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Re: [PATCH v2] sparc64: Add support for Application Data Integrity (ADI)

From Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [PATCH v2] sparc64: Add support for Application Data Integrity (ADI)
Date 2016-03-07 22:10 +0100
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On Mon, Mar 7, 2016 at 12:58 PM, David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> wrote:
> From: Khalid Aziz <khalid.aziz@oracle.com>
> Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2016 13:41:39 -0700
>
>> Shared data may not always be backed by a file. My understanding is
>> one of the use cases is for in-memory databases. This shared space
>> could also be used to hand off transactions in flight to other
>> processes. These transactions in flight would not be backed by a
>> file. Some of these use cases might not use shmfs even. Setting ADI
>> bits at virtual address level catches all these cases since what backs
>> the tagged virtual address can be anything - a mapped file, mmio
>> space, just plain chunk of memory.
>
> Frankly the most interesting use case to me is simply finding bugs
> and memory scribbles, and for that we're want to be able to ADI
> arbitrary memory returned from malloc() and friends.
>
> I personally see ADI more as a debugging than a security feature,
> but that's just my view.

The thing that seems awkward to me is that setting, say, ADI=1 seems
almost equivalent to remapping the memory up to 0x10...whatever, and
the latter is a heck of a lot simpler to think about.

-- 
Andy Lutomirski
AMA Capital Management, LLC

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Re: [PATCH v2] sparc64: Add support for Application Data Integrity  (ADI) David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> - 2016-03-06 05:10 +0100
  Re: [PATCH v2] sparc64: Add support for Application Data Integrity  (ADI) Khalid Aziz <khalid.aziz@oracle.com> - 2016-03-07 16:10 +0100
    Re: [PATCH v2] sparc64: Add support for Application Data Integrity  (ADI) Rob Gardner <rob.gardner@oracle.com> - 2016-03-07 16:40 +0100
      Re: [PATCH v2] sparc64: Add support for Application Data Integrity  (ADI) Khalid Aziz <khalid.aziz@oracle.com> - 2016-03-07 16:50 +0100
      Re: [PATCH v2] sparc64: Add support for Application Data Integrity (ADI) Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net> - 2016-03-07 16:50 +0100
        Re: [PATCH v2] sparc64: Add support for Application Data Integrity  (ADI) Khalid Aziz <khalid.aziz@oracle.com> - 2016-03-07 17:10 +0100
          Re: [PATCH v2] sparc64: Add support for Application Data Integrity  (ADI) Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com> - 2016-03-07 18:50 +0100
            Re: [PATCH v2] sparc64: Add support for Application Data Integrity (ADI) Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net> - 2016-03-07 19:00 +0100
              Re: [PATCH v2] sparc64: Add support for Application Data Integrity  (ADI) Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com> - 2016-03-07 19:20 +0100
                Re: [PATCH v2] sparc64: Add support for Application Data Integrity  (ADI) Khalid Aziz <khalid.aziz@oracle.com> - 2016-03-07 19:50 +0100
                Re: [PATCH v2] sparc64: Add support for Application Data Integrity (ADI) Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net> - 2016-03-07 20:00 +0100
                Re: [PATCH v2] sparc64: Add support for Application Data Integrity  (ADI) David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> - 2016-03-07 20:30 +0100
                Re: [PATCH v2] sparc64: Add support for Application Data Integrity  (ADI) Khalid Aziz <khalid.aziz@oracle.com> - 2016-03-07 20:50 +0100
                Re: [PATCH v2] sparc64: Add support for Application Data Integrity  (ADI) Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com> - 2016-03-07 23:50 +0100
                Re: [PATCH v2] sparc64: Add support for Application Data Integrity  (ADI) Rob Gardner <rob.gardner@oracle.com> - 2016-03-08 02:40 +0100
            Re: [PATCH v2] sparc64: Add support for Application Data Integrity  (ADI) Khalid Aziz <khalid.aziz@oracle.com> - 2016-03-07 22:10 +0100
              Re: [PATCH v2] sparc64: Add support for Application Data Integrity  (ADI) David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> - 2016-03-08 21:00 +0100
                Re: [PATCH v2] sparc64: Add support for Application Data Integrity  (ADI) Khalid Aziz <khalid.aziz@oracle.com> - 2016-03-08 21:20 +0100
                Re: [PATCH v2] sparc64: Add support for Application Data Integrity  (ADI) David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> - 2016-03-08 21:30 +0100
                Re: [PATCH v2] sparc64: Add support for Application Data Integrity  (ADI) Khalid Aziz <khalid.aziz@oracle.com> - 2016-03-08 22:10 +0100
    Re: [PATCH v2] sparc64: Add support for Application Data Integrity  (ADI) David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> - 2016-03-07 17:50 +0100
