> the one that calls handle_mm_fault(). Perhaps, it is the handle_mm_fault() that
> is time consuming. Could you clarify?

Given that the expectation is a few instructions in userspace
(eg to pick up the original arguments for a nested call)
the (probable) thousands of clocks taken by entering the
kernel (especially with page table separation) is a massive
delta.

If entering the kernel were cheap no one would have added
the DSO functions for getting the time of day.

	David

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Registered Address Lakeside, Bramley Road, Mount Farm, Milton Keynes, MK1 1PT, UK
Registration No: 1397386 (Wales)

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From: David Laight <David.Laight@ACULAB.COM>
To: "'Madhavan T. Venkataraman'" <madvenka@linux.microsoft.com>,
	"Andy Lutomirski" <luto@kernel.org>
Cc: "kernel-hardening@lists.openwall.com"
	<kernel-hardening@lists.openwall.com>,
	"linux-api@vger.kernel.org" <linux-api@vger.kernel.org>,
	"x86@kernel.org" <x86@kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	"oleg@redhat.com" <oleg@redhat.com>,
	"linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org"
	<linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org>,
	"linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org>,
	"linux-integrity@vger.kernel.org"
	<linux-integrity@vger.kernel.org>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org"
	<linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH v1 0/4] [RFC] Implement Trampoline File Descriptor
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2020 08:36:33 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <a159f2e8417746fb88f31a97c6f366ba@AcuMS.aculab.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <59246260-e535-a9f1-d89e-4e953288b977@linux.microsoft.com>

From: Madhavan T. Venkataraman
> Sent: 28 July 2020 19:52
...
> trampfd faults are instruction faults that go through a different code path than
> the one that calls handle_mm_fault(). Perhaps, it is the handle_mm_fault() that
> is time consuming. Could you clarify?

Given that the expectation is a few instructions in userspace
(eg to pick up the original arguments for a nested call)
the (probable) thousands of clocks taken by entering the
kernel (especially with page table separation) is a massive
delta.

If entering the kernel were cheap no one would have added
the DSO functions for getting the time of day.

