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From: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
To: Gary R Hook <ghook@amd.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
	"Hook, Gary" <Gary.Hook@amd.com>,
	"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	"dave.hansen@linux.intel.com" <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>,
	"peterz@infradead.org" <peterz@infradead.org>,
	"x86@kernel.org" <x86@kernel.org>,
	"mingo@redhat.com" <mingo@redhat.com>,
	"luto@kernel.org" <luto@kernel.org>,
	Alexander Potapenko <glider@google.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/mm/mem_encrypt: Disable all instrumentation for SME early boot code
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2019 22:51:46 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20190429205146.GF2324@zn.tnic> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1beb4b7b-a4c1-0f60-3aa8-640754e30137@amd.com>

On Mon, Apr 29, 2019 at 08:16:07PM +0000, Gary R Hook wrote:
> Yes, option 4 would be a combination of using a local copy of strncmp()

Why the local copy?

> and disabling instrumentation (KASAN, KCOV, whatever) for
> arch/x86/lib/cmdline.c when SME is enabled.

I think this should suffice. You only disable instrumentation when
CONFIG_AMD_MEM_ENCRYPT=y and not do any local copies but use the generic
functions.

Hmm.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

Good mailing practices for 400: avoid top-posting and trim the reply.

  reply	other threads:[~2019-04-29 20:51 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-04-04 20:26 [PATCH] x86/mm/mem_encrypt: Disable all instrumentation for SME early boot code Hook, Gary
2019-04-04 20:42 ` Thomas Gleixner
2019-04-08 16:46   ` Gary R Hook
2019-04-08 16:58     ` Borislav Petkov
2019-04-08 18:41       ` Gary R Hook
2019-04-08 19:08         ` Borislav Petkov
2019-04-09 13:47           ` Lendacky, Thomas
2019-04-26 15:11           ` Gary R Hook
2019-04-26 16:24             ` Borislav Petkov
2019-04-29 20:16               ` Gary R Hook
2019-04-29 20:51                 ` Borislav Petkov [this message]
2019-04-29 21:22                   ` Gary R Hook

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