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Date: Wed, 2 May 2018 05:38:09 -0700
From: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v11 2/6] x86/entry: Add STACKLEAK erasing the kernel stack
 at the end of syscalls

On Wed, May 2, 2018 at 1:42 AM, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de> wrote:
> On Mon, 30 Apr 2018, Kees Cook wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Apr 23, 2018 at 9:23 PM, Dave Hansen
>> <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com> wrote:
>> > Hi Alexander,
>> >
>> > You can add:
>> >
>> > Reviewed-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>
>> >
>> > for this patch if you like.  I haven't taken a super close look at the
>> > rest, but this is certainly minimally invasive from my point of view for
>> > the entry code.  Thanks, again for reworking it.
>>
>> Thanks Dave!
>>
>> Given this improvement and your review, I'm going to start carrying
>> this for linux-next. Linus, if you're still opposed to this even after
>> the changes here in v11, please let us know. I'd rather hash things
>> out now instead of during a NAK in the 4.18 merge window. :)
>
> Kees, can we please route that x86/entry stuff through tip to avoid
> conflicts as there are other changes in that area on the horizon.

Sure, let me figure out how best to split up the patches, since it
touch x86/entry, gcc-plugins, and lkdtm. Thanks!

-Kees

-- 
Kees Cook
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