linux-kernel - Re: Please stop using iopl() in DPDK

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:   Fri, 25 Oct 2019 17:03:45 +0200
From:   Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>
To:     Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
Cc:     dev@...k.org, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Please stop using iopl() in DPDK

On Fri, Oct 25, 2019 at 07:45:47AM -0700, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
> But, for uses like DPDK, /sys/.../resource0 seems like a *far* better
> API, since it actually uses the kernel's concept of which io range
> corresponds to which device instead of hoping that the mappings don't
> change out from under user code.  And it has the added benefit that
> it's restricted to a single device.

For certain such uses with real device management, very likely yes.
It's just that in a number of programs using hard-coded ports to
access stupid devices with no driver (and often even no name), such
an approach could be overkill, and these are typically the annoyingly
itchy ones which could require your config entry to remain enabled.
I'll add to my todo list to have a look at this as time permits.

Cheers,
Willy