linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] stackleak: Disable function tracing and kprobes for stackleak

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Date:   Mon, 12 Nov 2018 20:49:18 -0500
From:   Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:     Alexander Popov <alex.popov@...ux.com>
Cc:     kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>,
        Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>,
        Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
        Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>,
        Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>, x86@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] stackleak: Disable function tracing and kprobes for
 stackleak_erase()

On Tue, 13 Nov 2018 00:08:48 +0300
Alexander Popov <alex.popov@...ux.com> wrote:

> The stackleak_erase() function is called on the trampoline stack at the end
> of syscall. This stack is not big enough for ftrace and kprobes operations,
> e.g. it can be exhausted if we use kprobe_events for stackleak_erase().
> 
> So let's disable function tracing and kprobes for stackleak_erase().
> 
> Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>
> Signed-off-by: Alexander Popov <alex.popov@...ux.com>
>

Reviewed-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@...dmis.org>

-- Steve