linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5/5] x86, mpx: extend siginfo structure to include bound violation information

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Date:	Sun, 12 Jan 2014 10:30:13 +0100
From:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:	Qiaowei Ren <qiaowei.ren@...el.com>
Cc:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, x86@...nel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/5] x86, mpx: extend siginfo structure to include bound
 violation information

On Sun, Jan 12, 2014 at 05:20:03PM +0800, Qiaowei Ren wrote:
> This patch adds new fields about bound violation into siginfo
> structure. si_lower and si_upper are respectively lower bound
> and upper bound when bound violation is caused.
> 
> These fields will be set in #BR exception handler by decoding
> the user instruction and constructing the faulting pointer.
> A userspace application can get violation address, lower bound
> and upper bound for bound violation from this new siginfo structure.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Qiaowei Ren <qiaowei.ren@...el.com>
> ---
>  arch/x86/include/asm/mpx.h         |   39 +++++
>  arch/x86/kernel/mpx.c              |  289 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

This thing looks like a partial duplication of functionality which we
already have - inat.*/insn.*, etc.

It would be cleaner to integrate the mpx pieces into the existing x86
insn analysis code and use it instead of growing your own, IMHO.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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