[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [day] [month] [year] [list]
Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2018 10:35:38 -0500
From: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>
To: David Laight <David.Laight@...LAB.COM>
Cc: "'kpark3469@...il.com'" <kpark3469@...il.com>,
"kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com" <kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com>,
"catalin.marinas@....com" <catalin.marinas@....com>,
"keescook@...omium.org" <keescook@...omium.org>,
"will.deacon@....com" <will.deacon@....com>,
"mark.rutland@....com" <mark.rutland@....com>,
"james.morse@....com" <james.morse@....com>,
"keun-o.park@...kmatter.ae" <keun-o.park@...kmatter.ae>,
"psodagud@...eaurora.org" <psodagud@...eaurora.org>,
"mingo@...nel.org" <mingo@...nel.org>,
"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 3/3] x86: usercopy: reimplement
arch_within_stack_frames with unwinder
On Mon, Apr 09, 2018 at 01:14:58PM +0000, David Laight wrote:
> From: kpark3469@...il.com
> > Sent: 09 April 2018 12:59
> >
> > The old arch_within_stack_frames which used the frame pointer is
> > now reimplemented to use frame pointer unwinder apis. So the main
> > functionality is same as before.
>
> How much slower does this make the code?
> Following stack frames using %bp is reasonably quick.
> I can't imagine some of the other unwinder APIs being any where
> near that fast.
> While fine for fault tracebacks, using them during usercopy
> is likely to have measurable performance impact.
Agreed, using the unwind interface is going to be quite a bit slower
than the current manual approach. So this patch has only drawbacks and
no benefits.
The only benefit would be if you used the unwind API in a generic
manner, such that it also worked for the ORC unwinder. But even then I
think we'd need to see performance numbers, with both FP and ORC, to see
how bad the impact is on usercopy.
--
Josh
Powered by blists - more mailing lists
Confused about mailing lists and their use?
Read about mailing lists on Wikipedia
and check out these
guidelines on proper formatting of your messages.
