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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2014-12-19 13:22:42 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2014-12-19 13:22:42 -0800
commita54455766b9e3d3c27a6cef758355d2591d81d68 (patch)
treec7187cc528befc675d49950332a1d9fe0e3f638b /arch
parent1092b596a56b6ac5fa3154dc75bfcbb6f27ac757 (diff)
parent72e9b5fe9bee0826e7ce7599adbdc64e544780ef (diff)
downloadlinux-a54455766b9e3d3c27a6cef758355d2591d81d68.tar.bz2
Merge branch 'x86-mpx-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
Pull x86 MPX fixes from Thomas Gleixner: "Three updates for the new MPX infrastructure: - Use the proper error check in the trap handler - Add a proper config option for it - Bring documentation up to date" * 'x86-mpx-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: x86, mpx: Give MPX a real config option prompt x86, mpx: Update documentation x86_64/traps: Fix always true condition
Diffstat (limited to 'arch')
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/Kconfig30
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/traps.c2
2 files changed, 27 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index d69f1cd87fd9..2995788bcb1d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -249,10 +249,6 @@ config HAVE_INTEL_TXT
def_bool y
depends on INTEL_IOMMU && ACPI
-config X86_INTEL_MPX
- def_bool y
- depends on CPU_SUP_INTEL
-
config X86_32_SMP
def_bool y
depends on X86_32 && SMP
@@ -1594,6 +1590,32 @@ config X86_SMAP
If unsure, say Y.
+config X86_INTEL_MPX
+ prompt "Intel MPX (Memory Protection Extensions)"
+ def_bool n
+ depends on CPU_SUP_INTEL
+ ---help---
+ MPX provides hardware features that can be used in
+ conjunction with compiler-instrumented code to check
+ memory references. It is designed to detect buffer
+ overflow or underflow bugs.
+
+ This option enables running applications which are
+ instrumented or otherwise use MPX. It does not use MPX
+ itself inside the kernel or to protect the kernel
+ against bad memory references.
+
+ Enabling this option will make the kernel larger:
+ ~8k of kernel text and 36 bytes of data on a 64-bit
+ defconfig. It adds a long to the 'mm_struct' which
+ will increase the kernel memory overhead of each
+ process and adds some branches to paths used during
+ exec() and munmap().
+
+ For details, see Documentation/x86/intel_mpx.txt
+
+ If unsure, say N.
+
config EFI
bool "EFI runtime service support"
depends on ACPI
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c b/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c
index a9ae20579895..88900e288021 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ dotraplinkage void do_bounds(struct pt_regs *regs, long error_code)
break; /* Success, it was handled */
case 1: /* Bound violation. */
info = mpx_generate_siginfo(regs, xsave_buf);
- if (PTR_ERR(info)) {
+ if (IS_ERR(info)) {
/*
* We failed to decode the MPX instruction. Act as if
* the exception was not caused by MPX.