	David

-
Registered Address Lakeside, Bramley Road, Mount Farm, Milton Keynes, MK1 1PT, UK
Registration No: 1397386 (Wales)
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  reply	other threads:[~2020-07-29  8:36 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 146+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
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2020-07-28 13:10 ` [PATCH v1 0/4] [RFC] Implement Trampoline File Descriptor madvenka
2020-07-28 13:10   ` madvenka
2020-07-28 13:10   ` [PATCH v1 1/4] [RFC] fs/trampfd: Implement the trampoline file descriptor API madvenka
2020-07-28 13:10     ` madvenka
2020-07-28 14:50     ` Oleg Nesterov
2020-07-28 14:50       ` Oleg Nesterov
2020-07-28 14:58       ` Madhavan T. Venkataraman
2020-07-28 14:58         ` Madhavan T. Venkataraman
2020-07-28 16:06         ` Oleg Nesterov
2020-07-28 16:06           ` Oleg Nesterov
2020-07-28 19:48     ` kernel test robot
2020-07-29  2:33     ` kernel test robot
2020-07-28 13:10   ` [PATCH v1 2/4] [RFC] x86/trampfd: Provide support for the trampoline file descriptor madvenka
2020-07-28 13:10     ` madvenka
2020-07-28 18:38     ` kernel test robot
2020-07-30  9:06     ` Greg KH
2020-07-30  9:06       ` Greg KH
2020-07-30 14:25       ` Madhavan T. Venkataraman
2020-07-30 14:25         ` Madhavan T. Venkataraman
2020-07-28 13:10   ` [PATCH v1 3/4] [RFC] arm64/trampfd: " madvenka
2020-07-28 13:10     ` madvenka
2020-07-28 13:10   ` [PATCH v1 4/4] [RFC] arm/trampfd: " madvenka
2020-07-28 13:10     ` madvenka
2020-07-28 15:13   ` [PATCH v1 0/4] [RFC] Implement Trampoline File Descriptor David Laight
2020-07-28 15:13     ` David Laight
2020-07-28 15:13     ` David Laight
2020-07-28 16:32     ` Madhavan T. Venkataraman
2020-07-28 16:32       ` Madhavan T. Venkataraman
2020-07-28 16:32       ` Madhavan T. Venkataraman
2020-07-28 17:16       ` Andy Lutomirski
2020-07-28 17:16         ` Andy Lutomirski
2020-07-28 17:16         ` Andy Lutomirski
2020-07-28 17:39         ` Madhavan T. Venkataraman
2020-07-29  5:16           ` Andy Lutomirski
2020-07-29  5:16             ` Andy Lutomirski
2020-07-29  5:16             ` Andy Lutomirski
2020-07-28 18:52         ` Madhavan T. Venkataraman
2020-07-28 18:52           ` Madhavan T. Venkataraman
2020-07-28 18:52           ` Madhavan T. Venkataraman
2020-07-29  8:36           ` David Laight [this message]
2020-07-29  8:36             ` David Laight
2020-07-29  8:36             ` David Laight
2020-07-29 17:55             ` Madhavan T. Venkataraman
2020-07-29 17:55               ` Madhavan T. Venkataraman
2020-07-29 17:55               ` Madhavan T. Venkataraman
2020-07-28 16:05   ` Casey Schaufler
2020-07-28 16:05     ` Casey Schaufler
2020-07-28 16:49     ` Madhavan T. Venkataraman
2020-07-28 16:49       ` Madhavan T. Venkataraman
2020-07-28 17:05     ` James Morris
2020-07-28 17:05       ` James Morris
2020-07-28 17:08       ` Madhavan T. Venkataraman
2020-07-28 17:08         ` Madhavan T. Venkataraman
2020-07-28 17:31   ` Andy Lutomirski
2020-07-28 17:31     ` Andy Lutomirski
2020-07-28 17:31     ` Andy Lutomirski
2020-07-28 19:01     ` Madhavan T. Venkataraman
2020-07-28 19:01       ` Madhavan T. Venkataraman
2020-07-29 13:29     ` Florian Weimer
2020-07-29 13:29       ` Florian Weimer
2020-07-29 13:29       ` Florian Weimer
2020-07-30 13:09     ` David Laight
2020-07-30 13:09       ` David Laight
2020-08-02 11:56       ` Pavel Machek
2020-08-02 11:56         ` Pavel Machek
2020-08-03  8:08         ` David Laight
2020-08-03  8:08           ` David Laight
2020-08-03 15:57           ` Madhavan T. Venkataraman
2020-08-03 15:57             ` Madhavan T. Venkataraman
2020-07-30 14:24     ` Madhavan T. Venkataraman
2020-07-30 20:54       ` Andy Lutomirski
2020-07-30 20:54         ` Andy Lutomirski
2020-07-30 20:54         ` Andy Lutomirski
2020-07-31 17:13         ` Madhavan T. Venkataraman
2020-07-31 17:13           ` Madhavan T. Venkataraman
2020-07-31 18:31           ` Mark Rutland
2020-07-31 18:31             ` Mark Rutland
2020-08-03  8:27             ` David Laight
2020-08-03  8:27               ` David Laight
2020-08-03 16:03               ` Madhavan T. Venkataraman
2020-08-03 16:03                 ` Madhavan T. Venkataraman
2020-08-03 16:57                 ` David Laight
2020-08-03 16:57                   ` David Laight
2020-08-03 17:00                   ` Madhavan T. Venkataraman
2020-08-03 17:00                     ` Madhavan T. Venkataraman
2020-08-03 17:58             ` Madhavan T. Venkataraman
2020-08-03 17:58               ` Madhavan T. Venkataraman
2020-08-04 13:55               ` Mark Rutland
2020-08-04 13:55                 ` Mark Rutland
2020-08-04 14:33                 ` David Laight
2020-08-04 14:33                   ` David Laight
2020-08-04 14:44                   ` David Laight
2020-08-04 14:44                     ` David Laight
2020-08-04 14:48                   ` Madhavan T. Venkataraman
2020-08-04 14:48                     ` Madhavan T. Venkataraman
2020-08-04 15:46                 ` Madhavan T. Venkataraman
2020-08-04 15:46                   ` Madhavan T. Venkataraman
2020-08-02 13:57           ` Florian Weimer
2020-08-02 13:57             ` Florian Weimer
2020-08-02 13:57             ` Florian Weimer
2020-07-30 14:42     ` Madhavan T. Venkataraman
2020-07-30 14:42       ` Madhavan T. Venkataraman
2020-08-02 18:54     ` Madhavan T. Venkataraman
2020-08-02 18:54       ` Madhavan T. Venkataraman
2020-08-02 20:00       ` Andy Lutomirski
2020-08-02 20:00         ` Andy Lutomirski
2020-08-02 20:00         ` Andy Lutomirski
2020-08-02 22:58         ` Madhavan T. Venkataraman
2020-08-02 22:58           ` Madhavan T. Venkataraman
2020-08-03 18:36         ` Madhavan T. Venkataraman
2020-08-03 18:36           ` Madhavan T. Venkataraman
2020-08-10 17:20         ` Madhavan T. Venkataraman
2020-08-10 17:34         ` Madhavan T. Venkataraman
2020-08-10 17:34           ` Madhavan T. Venkataraman
2020-08-11 21:12           ` Madhavan T. Venkataraman
2020-08-11 21:12             ` Madhavan T. Venkataraman
2020-08-03  8:23       ` David Laight
2020-08-03  8:23         ` David Laight
2020-08-03 15:59         ` Madhavan T. Venkataraman
2020-08-03 15:59           ` Madhavan T. Venkataraman
2020-07-31 18:09   ` Mark Rutland
2020-07-31 18:09     ` Mark Rutland
2020-07-31 20:08     ` Madhavan T. Venkataraman
2020-07-31 20:08       ` Madhavan T. Venkataraman
2020-08-03 16:57     ` Madhavan T. Venkataraman
2020-08-03 16:57       ` Madhavan T. Venkataraman
2020-08-04 14:30       ` Mark Rutland
2020-08-04 14:30         ` Mark Rutland
2020-08-06 17:26         ` Madhavan T. Venkataraman
2020-08-06 17:26           ` Madhavan T. Venkataraman
2020-08-08 22:17           ` Pavel Machek
2020-08-08 22:17             ` Pavel Machek
2020-08-11 12:41             ` Madhavan T. Venkataraman
2020-08-11 12:41               ` Madhavan T. Venkataraman
2020-08-11 13:08               ` Pavel Machek
2020-08-11 13:08                 ` Pavel Machek
2020-08-11 15:54                 ` Madhavan T. Venkataraman
2020-08-11 15:54                   ` Madhavan T. Venkataraman
2020-08-12 10:06           ` Mark Rutland
2020-08-12 10:06             ` Mark Rutland
2020-08-12 18:47             ` Madhavan T. Venkataraman
2020-08-12 18:47               ` Madhavan T. Venkataraman
2020-08-19 18:53             ` Mickaël Salaün
2020-08-19 18:53               ` Mickaël Salaün
2020-09-01 15:42               ` Mark Rutland
2020-09-01 15:42                 ` Mark Rutland

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