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Re: [PATCH v3 00/13] Virtually mapped stacks with guard pages (x86, core)

From Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [PATCH v3 00/13] Virtually mapped stacks with guard pages (x86, core)
Date 2016-06-23 21:20 +0200
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On Thu, Jun 23, 2016 at 04:31:26PM +0200, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> On 06/22, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> >
> > Oleg, what do you think? Would it be reasonable to free the stack and
> > thread_info synchronously at exit time, clear the pointer (to catch
> > any odd use), and only RCU-delay the task_struct itself?
> 
> I didn't see the patches yet, quite possibly I misunderstood... But no,
> I don't this we can do this (if we are not going to move ti->flags to
> task_struct at least).

Didn't we talk about using SLAB_DESTROY_BY_RCU for task_struct before?
If that is possible, a reuse in per-cpu cache is equally possible.

All we really want to guarantee is that the memory remains a
task_struct, it need not remain the same task, right?

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[PATCH v3 00/13] Virtually mapped stacks with guard pages (x86, core) Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org> - 2016-06-21 01:50 +0200
  [PATCH v3 02/13] x86/cpa: In populate_pgd, don't set the pgd entry until it's populated Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org> - 2016-06-21 01:50 +0200
  [PATCH v3 03/13] x86/mm: Remove kernel_unmap_pages_in_pgd() and efi_cleanup_page_tables() Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org> - 2016-06-21 01:50 +0200
    Re: [PATCH v3 03/13] x86/mm: Remove kernel_unmap_pages_in_pgd() and  efi_cleanup_page_tables() Matt Fleming <matt@codeblueprint.co.uk> - 2016-06-21 12:20 +0200
  [PATCH v3 11/13] x86/dumpstack/64: Handle faults when printing the "Stack:" part of an OOPS Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org> - 2016-06-21 01:50 +0200
  [PATCH v3 06/13] fork: Add generic vmalloced stack support Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org> - 2016-06-21 01:50 +0200
    Re: [PATCH v3 06/13] fork: Add generic vmalloced stack support Jann Horn <jannh@google.com> - 2016-06-21 12:10 +0200
      Re: [PATCH v3 06/13] fork: Add generic vmalloced stack support Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net> - 2016-06-21 19:10 +0200
        Re: [PATCH v3 06/13] fork: Add generic vmalloced stack support Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> - 2016-06-21 19:20 +0200
          Re: [PATCH v3 06/13] fork: Add generic vmalloced stack support Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net> - 2016-06-21 19:40 +0200
          Re: [kernel-hardening] Re: [PATCH v3 06/13] fork: Add generic  vmalloced stack support Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com> - 2016-06-21 20:50 +0200
            Re: [kernel-hardening] Re: [PATCH v3 06/13] fork: Add generic  vmalloced stack support Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net> - 2016-06-21 21:50 +0200
            Re: [kernel-hardening] Re: [PATCH v3 06/13] fork: Add generic vmalloced stack support Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2016-06-21 22:00 +0200
  [PATCH v3 04/13] mm: Track NR_KERNEL_STACK in KiB instead of number of stacks Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org> - 2016-06-21 01:50 +0200
    Re: [PATCH v3 04/13] mm: Track NR_KERNEL_STACK in KiB instead of  number of stacks Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org> - 2016-06-22 10:50 +0200
  [PATCH v3 07/13] x86/die: Don't try to recover from an OOPS on a non-default stack Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org> - 2016-06-21 01:50 +0200
  [PATCH v3 08/13] x86/dumpstack: When OOPSing, rewind the stack before do_exit Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org> - 2016-06-21 01:50 +0200
  [PATCH v3 01/13] x86/mm/hotplug: Don't remove PGD entries in remove_pagetable() Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org> - 2016-06-21 01:50 +0200
  [PATCH v3 10/13] x86/dumpstack: Try harder to get a call trace on stack overflow Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org> - 2016-06-21 01:50 +0200
  [PATCH v3 09/13] x86/dumpstack: When dumping stack bytes due to OOPS, start with regs->sp Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org> - 2016-06-21 01:50 +0200
  Re: [PATCH v3 00/13] Virtually mapped stacks with guard pages (x86, core) Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2016-06-21 06:10 +0200
    Re: [PATCH v3 00/13] Virtually mapped stacks with guard pages (x86, core) Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net> - 2016-06-21 18:50 +0200
