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Re: [PATCH] x86/refcount: Implement fast refcount_t handling

From Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [PATCH] x86/refcount: Implement fast refcount_t handling
Date 2017-04-24 13:20 +0200
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On Mon, Apr 24, 2017 at 01:00:18PM +0200, PaX Team wrote:
> On 24 Apr 2017 at 10:32, Peter Zijlstra wrote:

> > Also, you forgot nr_cpus in your bound. Afaict the worst case here is
> > O(nr_tasks + 3*nr_cpus).
> 
> what does nr_cpus have to do with winning the race?

The CPUs could each run nested softirq/hardirq/nmi context poking at the
refcount, irrespective of the (preempted) task context.

> > Because PaX does it, is not a correctness argument. And this really
> > wants one.
> 
> heh, do you want to tell me about how checking for a 0 refcount prevents
> exploiting a bug?

Not the point. All I said was that saying somebody else does it (anybody
else, doesn't matter it was you) isn't an argument for correctness.

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[PATCH] x86/refcount: Implement fast refcount_t handling Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> - 2017-04-22 00:10 +0200
  Re: [PATCH] x86/refcount: Implement fast refcount_t handling Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2017-04-24 10:40 +0200
    Re: [kernel-hardening] Re: [PATCH] x86/refcount: Implement fast  refcount_t handling Jann Horn <jannh@google.com> - 2017-04-24 11:00 +0200
      Re: [kernel-hardening] Re: [PATCH] x86/refcount: Implement fast  refcount_t handling Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2017-04-24 11:30 +0200
    Re: [PATCH] x86/refcount: Implement fast refcount_t handling "PaX Team" <pageexec@freemail.hu> - 2017-04-24 13:10 +0200
      Re: [PATCH] x86/refcount: Implement fast refcount_t handling Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2017-04-24 13:20 +0200
        Re: [PATCH] x86/refcount: Implement fast refcount_t handling "PaX Team" <pageexec@freemail.hu> - 2017-04-24 15:20 +0200
          Re: [PATCH] x86/refcount: Implement fast refcount_t handling Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2017-04-24 15:40 +0200
            Re: [PATCH] x86/refcount: Implement fast refcount_t handling "PaX Team" <pageexec@freemail.hu> - 2017-04-24 17:20 +0200
              Re: [PATCH] x86/refcount: Implement fast refcount_t handling Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> - 2017-04-24 22:50 +0200
      Re: [PATCH] x86/refcount: Implement fast refcount_t handling Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> - 2017-04-24 22:40 +0200
    Re: [PATCH] x86/refcount: Implement fast refcount_t handling Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> - 2017-04-24 22:20 +0200
  Re: [PATCH] x86/refcount: Implement fast refcount_t handling Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2017-04-24 12:50 +0200
    Re: [PATCH] x86/refcount: Implement fast refcount_t handling Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> - 2017-04-24 22:20 +0200
  Re: [PATCH] x86/refcount: Implement fast refcount_t handling Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2017-04-24 13:00 +0200
    Re: [PATCH] x86/refcount: Implement fast refcount_t handling Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> - 2017-04-24 22:30 +0200

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