From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756776Ab3LFPzS (ORCPT ); Fri, 6 Dec 2013 10:55:18 -0500 Received: from mga11.intel.com ([192.55.52.93]:13898 "EHLO mga11.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753526Ab3LFPzQ (ORCPT ); Fri, 6 Dec 2013 10:55:16 -0500 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.93,841,1378882800"; d="scan'208";a="445805675" From: "Ren, Qiaowei" To: Borislav Petkov CC: Paolo Bonzini , "H. Peter Anvin" , Ingo Molnar , Thomas Gleixner , "x86@kernel.org" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "qemu-devel@nongnu.org" , "kvm@vger.kernel.org" , "Xudong Hao" , "Liu, Jinsong" Subject: RE: [PATCH 1/3] x86, mpx: add documentation on Intel MPX Thread-Topic: [PATCH 1/3] x86, mpx: add documentation on Intel MPX Thread-Index: AQHO8neZfx07qtPJJki+2rKfZdg4T5pGopUAgACswDA= Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2013 15:55:10 +0000 Message-ID: <9E0BE1322F2F2246BD820DA9FC397ADE014A4322@SHSMSX102.ccr.corp.intel.com> References: <1386355976-11732-1-git-send-email-qiaowei.ren@intel.com> <20131206132648.GB6694@pd.tnic> In-Reply-To: <20131206132648.GB6694@pd.tnic> Accept-Language: zh-CN, en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: x-originating-ip: [10.239.127.40] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from base64 to 8bit by mail.home.local id rB6FtPlV020184 > -----Original Message----- > From: Borislav Petkov [mailto:bp@alien8.de] > Sent: Friday, December 06, 2013 9:27 PM > To: Ren, Qiaowei > Cc: Paolo Bonzini; H. Peter Anvin; Ingo Molnar; Thomas Gleixner; > x86@kernel.org; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; qemu-devel@nongnu.org; > kvm@vger.kernel.org; Xudong Hao; Liu, Jinsong > Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] x86, mpx: add documentation on Intel MPX > > On Sat, Dec 07, 2013 at 02:52:54AM +0800, Qiaowei Ren wrote: > > This patch adds the Documentation/intel_mpx.txt file with some > > information about Intel MPX. > > > > Signed-off-by: Qiaowei Ren > > Signed-off-by: Xudong Hao > > Signed-off-by: Liu Jinsong > > --- > > Documentation/intel_mpx.txt | 77 > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > Documentation/x86/ is probably a more fitting place for this. > Yes. I will move it to Documentation/x86. > > 1 files changed, 77 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) create mode 100644 > > Documentation/intel_mpx.txt > > > > diff --git a/Documentation/intel_mpx.txt b/Documentation/intel_mpx.txt > > new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3d947d0 > > --- /dev/null > > +++ b/Documentation/intel_mpx.txt > > @@ -0,0 +1,77 @@ > > +Intel(R) MPX Overview: > > +===================== > > + > > +Intel(R) Memory Protection Extensions (Intel(R) MPX) is a new > > +capability introduced into Intel Architecture. Intel MPX can increase > > +the robustness of software when it is used in conjunction with > > +compiler changes to check memory references, for those references > > +whose compile-time normal intentions are usurped > > That's a strange formulation, what does it actually mean? The intentions of > references?? > It is from public introduction and specification, you can refer to http://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/introduction-to-intel-memory-protection-extensions Thanks, Qiaowei {.n++%ݶw{.n+{G{ayʇڙ,jfhz_(階ݢj"mG?&~iOzv^m ?I