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Re: [kernel-hardening] [PATCH v2 1/2] fork: free vmapped stacks in cache when cpus are offline

From Eric Biggers <ebiggers3@gmail.com>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [kernel-hardening] [PATCH v2 1/2] fork: free vmapped stacks in cache when cpus are offline
Date 2017-02-09 06:00 +0100
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Hi Hoeun,

On Thu, Feb 09, 2017 at 01:03:46PM +0900, Hoeun Ryu wrote:
> +static int free_vm_stack_cache(unsigned int cpu)
> +{
> +	int i;
> +
> +	for (i = 0; i < NR_CACHED_STACKS; i++) {
> +		struct vm_struct *vm_stack = this_cpu_read(cached_stacks[i]);
> +		if (!vm_stack)
> +			continue;
> +
> +		vfree(vm_stack->addr);
> +		this_cpu_write(cached_stacks[i], NULL);
> +	}
> +
> +	return 0;
> +}

Doesn't this need to free the stacks for the 'cpu' that's passed in, instead of
"this" CPU?

- Eric

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[PATCH v2 1/2] fork: free vmapped stacks in cache when cpus are offline Hoeun Ryu <hoeun.ryu@gmail.com> - 2017-02-09 05:20 +0100
  Re: [kernel-hardening] [PATCH v2 2/2] fork: make number of cached  stacks (vmapped) configurable using Kbuild Eric Biggers <ebiggers3@gmail.com> - 2017-02-09 05:30 +0100
  [PATCH v2 2/2] fork: make number of cached stacks (vmapped) configurable using Kbuild Hoeun Ryu <hoeun.ryu@gmail.com> - 2017-02-09 05:40 +0100
    Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] fork: make number of cached stacks (vmapped)  configurable using Kbuild Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org> - 2017-02-09 09:50 +0100
      Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] fork: make number of cached stacks (vmapped)  configurable using Kbuild Hoeun Ryu <hoeun.ryu@gmail.com> - 2017-02-09 14:40 +0100
  Re: [kernel-hardening] [PATCH v2 1/2] fork: free vmapped stacks in  cache when cpus are offline Eric Biggers <ebiggers3@gmail.com> - 2017-02-09 06:00 +0100
    Re: [kernel-hardening] [PATCH v2 1/2] fork: free vmapped stacks in  cache when cpus are offline Hoeun Ryu <hoeun.ryu@gmail.com> - 2017-02-09 14:40 +0100
  Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] fork: free vmapped stacks in cache when cpus are  offline kbuild test robot <lkp@intel.com> - 2017-02-09 08:40 +0100
  Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] fork: free vmapped stacks in cache when cpus are  offline Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org> - 2017-02-09 10:00 +0100
    Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] fork: free vmapped stacks in cache when cpus are offline Hoeun Ryu <hoeun.ryu@gmail.com> - 2017-02-09 14:40 +0100
  Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] fork: free vmapped stacks in cache when cpus are  offline kbuild test robot <lkp@intel.com> - 2017-02-09 11:20 +0100

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