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Message-ID: <47ea5a6a-025d-bcf2-d23a-be96cbcd36d3@zytor.com>
Date: Sat, 13 Nov 2021 20:24:11 -0800
From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>, Brian Gerst <brgerst@...il.com>,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
the arch/x86 maintainers <x86@...nel.org>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] x86_64: Use relative per-cpu offsets
On 11/13/21 17:18, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
>
>
> On Sat, Nov 13, 2021, at 4:40 AM, Brian Gerst wrote:
>> The per-cpu section is currently linked at virtual address 0, because
>> older compilers hardcoded the stack protector canary value at a fixed
>> offset from the start of the GS segment. Use a standard relative offset
>> as the GS base when the stack protector is disabled, or a newer compiler
>> is used that supports a configurable location for the stack canary.
>
> Can you explain the benefit? Also, I think we should consider dropping support for the fixed model like we did on x86_32.
>
It would seem that UNLESS the fixed model is dropped, the benefit is
probably negative.
-hpa
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