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Message-ID: <CALCETrU_WPm+HonkiRtaO0kTTqkfAcyhANp22yPGiSAPkNsRGQ@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2017 21:13:55 -0800 From: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org> To: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org> Cc: Thomas Garnier <thgarnie@...gle.com>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, "H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Andrey Ryabinin <aryabinin@...tuozzo.com>, Alexander Potapenko <glider@...gle.com>, Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@...gle.com>, Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>, Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>, Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...ux.intel.com>, Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>, "Rafael J . Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>, Len Brown <len.brown@...el.com>, Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>, Jiri Kosina <jikos@...nel.org>, Matt Fleming <matt@...eblueprint.co.uk>, Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>, Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>, Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>, Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>, Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@...ibm.com>, Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>, He Chen <he.chen@...ux.intel.com>, Brian Gerst <brgerst@...il.com>, "Luis R . Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...nel.org>, Adam Buchbinder <adam.buchbinder@...il.com>, Stanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@...hat.com>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>, Chen Yucong <slaoub@...il.com>, Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>, David Vrabel <david.vrabel@...rix.com>, Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>, Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@...ux.intel.com>, Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>, Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>, Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>, Prarit Bhargava <prarit@...hat.com>, Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>, Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>, Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>, Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@...hat.com>, X86 ML <x86@...nel.org>, "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, kasan-dev <kasan-dev@...glegroups.com>, "linux-pm@...r.kernel.org" <linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>, "linux-efi@...r.kernel.org" <linux-efi@...r.kernel.org>, "xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org" <xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org>, lguest@...ts.ozlabs.org, kvm list <kvm@...r.kernel.org>, "kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com" <kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com> Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] x86: Make the GDT remapping read-only on 64 bit On Wed, Feb 1, 2017 at 1:15 AM, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org> wrote: > > * Thomas Garnier <thgarnie@...gle.com> wrote: > >> This patch makes the GDT remapped pages read-only to prevent corruption. >> This change is done only on 64 bit. > >> >> - table_base = gdt->address; >> + table_base = (unsigned long)get_current_direct_gdt(); > > Instead of spreading these type casts far and wide please introduce another > accessor the returns 'unsigned long': > > get_cpu_gdt_rw_vaddr() > That whole function is an abomination. How about replacing 'unsigned long table_base' with 'struct desc_struct *table'? If you're feeling really adventurous, *delete* that function and replace all of its users with something sane. --Andy
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