linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/5] Improvements of the stackleak gcc plugin

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Date:   Wed, 10 Jun 2020 18:14:51 +0300
From:   Alexander Popov <alex.popov@...ux.com>
To:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/5] Improvements of the stackleak gcc plugin

On 09.06.2020 22:15, Kees Cook wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 04, 2020 at 04:49:52PM +0300, Alexander Popov wrote:
>> In this patch series I collected various improvements of the stackleak
>> gcc plugin.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
>> Alexander Popov (5):
>>   gcc-plugins/stackleak: Exclude alloca() from the instrumentation logic
>>   gcc-plugins/stackleak: Use asm instrumentation to avoid useless
>>     register saving
> 
> These look like they might need tweaks (noted in their separate
> replies).

Thanks for the review, Kees.

>>   gcc-plugins/stackleak: Add 'verbose' plugin parameter
>>   gcc-plugins/stackleak: Don't instrument itself
> 
> If you wanted to reorder the series and move these first, I could take
> these into my tree right away (they're logically separate from the other
> fixes).

Ok, I will put "don't instrument itself" at the beginning of v2.

The patch adding 'verbose' plugin parameter depends on the previous patches, so
I will not move it.

>>   gcc-plugins/stackleak: Don't instrument vgettimeofday.c in arm64 VDSO
> 
> This seems good -- though I'm curious about 32-bit ARM and the other
> HAVE_GCC_PLUGINS architectures with vDSOs (which appears to be all of
> them except um).

(going to reply in a separate email)

Best regards,
Alexander