From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.9 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2CC28C04A6B for ; Wed, 8 May 2019 13:22:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 099B320850 for ; Wed, 8 May 2019 13:22:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1727930AbfEHNWH convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Wed, 8 May 2019 09:22:07 -0400 Received: from mga03.intel.com ([134.134.136.65]:53773 "EHLO mga03.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1725778AbfEHNWH (ORCPT ); Wed, 8 May 2019 09:22:07 -0400 X-Amp-Result: SKIPPED(no attachment in message) X-Amp-File-Uploaded: False Received: from orsmga007.jf.intel.com ([10.7.209.58]) by orsmga103.jf.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 08 May 2019 06:22:06 -0700 X-ExtLoop1: 1 Received: from irsmsx105.ger.corp.intel.com ([163.33.3.28]) by orsmga007.jf.intel.com with ESMTP; 08 May 2019 06:22:03 -0700 Received: from irsmsx102.ger.corp.intel.com ([169.254.2.21]) by irsmsx105.ger.corp.intel.com ([169.254.7.31]) with mapi id 14.03.0415.000; Wed, 8 May 2019 14:22:02 +0100 From: "Reshetova, Elena" To: Ingo Molnar CC: David Laight , Andy Lutomirski , Theodore Ts'o , Eric Biggers , "ebiggers@google.com" , "herbert@gondor.apana.org.au" , Peter Zijlstra , "keescook@chromium.org" , Daniel Borkmann , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "jpoimboe@redhat.com" , "jannh@google.com" , "Perla, Enrico" , "mingo@redhat.com" , "bp@alien8.de" , "tglx@linutronix.de" , "gregkh@linuxfoundation.org" , "Edgecombe, Rick P" , Linus Torvalds , Peter Zijlstra Subject: RE: [PATCH] x86/entry/64: randomize kernel stack offset upon syscall Thread-Topic: [PATCH] x86/entry/64: randomize kernel stack offset upon syscall Thread-Index: AQHU81HQwzT9MH4dM0y/JZXnSwiYT6Y8wW2AgAAdM1CAAXexAIAANZ3ggAAW1gCAAApRgIAAMeKAgAAd+PCAAQuGgIAAYQuAgAAKhwCACsPi4IADJTwAgAAcagCAAExngIAEBbGAgACIbACAAbyQ8IAA626AgAGZfXCAAARpgIAAWpuAgAAF74CAABf/AIAAAvkAgAGZnrD///dzgIAHjbaA///31ICAAC4VAA== Date: Wed, 8 May 2019 13:22:01 +0000 Message-ID: <2236FBA76BA1254E88B949DDB74E612BA4C762F7@IRSMSX102.ger.corp.intel.com> References: <303fc4ee5ac04e4fac104df1188952e8@AcuMS.aculab.com> <2236FBA76BA1254E88B949DDB74E612BA4C6C2C3@IRSMSX102.ger.corp.intel.com> <2e55aeb3b39440c0bebf47f0f9522dd8@AcuMS.aculab.com> <20190502150853.GA16779@gmail.com> <20190502164524.GB115950@gmail.com> <2236FBA76BA1254E88B949DDB74E612BA4C6F523@IRSMSX102.ger.corp.intel.com> <2236FBA76BA1254E88B949DDB74E612BA4C760A7@IRSMSX102.ger.corp.intel.com> <20190508113239.GA33324@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20190508113239.GA33324@gmail.com> Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: dlp-product: dlpe-windows dlp-version: 11.0.600.7 dlp-reaction: no-action x-ctpclassification: CTP_NT x-titus-metadata-40: eyJDYXRlZ29yeUxhYmVscyI6IiIsIk1ldGFkYXRhIjp7Im5zIjoiaHR0cDpcL1wvd3d3LnRpdHVzLmNvbVwvbnNcL0ludGVsMyIsImlkIjoiMGZlMjA0OTAtYTgyYS00ZmJjLWFhNTEtZWNmYzE3ZGFjOTVmIiwicHJvcHMiOlt7Im4iOiJDVFBDbGFzc2lmaWNhdGlvbiIsInZhbHMiOlt7InZhbHVlIjoiQ1RQX05UIn1dfV19LCJTdWJqZWN0TGFiZWxzIjpbXSwiVE1DVmVyc2lvbiI6IjE3LjEwLjE4MDQuNDkiLCJUcnVzdGVkTGFiZWxIYXNoIjoiMGhKK1NUMituVWdXREQ4cVFNT2FLemRYNFZ2R2RLU0VDQUdoR1dxek03K1p1RklIMExGXC9YUVRma3VSdm16c1oifQ== x-originating-ip: [163.33.239.182] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > * Reshetova, Elena wrote: > > > CONFIG_PAGE_TABLE_ISOLATION=n: > > > > base: Simple syscall: 0.0510 microseconds > > get_random_bytes(4096 bytes buffer): Simple syscall: 0.0597 microseconds > > > > So, pure speed wise get_random_bytes() with 1 page per-cpu buffer wins. > > It still adds +17% overhead to the system call path, which is sad. > Why is it so expensive? I guess I can experiment further with buffer size increase and/or using HW acceleration (I mostly played around different rdrand paths now). What would be acceptable overheard approximately (so that I know how much I need to squeeze this thing)? Best Regards, Elena.