      Re: [PATCH v2] sparc64: Add support for Application Data Integrity  (ADI) Khalid Aziz <khalid.aziz@oracle.com> - 2016-03-07 19:00 +0100
    Re: [PATCH v2] sparc64: Add support for Application Data Integrity  (ADI) David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> - 2016-03-07 18:00 +0100
      Re: [PATCH v2] sparc64: Add support for Application Data Integrity (ADI) Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net> - 2016-03-07 19:10 +0100
        Re: [PATCH v2] sparc64: Add support for Application Data Integrity  (ADI) Khalid Aziz <khalid.aziz@oracle.com> - 2016-03-07 19:30 +0100
          Re: [PATCH v2] sparc64: Add support for Application Data Integrity (ADI) Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net> - 2016-03-07 20:00 +0100
            Re: [PATCH v2] sparc64: Add support for Application Data Integrity  (ADI) David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> - 2016-03-07 20:30 +0100
            Re: [PATCH v2] sparc64: Add support for Application Data Integrity  (ADI) Khalid Aziz <khalid.aziz@oracle.com> - 2016-03-07 20:50 +0100
              Re: [PATCH v2] sparc64: Add support for Application Data Integrity (ADI) Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net> - 2016-03-07 21:00 +0100
                Re: [PATCH v2] sparc64: Add support for Application Data Integrity  (ADI) Khalid Aziz <khalid.aziz@oracle.com> - 2016-03-07 21:50 +0100
                Re: [PATCH v2] sparc64: Add support for Application Data Integrity  (ADI) David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> - 2016-03-07 22:00 +0100
                Re: [PATCH v2] sparc64: Add support for Application Data Integrity (ADI) Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net> - 2016-03-07 22:10 +0100
                Re: [PATCH v2] sparc64: Add support for Application Data Integrity  (ADI) Khalid Aziz <khalid.aziz@oracle.com> - 2016-03-07 22:20 +0100
                Re: [PATCH v2] sparc64: Add support for Application Data Integrity  (ADI) James Morris <james.l.morris@oracle.com> - 2016-03-08 00:40 +0100
                Re: [PATCH v2] sparc64: Add support for Application Data Integrity  (ADI) James Morris <james.l.morris@oracle.com> - 2016-03-08 01:00 +0100
                Re: [PATCH v2] sparc64: Add support for Application Data Integrity  (ADI) James Morris <james.l.morris@oracle.com> - 2016-03-08 10:40 +0100
      Re: [PATCH v2] sparc64: Add support for Application Data Integrity  (ADI) Khalid Aziz <khalid.aziz@oracle.com> - 2016-03-07 19:10 +0100
        Re: [PATCH v2] sparc64: Add support for Application Data Integrity  (ADI) Rob Gardner <rob.gardner@oracle.com> - 2016-03-07 19:20 +0100
          Re: [PATCH v2] sparc64: Add support for Application Data Integrity  (ADI) Khalid Aziz <khalid.aziz@oracle.com> - 2016-03-07 19:30 +0100
            Re: [PATCH v2] sparc64: Add support for Application Data Integrity  (ADI) David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> - 2016-03-07 20:20 +0100
              Re: [PATCH v2] sparc64: Add support for Application Data Integrity  (ADI) Khalid Aziz <khalid.aziz@oracle.com> - 2016-03-07 22:40 +0100
                Re: [PATCH v2] sparc64: Add support for Application Data Integrity  (ADI) David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> - 2016-03-07 22:40 +0100
                Re: [PATCH v2] sparc64: Add support for Application Data Integrity  (ADI) Rob Gardner <rob.gardner@oracle.com> - 2016-03-08 00:20 +0100
                Re: [PATCH v2] sparc64: Add support for Application Data Integrity  (ADI) David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> - 2016-03-08 05:20 +0100
                Re: [PATCH v2] sparc64: Add support for Application Data Integrity  (ADI) Rob Gardner <rob.gardner@oracle.com> - 2016-03-08 00:20 +0100
                Re: [PATCH v2] sparc64: Add support for Application Data Integrity  (ADI) Khalid Aziz <khalid.aziz@oracle.com> - 2016-03-08 00:30 +0100
              Re: [PATCH v2] sparc64: Add support for Application Data Integrity  (ADI) Khalid Aziz <khalid.aziz@oracle.com> - 2016-03-08 01:30 +0100
                Re: [PATCH v2] sparc64: Add support for Application Data Integrity  (ADI) David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> - 2016-03-08 05:30 +0100
            Re: [PATCH v2] sparc64: Add support for Application Data Integrity  (ADI) Rob Gardner <rob.gardner@oracle.com> - 2016-03-08 00:40 +0100
        Re: [PATCH v2] sparc64: Add support for Application Data Integrity  (ADI) David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> - 2016-03-07 20:10 +0100
          Re: [PATCH v2] sparc64: Add support for Application Data Integrity  (ADI) Khalid Aziz <khalid.aziz@oracle.com> - 2016-03-07 22:30 +0100
            Re: [PATCH v2] sparc64: Add support for Application Data Integrity  (ADI) David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> - 2016-03-07 22:40 +0100
              Re: [PATCH v2] sparc64: Add support for Application Data Integrity  (ADI) Khalid Aziz <khalid.aziz@oracle.com> - 2016-03-07 23:40 +0100

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