linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH v2 18/27] x86/cet/shstk: Introduce WRUSS instruction

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Message-ID: <1531503545.11680.4.camel@intel.com>
Date:   Fri, 13 Jul 2018 10:39:05 -0700
From:   Yu-cheng Yu <yu-cheng.yu@...el.com>
To:     Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>
Cc:     x86@...nel.org, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-arch@...r.kernel.org, linux-api@...r.kernel.org,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Balbir Singh <bsingharora@...il.com>,
        Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@...il.com>,
        Florian Weimer <fweimer@...hat.com>,
        "H.J. Lu" <hjl.tools@...il.com>, Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omiun.org>,
        Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@...cle.com>,
        Nadav Amit <nadav.amit@...il.com>,
        Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>, Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        "Ravi V. Shankar" <ravi.v.shankar@...el.com>,
        Vedvyas Shanbhogue <vedvyas.shanbhogue@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v2 18/27] x86/cet/shstk: Introduce WRUSS instruction

On Thu, 2018-07-12 at 21:18 -0700, Dave Hansen wrote:
> On 07/12/2018 09:16 PM, Dave Hansen wrote:
> > 
> > On 07/12/2018 07:21 PM, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
> > > 
> > > I am tempted to suggest that the whole series not be merged until
> > > there are actual docs. It’s not a fantastic precedent.
> > Do you mean Documentation or manpages, or are you talking about hardware
> > documentation?
> > https://software.intel.com/sites/default/files/managed/4d/2a/control-flow-enforcement-technology-preview.pdf
> Hit send too soon...
> 
> We do need manpages a well.  If I had to do it for protection keys,
> everyone else has to suffer too. :)
> 
> Yu-cheng, I really do think selftests are a necessity before this gets
> merged.
> 

We already have some.  I will put those in patches.

Yu-cheng