linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/3] x86/fpu: Simplify kernel_fpu

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:   Tue, 4 Jun 2019 15:34:17 +0200
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
Cc:     x86@...nel.org, Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] x86/fpu: Simplify kernel_fpu_begin

On Tue, Jun 04, 2019 at 03:11:38PM +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 04, 2019 at 01:47:01PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> > > +	if (current->mm && !test_thread_flag(TIF_NEED_FPU_LOAD)) {
> > 
> > Did that want to be: !(current->flags & PF_KTHREAD), instead?
> > 
> > Because I'm thinking that kernel_fpu_begin() on a kthread that has
> > use_mm() employed shouldn't be doing this..
> 
> Well, this is intended to not change semantics.  If we should fix
> this is should be a separate patch before or after this series.

Sure; it's just that I just noticed it. We've recently ran into a
similar issue elsewhere.