On Fri, Sep 04, 2020 at 01:33:28PM +0200, Janosch Frank wrote: > >> + printk_ratelimited(KERN_WARNING > >> + "Secure storage violation in task: %s, pid %d\n", > >> + get_task_comm(buf, current), task_pid_nr(current)); > > > > Why get_task_comm() and task_pid_nr() instead of simply current->comm > > and current->pid? > > Normally if there are functions to get data I assume those should be used. Could be used, however I don't see why you need that extra complexity here for both of them. > > Also: is the dmesg message of any value? > Yes, it's import for administrators to know that an exception caused > this segfault and not some memory shenanigans. > > As the exception only occurs if a guest runs in unsupported modes like > sharing the memory between two secure guests it's a good first > indication what went wrong. Yes, fine with me. Just not sure of how help this is when pid namespaces come into play...