linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 0/7] arm64: untag user pointers passed to the kernel

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Date:   Tue, 26 Jun 2018 14:47:50 +0200
From:   Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@...gle.com>
To:     Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Robin Murphy <robin.murphy@....com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 0/7] arm64: untag user pointers passed to the kernel

On Wed, Jun 20, 2018 at 5:24 PM, Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@...gle.com> wrote:
> arm64 has a feature called Top Byte Ignore, which allows to embed pointer
> tags into the top byte of each pointer. Userspace programs (such as
> HWASan, a memory debugging tool [1]) might use this feature and pass
> tagged user pointers to the kernel through syscalls or other interfaces.
>
> This patch makes a few of the kernel interfaces accept tagged user
> pointers. The kernel is already able to handle user faults with tagged
> pointers and has the untagged_addr macro, which this patchset reuses.
>
> We're not trying to cover all possible ways the kernel accepts user
> pointers in one patchset, so this one should be considered as a start.
>
> Thanks!
>
> [1] http://clang.llvm.org/docs/HardwareAssistedAddressSanitizerDesign.html

Hi!

Is there anything I should do to move forward with this?

I've received zero replies to this patch set (v3 and v4) over the last month.

Thanks!