From: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
To: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
x86@kernel.org, Paul McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>,
Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>,
"Joel Fernandes (Google)" <joel@joelfernandes.org>,
"Steven Rostedt (VMware)" <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>,
Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>,
Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org>,
Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>,
Brian Gerst <brgerst@gmail.com>, Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>,
Alexandre Chartre <alexandre.chartre@oracle.com>,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@amd.com>,
Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
kvm@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RESEND][patch V3 03/23] vmlinux.lds.h: Create section for protection against instrumentation
Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2020 13:26:03 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200324122603.GD22931@zn.tnic> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200320180032.708673769@linutronix.de>
Just typos:
On Fri, Mar 20, 2020 at 06:59:59PM +0100, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> Some code pathes, especially the low level entry code, must be protected
s/pathes/paths/
> against instrumentation for various reasons:
>
> - Low level entry code can be a fragile beast, especially on x86.
>
> - With NO_HZ_FULL RCU state needs to be established before using it.
>
> Having a dedicated section for such code allows to validate with tooling
> that no unsafe functions are invoked.
>
> Add the .noinstr.text section and the noinstr attribute to mark
> functions. noinstr implies notrace. Kprobes will gain a section check
> later.
>
> Provide also two sets of markers:
>
> - instr_begin()/end()
>
> This is used to mark code inside in a noinstr function which calls
s/in //
> into regular instrumentable text section as safe.
>
> - noinstr_call_begin()/end()
>
> Same as above but used to mark indirect calls which cannot be tracked by
> tooling and need to be audited manually.
--
Regards/Gruss,
Boris.
https://people.kernel.org/tglx/notes-about-netiquette
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-03-24 12:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 67+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-03-20 17:59 [patch V3 00/23] x86/entry: Consolidation part II (syscalls) Thomas Gleixner
2020-03-20 17:59 ` [RESEND][patch " Thomas Gleixner
2020-03-20 17:59 ` [patch V3 01/23] rcu: Dont acquire lock in NMI handler in rcu_nmi_enter_common() Thomas Gleixner
2020-03-20 17:59 ` [RESEND][patch " Thomas Gleixner
2020-03-24 15:37 ` [patch " Frederic Weisbecker
2020-03-20 17:59 ` [patch V3 02/23] rcu: Add comments marking transitions between RCU watching and not Thomas Gleixner
2020-03-20 17:59 ` [RESEND][patch " Thomas Gleixner
2020-03-24 15:38 ` [patch " Frederic Weisbecker
2020-03-20 17:59 ` [patch V3 03/23] vmlinux.lds.h: Create section for protection against instrumentation Thomas Gleixner
2020-03-20 17:59 ` [RESEND][patch " Thomas Gleixner
2020-03-24 12:26 ` Borislav Petkov [this message]
2020-04-03 8:08 ` Alexandre Chartre
2020-03-20 18:00 ` [patch V3 04/23] kprobes: Prevent probes in .noinstr.text section Thomas Gleixner
2020-03-20 18:00 ` [RESEND][patch " Thomas Gleixner
2020-03-23 14:00 ` [patch " Masami Hiramatsu
2020-03-23 16:03 ` Thomas Gleixner
2020-03-24 5:49 ` Masami Hiramatsu
