From: Jordy Zomer <jordyzomer@google.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org
Cc: corbet@lwn.net, jordyzomer@google.com,
dave.hansen@linux.intel.com, daniel@iogearbox.net,
tglx@linutronix.de, rdunlap@infradead.org,
pawan.kumar.gupta@linux.intel.com
Subject: [PATCH 0/1] nospec: Add documentation for array_index_nospec
Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2023 13:37:34 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20230616133735.351479-1-jordyzomer@google.com> (raw)
array_index_nospec() should only be used if the upper boundary is a built
time constant. Otherwise the boundary could be speculated on as well.
While it might be more difficult to control two loads, it doesn't rule
out the problem. Adding this to the documentation so people won't mis-use
it instead of barrier_nospec().
Jordy Zomer (1):
nospec: Add documentation for array_index_nospec
Documentation/staging/speculation.rst | 5 +++++
include/linux/nospec.h | 5 +++++
2 files changed, 10 insertions(+)
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2.41.0.162.gfafddb0af9-goog
next reply other threads:[~2023-06-16 13:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-06-16 13:37 Jordy Zomer [this message]
2023-06-16 13:37 ` [PATCH 1/1] " Jordy Zomer
2023-06-16 16:18 ` Dave Hansen
2023-06-16 18:05 ` Matthew Wilcox
2023-06-16 18:46 ` Jordy Zomer
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