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Message-ID: <CAGXu5jLNB5dmA0o=n_nn=4NRu3LjuNf5PGRopATuRiq0aJ1ECA@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2017 10:13:19 -0700 From: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org> To: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>, Li Kun <hw.likun@...wei.com> Cc: "linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>, "kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com" <kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com>, Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>, Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>, Laura Abbott <labbott@...oraproject.org> Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH untested] arm64: kernel: implement fast refcount checking On Tue, Jul 25, 2017 at 4:49 AM, Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org> wrote: > Hi all, > > I had a stab at porting the fast refcount checks to arm64. It is slightly > less straight-forward than x86 given that we need to support both LSE and > LL/SC, and fallback to the latter if running a kernel built with support > for the former on hardware that does not support it. > > It is build tested with and without LSE support, and boots fine on non-LSE > hardware in both cases. Ah! Very cool. Hopefully you and Li can compare notes; I think they've been working on an implementation too. > Suggestions welcome as to how to test and/or benchmark this, I'll post a patch for LKDTM that I've been using. It's more comprehensive than the existing ATOMIC checks (which predated the refcount-only protection). -Kees -- Kees Cook Pixel Security
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