2020-03-24 9:47 ` Thomas Gleixner
2020-03-25 13:39 ` Masami Hiramatsu
2020-03-20 18:00 ` [patch V3 05/23] tracing: Provide lockdep less trace_hardirqs_on/off() variants Thomas Gleixner
2020-03-20 18:00 ` [RESEND][patch " Thomas Gleixner
2020-04-03 8:34 ` Alexandre Chartre
2020-03-20 18:00 ` [patch V3 06/23] bug: Annotate WARN/BUG/stackfail as noinstr safe Thomas Gleixner
2020-03-20 18:00 ` [RESEND][patch " Thomas Gleixner
2020-04-02 21:01 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2020-04-02 21:34 ` Peter Zijlstra
2020-04-02 21:43 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2020-04-02 21:49 ` Thomas Gleixner
2020-03-20 18:00 ` [patch V3 07/23] lockdep: Prepare for noinstr sections Thomas Gleixner
2020-03-20 18:00 ` [RESEND][patch " Thomas Gleixner
2020-03-20 18:00 ` [patch V3 08/23] x86/entry: Mark enter_from_user_mode() noinstr Thomas Gleixner
2020-03-20 18:00 ` [RESEND][patch " Thomas Gleixner
2020-03-20 18:00 ` [patch V3 09/23] x86/entry/common: Protect against instrumentation Thomas Gleixner
2020-03-20 18:00 ` [RESEND][patch " Thomas Gleixner
2020-03-20 18:00 ` [patch V3 10/23] x86/entry: Move irq tracing on syscall entry to C-code Thomas Gleixner
2020-03-20 18:00 ` [RESEND][patch " Thomas Gleixner
2020-03-20 18:00 ` [patch V3 11/23] x86/entry: Move irq flags tracing to prepare_exit_to_usermode() Thomas Gleixner
2020-03-20 18:00 ` [RESEND][patch " Thomas Gleixner
2020-03-20 18:00 ` [patch V3 12/23] context_tracking: Ensure that the critical path cannot be instrumented Thomas Gleixner
2020-03-20 18:00 ` [RESEND][patch " Thomas Gleixner
2020-03-20 18:00 ` [patch V3 13/23] lib/smp_processor_id: Move it into noinstr section Thomas Gleixner
2020-03-20 18:00 ` [RESEND][patch " Thomas Gleixner
2020-03-20 18:00 ` [patch V3 14/23] x86/speculation/mds: Mark mds_user_clear_cpu_buffers() __always_inline Thomas Gleixner
2020-03-20 18:00 ` [RESEND][patch " Thomas Gleixner
2020-03-20 18:00 ` [patch V3 15/23] x86/entry/64: Check IF in __preempt_enable_notrace() thunk Thomas Gleixner
2020-03-20 18:00 ` [RESEND][patch " Thomas Gleixner
2020-03-20 18:00 ` [patch V3 16/23] x86/entry/64: Mark ___preempt_schedule_notrace() thunk noinstr Thomas Gleixner
2020-03-20 18:00 ` [RESEND][patch " Thomas Gleixner
2020-03-20 18:00 ` [patch V3 17/23] rcu/tree: Mark the idle relevant functions noinstr Thomas Gleixner
2020-03-20 18:00 ` [RESEND][patch " Thomas Gleixner
2020-03-24 16:09 ` Paul E. McKenney
2020-03-24 19:28 ` Thomas Gleixner
2020-03-24 19:58 ` Paul E. McKenney
2020-03-20 18:00 ` [patch V3 18/23] x86/kvm: Move context tracking where it belongs Thomas Gleixner
2020-03-20 18:00 ` [RESEND][patch " Thomas Gleixner
2020-03-20 18:00 ` [patch V3 19/23] x86/kvm/vmx: Add hardirq tracing to guest enter/exit Thomas Gleixner
2020-03-20 18:00 ` [RESEND][patch " Thomas Gleixner
2020-03-24 23:03 ` Peter Zijlstra
2020-03-24 23:21 ` Thomas Gleixner
2020-03-20 18:00 ` [patch V3 20/23] x86/kvm/svm: Handle hardirqs proper on " Thomas Gleixner
2020-03-20 18:00 ` [RESEND][patch " Thomas Gleixner
2020-03-20 18:00 ` [patch V3 21/23] context_tracking: Make guest_enter/exit_irqoff() .noinstr ready Thomas Gleixner
2020-03-20 18:00 ` [RESEND][patch " Thomas Gleixner
2020-03-20 18:00 ` [patch V3 22/23] x86/kvm/vmx: Move guest enter/exit into .noinstr.text Thomas Gleixner
2020-03-20 18:00 ` [RESEND][patch " Thomas Gleixner
2020-03-20 18:00 ` [patch V3 23/23] x86/kvm/svm: " Thomas Gleixner
2020-03-20 18:00 ` [RESEND][patch " Thomas Gleixner
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