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([10.237.72.28]) by orsmga007.jf.intel.com with ESMTP; 30 May 2023 04:43:20 -0700 From: Alexander Shishkin To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, x86@kernel.org, Andy Lutomirski , Dave Hansen , Ravi Shankar , Tony Luck , Sohil Mehta , Paul Lai Cc: Alexander Shishkin , Dave Hansen Subject: [PATCH v2 10/12] x86/vsyscall: Document the fact that vsyscall=emulate disables LASS Date: Tue, 30 May 2023 14:42:45 +0300 Message-Id: <20230530114247.21821-11-alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.39.2 In-Reply-To: <20230530114247.21821-1-alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com> References: <20230530114247.21821-1-alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.5 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIMWL_WL_HIGH, DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_EF,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3,RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_NONE, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE,URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.6 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.6 (2021-04-09) on lindbergh.monkeyblade.net Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Since EMULATE mode of vsyscall disables LASS, because fixing the LASS violations during the EMULATE mode would need complex instruction decoding, document this fact in kernel-parameters.txt. Cc: Andy Lutomirski Suggested-by: Dave Hansen Signed-off-by: Alexander Shishkin --- Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt index 9e5bab29685f..efed9193107e 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -6850,7 +6850,9 @@ emulate Vsyscalls turn into traps and are emulated reasonably safely. The vsyscall page is - readable. + readable. This also disables the LASS + feature to allow userspace to poke around + the vsyscall page. xonly [default] Vsyscalls turn into traps and are emulated reasonably safely. The vsyscall -- 2.39.2