linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] vsprintf: Fix memory barriers of ptr_key to have_filed_random_ptr

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Date:   Tue, 15 May 2018 12:03:32 -0700
From:   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc:     Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        tcharding <me@...in.cc>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] vsprintf: Fix memory barriers of ptr_key to have_filed_random_ptr_key

On Tue, May 15, 2018 at 11:57 AM Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org> wrote:
> +       queue_work(system_unbound_wq, &enable_ptr_key_work);

I think this part just makes the whole thing entirely pointless.

Now the 'not_filled_random_ptr_key' thing won't actually take effect until
possibly much later, so all the work with making this work very early
during boot (when those works are *not* done) is all for naught.

Did I miss something?

              Linus