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Date: Wed, 2 May 2018 14:02:22 -0700
From: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v11 2/6] x86/entry: Add STACKLEAK erasing the kernel stack
 at the end of syscalls

On Wed, May 2, 2018 at 5:51 AM, Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org> wrote:
> On Wed, May 2, 2018 at 5:39 AM, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de> wrote:
>> On Wed, 2 May 2018, Kees Cook wrote:
>>> On Wed, May 2, 2018 at 1:42 AM, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de> wrote:
>>> > On Mon, 30 Apr 2018, Kees Cook wrote:
>>> >
>>> >> On Mon, Apr 23, 2018 at 9:23 PM, Dave Hansen
>>> >> <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com> wrote:
>>> >> > Hi Alexander,
>>> >> >
>>> >> > You can add:
>>> >> >
>>> >> > Reviewed-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>
>>> >> >
>>> >> > for this patch if you like.  I haven't taken a super close look at the
>>> >> > rest, but this is certainly minimally invasive from my point of view for
>>> >> > the entry code.  Thanks, again for reworking it.
>>> >>
>>> >> Thanks Dave!
>>> >>
>>> >> Given this improvement and your review, I'm going to start carrying
>>> >> this for linux-next. Linus, if you're still opposed to this even after
>>> >> the changes here in v11, please let us know. I'd rather hash things
>>> >> out now instead of during a NAK in the 4.18 merge window. :)
>>> >
>>> > Kees, can we please route that x86/entry stuff through tip to avoid
>>> > conflicts as there are other changes in that area on the horizon.
>>>
>>> Sure, let me figure out how best to split up the patches, since it
>>> touch x86/entry, gcc-plugins, and lkdtm. Thanks!
>>
>> Are they independent or do they carry dependencies?
>
> They carry dependencies, as it interacts with the gcc plugin (and
> lkdtm). As I don't have other plugin changes for 4.18 queued, you
> could take the whole series for x86/entry if you want? Otherwise I can
> try to split out the x86 change so it's more self-contained.

The best way to do this would be to add the x86 entry changes without
CONFIG_GCC_PLUGIN_STACKLEAK, which leaves the results not
compile-testable. Alternatively, if you carried everything, it'd be
weird too, with arm64 coming (which has small changes to the plugin).

I think it'd be better for this to go via my tree with your Ack (where
I can carry the plugin, lkdtm, x86, and arm64 changes). How does that
sound?

-Kees

-- 
Kees Cook
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