      Re: [PATCH v3 00/13] Virtually mapped stacks with guard pages (x86, core) Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2016-06-21 19:20 +0200
        Re: [PATCH v3 00/13] Virtually mapped stacks with guard pages (x86, core) Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net> - 2016-06-21 19:40 +0200
          Re: [PATCH v3 00/13] Virtually mapped stacks with guard pages (x86, core) Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> - 2016-06-21 20:20 +0200
            Re: [kernel-hardening] Re: [PATCH v3 00/13] Virtually mapped stacks  with guard pages (x86, core) Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com> - 2016-06-21 20:30 +0200
    Re: [PATCH v3 00/13] Virtually mapped stacks with guard pages (x86, core) Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net> - 2016-06-23 03:30 +0200
      Re: [PATCH v3 00/13] Virtually mapped stacks with guard pages (x86, core) Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2016-06-23 08:10 +0200
        Re: [PATCH v3 00/13] Virtually mapped stacks with guard pages (x86,  core) Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com> - 2016-06-23 16:40 +0200
          Re: [PATCH v3 00/13] Virtually mapped stacks with guard pages (x86, core) Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2016-06-23 18:40 +0200
            Re: [PATCH v3 00/13] Virtually mapped stacks with guard pages (x86, core) Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net> - 2016-06-23 18:50 +0200
              Re: [PATCH v3 00/13] Virtually mapped stacks with guard pages (x86,  core) Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com> - 2016-06-23 19:20 +0200
            Re: [PATCH v3 00/13] Virtually mapped stacks with guard pages (x86,  core) Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com> - 2016-06-23 19:10 +0200
              Re: [PATCH v3 00/13] Virtually mapped stacks with guard pages (x86, core) Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2016-06-23 19:50 +0200
                Re: [PATCH v3 00/13] Virtually mapped stacks with guard pages (x86, core) Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2016-06-23 20:00 +0200
                Re: [PATCH v3 00/13] Virtually mapped stacks with guard pages (x86, core) Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> - 2016-06-23 20:10 +0200
                Re: [PATCH v3 00/13] Virtually mapped stacks with guard pages (x86,  core) Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-06-23 21:00 +0200
                Re: [PATCH v3 00/13] Virtually mapped stacks with guard pages (x86,  core) Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com> - 2016-06-23 20:20 +0200
                Re: [PATCH v3 00/13] Virtually mapped stacks with guard pages (x86,  core) Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-06-23 21:00 +0200
                Re: [PATCH v3 00/13] Virtually mapped stacks with guard pages (x86, core) Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2016-06-23 20:50 +0200
                Re: [PATCH v3 00/13] Virtually mapped stacks with guard pages (x86, core) Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net> - 2016-06-23 21:10 +0200
                Re: [PATCH v3 00/13] Virtually mapped stacks with guard pages (x86,  core) Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-06-23 21:00 +0200
                Re: [PATCH v3 00/13] Virtually mapped stacks with guard pages (x86, core) Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2016-06-23 21:20 +0200
                Re: [PATCH v3 00/13] Virtually mapped stacks with guard pages (x86, core) Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2016-06-24 08:20 +0200
                Re: [PATCH v3 00/13] Virtually mapped stacks with guard pages (x86, core) Brian Gerst <brgerst@gmail.com> - 2016-06-24 14:30 +0200
                Re: [PATCH v3 00/13] Virtually mapped stacks with guard pages (x86, core) Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2016-06-24 19:30 +0200
                Re: [PATCH v3 00/13] Virtually mapped stacks with guard pages (x86, core) Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2016-06-24 19:50 +0200
                Re: [PATCH v3 00/13] Virtually mapped stacks with guard pages (x86, core) Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net> - 2016-06-24 19:50 +0200
                Re: [PATCH v3 00/13] Virtually mapped stacks with guard pages (x86, core) Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2016-06-24 20:00 +0200
                Re: [PATCH v3 00/13] Virtually mapped stacks with guard pages (x86, core) Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net> - 2016-06-24 20:40 +0200
                Re: [PATCH v3 00/13] Virtually mapped stacks with guard pages (x86, core) Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2016-06-24 20:00 +0200
                Re: [PATCH v3 00/13] Virtually mapped stacks with guard pages (x86, core) Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2016-06-24 20:20 +0200
