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Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2014 12:22:13 -0800
From: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>
To: Dave Hansen <dave@...1.net>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
CC: tglx@...utronix.de, x86@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 0/8] x86, mpx: Support 32-bit binaries on 64-bit
kernels
On 12/12/2014 11:12 AM, Dave Hansen wrote:
> This is 3.20 material. I'm hoping to get some comments early
> in case folks have some issues with the way it's being done.
>
> --
>
> The MPX hardware structures differ in layout in 32 and 64-bit
> mode. A 32-bit binary running on a 64-bit kernel needs the
> 32-bit structures, so we need code which switches between
> the two modes.
The OS community figured out years ago that you aren't supposed to do
this. Did everyone forget to tell the hardware people?
:(
--Andy
>
> The first patch is just a documentation update. The next 5
> patches are really just prepwork. The meat is in the last 3.
>
> x86: make is_64bit_mm() widely available
> x86: make __VIRTUAL_MASK safe to use on 32 bit
> x86, mpx: we do not allocate the bounds directory
> x86, mpx: remove redundant MPX_BNDCFG_ADDR_MASK
> x86, mpx: Add temporary variable to reduce masking
> x86, mpx: new directory entry to addr helper
> x86, mpx: do 32-bit-only cmpxchg for 32-bit apps
> x86, mpx: support 32bit binaries on 64bit kernel
>
> Documentation/x86/intel_mpx.txt | 12 +++-
> arch/x86/include/asm/mmu_context.h | 13 +++++
> arch/x86/include/asm/mpx.h | 2
> arch/x86/include/asm/page_types.h | 8 +++
> arch/x86/kernel/uprobes.c | 10 ---
> arch/x86/mm/mpx.c | 93 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
> 6 files changed, 107 insertions(+), 31 deletions(-)
>
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