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From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
To: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
Cc: acme@redhat.com, kernel list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	mingo@redhat.com, alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com
Subject: Re: Getting interrupt every million cache misses
Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2016 11:15:43 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20161027091543.GJ3102@twins.programming.kicks-ass.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20161027084637.GA19469@amd>

On Thu, Oct 27, 2016 at 10:46:38AM +0200, Pavel Machek wrote:

> And actually, printk() is not needed, udelay(50msec) is. Reason is,
> that DRAM becomes unreliable if about milion cache misses happen in
> under 64msec -- so I'd like to slow the system down in such cases to
> prevent bug from biting me.
> 
> (Details are here
> https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.cz/2015/03/exploiting-dram-rowhammer-bug-to-gain.html
> ). Bug is exploitable to get local root; it is also exploitable to
> gain local code execution from javascript... so it is rather severe.

Cute, a rowhammer defence.

So we can do in-kernel perf events too, see for example
kernel/watchdog.c:wd_hw_attr and its users.

I suppose you want PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_MISSES as config, although
depending on platform you could use better (u-arch specific) events.

  reply	other threads:[~2016-10-27  9:16 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 44+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-10-26 20:54 Pavel Machek
2016-10-27  8:28 ` Peter Zijlstra
2016-10-27  8:46   ` Pavel Machek
2016-10-27  9:15     ` Peter Zijlstra [this message]
2016-10-27  9:11   ` Pavel Machek
2016-10-27  9:33     ` Peter Zijlstra
2016-10-27 20:40       ` Kees Cook
2016-10-27 21:27         ` rowhammer protection [was Re: Getting interrupt every million cache misses] Pavel Machek
2016-10-28  7:07           ` Ingo Molnar
2016-10-28  8:50             ` Pavel Machek
2016-10-28  8:59               ` Ingo Molnar
2016-10-28 11:55                 ` Pavel Machek
2016-10-28  9:04               ` Peter Zijlstra
2016-10-28  9:27                 ` Vegard Nossum
2016-10-28  9:35                   ` Ingo Molnar
2016-10-28  9:47                     ` Vegard Nossum
2016-10-28  9:53                     ` [kernel-hardening] " Mark Rutland
2016-10-28 11:27                 ` Pavel Machek
2016-10-28  9:51           ` [kernel-hardening] " Mark Rutland
2016-10-28 11:21             ` Pavel Machek
2016-10-28 14:05               ` Mark Rutland
2016-10-28 14:18                 ` Peter Zijlstra
2016-10-28 18:30                   ` Pavel Machek
2016-10-28 18:48                     ` Peter Zijlstra
2016-11-02 18:13                   ` Pavel Machek
2016-10-28 17:27                 ` Pavel Machek
2016-10-29 13:06                   ` Daniel Gruss
2016-10-29 19:42                     ` Pavel Machek
2016-10-29 20:05                       ` Daniel Gruss
2016-10-29 21:05                         ` Pavel Machek
2016-10-29 21:07                           ` Daniel Gruss
2016-10-29 21:45                             ` Pavel Machek
2016-10-29 21:49                               ` Daniel Gruss
2016-10-29 22:01                                 ` Pavel Machek
2016-10-29 22:02                                   ` Daniel Gruss
2016-10-31  8:27                 ` Pavel Machek
2016-10-31 14:47                   ` Mark Rutland
2016-10-31 21:13                     ` Pavel Machek
2016-10-31 22:09                       ` Mark Rutland
2016-11-01  6:33                   ` Ingo Molnar
2016-11-01  7:20                     ` Daniel Micay
2016-11-01  7:53                     ` Daniel Gruss
2016-11-01  8:10                     ` Pavel Machek
2016-11-01  8:13                       ` Daniel Gruss

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