                Re: [PATCH v3 00/13] Virtually mapped stacks with guard pages (x86, core) Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net> - 2016-06-24 23:00 +0200
                Re: [PATCH v3 00/13] Virtually mapped stacks with guard pages (x86,  core) Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com> - 2016-06-24 23:00 +0200
                Re: [PATCH v3 00/13] Virtually mapped stacks with guard pages (x86, core) Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2016-06-24 23:10 +0200
                Re: [PATCH v3 00/13] Virtually mapped stacks with guard pages (x86, core) Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net> - 2016-06-24 23:30 +0200
                Re: [PATCH v3 00/13] Virtually mapped stacks with guard pages (x86, core) Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2016-06-24 23:40 +0200
                Re: [PATCH v3 00/13] Virtually mapped stacks with guard pages (x86, core) Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net> - 2016-06-24 23:40 +0200
                Re: [PATCH v3 00/13] Virtually mapped stacks with guard pages (x86, core) Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2016-06-25 04:50 +0200
                Re: [PATCH v3 00/13] Virtually mapped stacks with guard pages (x86, core) Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net> - 2016-06-26 01:30 +0200
                Re: [PATCH v3 00/13] Virtually mapped stacks with guard pages (x86, core) Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net> - 2016-06-26 01:40 +0200
                Re: [PATCH v3 00/13] Virtually mapped stacks with guard pages (x86, core) Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2016-06-26 03:30 +0200
                Re: [PATCH v3 00/13] Virtually mapped stacks with guard pages (x86,  core) Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com> - 2016-06-24 23:10 +0200
                Re: [PATCH v3 00/13] Virtually mapped stacks with guard pages (x86, core) Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net> - 2016-06-23 21:20 +0200
                Re: [PATCH v3 00/13] Virtually mapped stacks with guard pages (x86,  core) Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-06-23 21:20 +0200
                Re: [PATCH v3 00/13] Virtually mapped stacks with guard pages (x86,  core) Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com> - 2016-06-23 21:00 +0200
                Re: [PATCH v3 00/13] Virtually mapped stacks with guard pages (x86,  core) Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org> - 2016-06-24 16:20 +0200
                Re: [PATCH v3 00/13] Virtually mapped stacks with guard pages (x86,  core) Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org> - 2016-06-24 17:10 +0200
                Re: [PATCH v3 00/13] Virtually mapped stacks with guard pages  (x86, core) Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com> - 2016-06-24 22:30 +0200
                Re: [PATCH v3 00/13] Virtually mapped stacks with guard pages (x86,  core) Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org> - 2016-06-27 12:40 +0200
          Re: [PATCH v3 00/13] Virtually mapped stacks with guard pages (x86,  core) Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-06-23 21:20 +0200
            Re: [PATCH v3 00/13] Virtually mapped stacks with guard pages (x86, core) Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2016-06-23 21:40 +0200
              Re: [PATCH v3 00/13] Virtually mapped stacks with guard pages (x86,  core) Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-06-23 21:50 +0200
  Re: [PATCH v3 00/13] Virtually mapped stacks with guard pages (x86, core) Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2016-06-21 11:40 +0200
    Re: [PATCH v3 00/13] Virtually mapped stacks with guard pages (x86, core) Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> - 2016-06-21 19:30 +0200
      Re: [kernel-hardening] Re: [PATCH v3 00/13] Virtually mapped stacks  with guard pages (x86, core) Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net> - 2016-06-21 20:10 +0200
      Re: [kernel-hardening] Re: [PATCH v3 00/13] Virtually mapped stacks  with guard pages (x86, core) Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com> - 2016-06-21 20:10 +0200
      Re: [PATCH v3 00/13] Virtually mapped stacks with guard pages (x86, core) Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net> - 2016-06-21 21:50 +0200
        Re: [PATCH v3 00/13] Virtually mapped stacks with guard pages (x86, core) Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> - 2016-06-21 22:20 +0200
      Re: [PATCH v3 00/13] Virtually mapped stacks with guard pages (x86, core) Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2016-06-21 21:50 +0200

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