On Fri, Jan 27, 2023 at 11:22 AM Kyle Huey <me@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Fri, Jan 27, 2023 at 11:08 AM Jeff Xu <jeffxu@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > On Thu, Jan 26, 2023 at 9:55 PM Kyle Huey <me@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > On Thu, Jan 26, 2023 at 9:36 PM Jeff Xu <jeffxu@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > > > On Wed, Jan 25, 2023 at 5:43 PM Jeff Xu <jeffxu@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Jan 25, 2023 at 11:13 AM Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > On 1/25/23 11:02, Jeff Xu wrote: > > > > > > > I'm investigating if there is a need to backport x86/pkeys > > > > > > > fix/feature into earlier kernel versions, Chrome is starting to use > > > > > > > PKEY in x86, and I hope experts here can give advice on this. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > For background, ChromeOS regularly syncs with upstream kernel > > > > > > > versions, and has production that uses 4.4/4.14/4.19/5.4/5.10/5.15. > > > > > > To be honest, I haven't got the foggiest idea what you need to backport. > > > > > > I can barely keep track of mainline. > > > > > > > > > > > > Are there really production 4.4 kernels that you need to run on > > > > > > pkey-capable hardware? That would mean running a 2015-era kernel on a > > > > > > CPU released in late 2020. I think Q3'2020 is when the 11th gen CPUs > > > > > > came out which were the first non-server CPUs that had pkeys. > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > For 11th gen CPUs, chromebook uses 5.4 and above, so that eliminate > > > > > half of the versions. > > > > > > > > > > > On a positive note, the pkeys selftest has been pretty consistently > > > > > > updated as we find bugs. I'd be curious how well a mainline version of > > > > > > that selftests runs on old kernels. But, I'm too scared to find out > > > > > > what's down that particular rabbit hole myself. > > > > > > > > > I took the latest selftest from main and run on 5.15 kernel, > > > > all passed except test_ptrace_modifies_pkru > > > > assert() at protection_keys.c::1623 test_nr: 20 iteration: 1 > > > > > > > > Is there a bugfix for the ptrace area ? > > > > Thanks > > > > > > > > > What 5.15 series kernel did you run it on? The patches for that didn't > > > get backported until 5.15.88 > > > > > Thanks! I'm using 5.15.87. > > Will this patch set be backported to 5.4 and 5.10 ? > > The selftest (from main) also failed on 5.4, in the same test, > > but at different line: > > assert() at protection_keys.c::1651 test_nr: 20 iteration: 1 > > The regression that patch set was intended to fix was introduced in > 5.14. I don't know why the test is failing on 5.4 but I have no plans > to investigate it. Just looking at the line the test is failing on though I would suspect that when PKRU was being managed by XSAVE (pre-5.14) that the PKRU register didn't get updated for clearing XSTATE_BV until the XRSTOR was actually executed (upon return to userspace). So multiple ptrace calls in succession without userspace code execution would see a stale PKRU value if the PKRU register was "changed" by clearing the relevant XSTATE_BV flag. This is an extreme edge case, so I doubt you actually care about the behavior. - Kyle > - Kyle > > > - Jeff > > > > > - Kyle > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I can start with 5.10 or 5.15, it seems there are quite some changes though, > > > > > for example, this one by Thomas > > > > > https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20210623120127.327154589@xxxxxxxxxxxxx/ > > > > > > > > > > My question is, if I have to pick a version that doesn't require a lot > > > > > of backporting, > > > > > and functionality is stable enough, what version would this be ? 5.4/5.10/5.15 ? > > > > > > > > > > -Jeff
