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From: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@intel.com>
To: Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com>
Cc: dave.hansen@intel.com, luto@kernel.org, peterz@infradead.org,
	linux-mm@kvack.org, x86@kernel.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org,
	linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org,
	kernel-hardening@lists.openwall.com, rppt@kernel.org,
	dan.j.williams@intel.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC 0/9] PKS write protected page tables
Date: Tue, 4 May 2021 19:03:53 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210505020353.GE1904484@iweiny-DESK2.sc.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210505003032.489164-1-rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com>

On Tue, May 04, 2021 at 05:30:23PM -0700, Rick Edgecombe wrote:
> 
> This is based on V6 [1] of the core PKS infrastructure patches. PKS 
> infrastructure follow-on’s are planned to enable keys to be set to the same 
> permissions globally. Since this usage needs a key to be set globally 
> read-only by default, a small temporary solution is hacked up in patch 8. Long 
> term, PKS protected page tables would use a better and more generic solution 
> to achieve this.

Before you send this out I've been thinking about this more and I think I would
prefer you not call this 'globally' setting the key.  Because you don't really
want to be able to update the key globally like I originally suggested for
kmap().  What is required is to set a different default for the key which gets
used by all threads by 'default'.

What is really missing is how to get the default changed after it may have been
used by some threads...  thus the 'global' nature...  Perhaps I am picking nits
here but I think it may go over better with Thomas and the maintainers.  Or
maybe not...  :-)

Would it be too much trouble to call this a 'default' change?  Because that is
really what you implement?

Ira

  parent reply	other threads:[~2021-05-05  2:03 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 32+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-05-05  0:30 [PATCH RFC 0/9] PKS write protected page tables Rick Edgecombe
2021-05-05  0:30 ` [PATCH RFC 1/9] list: Support getting most recent element in list_lru Rick Edgecombe
2021-05-05  0:30 ` [PATCH RFC 2/9] list: Support list head not in object for list_lru Rick Edgecombe
2021-05-05  0:30 ` [PATCH RFC 3/9] x86/mm/cpa: Add grouped page allocations Rick Edgecombe
2021-05-05 12:08   ` Mike Rapoport
2021-05-05 13:09     ` Peter Zijlstra
2021-05-05 18:45       ` Mike Rapoport
2021-05-05 21:57         ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2021-05-09  9:39           ` Mike Rapoport
2021-05-10 19:38             ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2021-05-05  0:30 ` [PATCH RFC 4/9] mm: Explicitly zero page table lock ptr Rick Edgecombe
2021-05-05  0:30 ` [PATCH RFC 5/9] x86, mm: Use cache of page tables Rick Edgecombe
2021-05-05  8:51   ` Peter Zijlstra
2021-05-05 12:09     ` Mike Rapoport
2021-05-05 13:19       ` Peter Zijlstra
2021-05-05 21:54         ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2021-05-06 17:59       ` Matthew Wilcox
2021-05-06 18:24   ` Shakeel Butt
2021-05-07 16:27     ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2021-05-05  0:30 ` [PATCH RFC 6/9] x86/mm/cpa: Add set_memory_pks() Rick Edgecombe
2021-05-05  0:30 ` [PATCH RFC 7/9] x86/mm/cpa: Add perm callbacks to grouped pages Rick Edgecombe
2021-05-05  0:30 ` [PATCH RFC 8/9] x86, mm: Protect page tables with PKS Rick Edgecombe
2021-05-05  0:30 ` [PATCH RFC 9/9] x86, cpa: PKS protect direct map page tables Rick Edgecombe
2021-05-05  2:03 ` Ira Weiny [this message]
2021-05-05  6:25 ` [PATCH RFC 0/9] PKS write protected " Kees Cook
2021-05-05  8:37   ` Peter Zijlstra
2021-05-05 18:38     ` Kees Cook
2021-05-05 19:51   ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2021-05-06  0:00   ` Ira Weiny
2021-05-05 11:08 ` Vlastimil Babka
2021-05-05 11:56   ` Peter Zijlstra
2021-05-05 19:46     ` Edgecombe, Rick P

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