linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 04/10] x86/insn: Read and decode insn without crossing the page boundary

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Message-ID: <ZsMy1YaHI4gaN703@example.org>
Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2024 13:56:05 +0200
From: Alexey Gladkov <legion@...nel.org>
To: "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-coco@...ts.linux.dev,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
	Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Yuan Yao <yuan.yao@...el.com>,
	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
	Yuntao Wang <ytcoode@...il.com>, Kai Huang <kai.huang@...el.com>,
	Baoquan He <bhe@...hat.com>, Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
	Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@....com>,
	Kevin Loughlin <kevinloughlin@...gle.com>,
	Nikunj A Dadhania <nikunj@....com>, cho@...rosoft.com,
	decui@...rosoft.com, John.Starks@...rosoft.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 04/10] x86/insn: Read and decode insn without crossing
 the page boundary

On Mon, Aug 19, 2024 at 01:48:11PM +0300, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 16, 2024 at 03:43:54PM +0200, Alexey Gladkov wrote:
> > From: "Alexey Gladkov (Intel)" <legion@...nel.org>
> > 
> > In case the instruction is close to the page boundary, reading
> > MAX_INSN_SIZE may cross the page boundary. The second page might be
> > from a different VMA and reading can have side effects.
> > 
> > The problem is that the actual size of the instruction is not known.
> > 
> > The solution might be to try read the data to the end of the page and
> > try parse it in the hope that the instruction is smaller than the
> > maximum buffer size.
> > 
> > Co-developed-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Alexey Gladkov (Intel) <legion@...nel.org>
> 
> I think this and 3 next patches do not belong to this patchset. They
> address separate issue that is orthogonal to the patchset goal.

Should I drop them from this patchset and send them after this patchset as
a separate change ?

-- 
Rgrds, legion