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

From Rob Gardner <rob.gardner@oracle.com>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [PATCH v2] sparc64: Add support for Application Data Integrity (ADI)
Date 2016-03-08 02:40 +0100
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On 03/07/2016 10:39 AM, Khalid Aziz wrote:
> On 03/07/2016 11:12 AM, Dave Hansen wrote:
>> On 03/07/2016 09:53 AM, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
>>> Also, what am I missing?  Tying these tags to the physical page seems
>>> like a poor design to me.  This seems really awkward to use.
>>
>> Yeah, can you describe the structures that store these things? Surely
>> the hardware has some kind of lookup tables for them and stores them in
>> memory _somewhere_.
>>
>
> Version tags are tied to virtual addresses, not physical pages.
>
> Where exactly are the tags stored is part of processor architecture 
> and I am not privy to that. MMU stores these lookup tables somewhere 
> and uses it to authenticate access to virtual addresses. It really is 
> irrelevant to kernel how MMU implements access controls as long as we 
> have access to the knowledge of how to use it.

The tags are stored in physical memory, and you can write a tag directly 
to that memory via stxa with ASI_MCD_REAL and completely bypass the MMU. 
When you do that, the tag will still be seen by any virtual address that 
maps to that physical address.

Rob

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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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