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From: "H.J. Lu" <hjl.tools@gmail.com>
To: Siddhesh Poyarekar <siddhesh@gotplt.org>
Cc: Richard Earnshaw <Richard.Earnshaw@foss.arm.com>,
	Richard Earnshaw <rearnsha@arm.com>,
	 GNU C Library <libc-alpha@sourceware.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/8] elf: Add a tunable to control use of tagged memory
Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2020 11:06:45 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAMe9rOo-47e0vCpc8qpvsg=xATPc+PuYJf2F1csGZx+ABXLJxw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <8ddb9604-5a6d-a656-0585-57a1b26c39f6@gotplt.org>

On Wed, Nov 25, 2020 at 9:49 AM Siddhesh Poyarekar <siddhesh@gotplt.org> wrote:
>
> On 11/25/20 10:54 PM, Richard Earnshaw wrote:
> > But that doesn't really address the issue that the scope of this feature
> > extends beyond just tuning.
>
> I think that's just a naming issue; it's going to be hard to avoid
> having tunables affect whole programs; I'm surprised that it's taken so
> long to discover a scenario where tunables end up modifying whole
> program behaviour rather than just the library.

glibc.cpu.x86_shstk and glibc.cpu.x86_ibt also affect the whole program.

> Maybe it deserves a top namespace for itself, e.g. proc.memtag so that
> it's clearer that it affects the entire process and not just glibc.
>
> Siddhesh



-- 
H.J.

  reply	other threads:[~2020-11-25 19:07 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 80+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-11-23 15:42 [PATCH v3 0/8] Memory tagging support Richard Earnshaw
2020-11-23 15:42 ` [PATCH v3 1/8] config: Allow memory tagging to be enabled when configuring glibc Richard Earnshaw
2020-11-25 15:05   ` Siddhesh Poyarekar
2020-11-25 15:09     ` Richard Earnshaw (lists)
2020-11-25 15:10       ` Siddhesh Poyarekar
2020-11-25 15:12     ` Adhemerval Zanella
2020-11-25 16:11       ` Richard Earnshaw (lists)
2020-11-25 16:40         ` Adhemerval Zanella
2020-11-23 15:42 ` [PATCH v3 2/8] elf: Add a tunable to control use of tagged memory Richard Earnshaw
2020-11-25 15:08   ` Siddhesh Poyarekar
2020-11-25 16:35   ` H.J. Lu
2020-11-25 16:53     ` Siddhesh Poyarekar
2020-11-25 16:58       ` Richard Earnshaw
2020-11-25 17:12         ` Siddhesh Poyarekar
2020-11-25 17:24           ` Richard Earnshaw
2020-11-25 17:48             ` Siddhesh Poyarekar
2020-11-25 19:06               ` H.J. Lu [this message]
2020-11-26  0:47                 ` Siddhesh Poyarekar
2020-11-26 14:15                   ` Richard Earnshaw
2020-11-26 15:27                     ` Siddhesh Poyarekar
2020-11-26 15:48                       ` Richard Earnshaw
2020-11-26 15:50                         ` H.J. Lu
2020-11-26 16:28                           ` Richard Earnshaw
2020-11-26 16:51                             ` H.J. Lu
2020-11-26 16:59                               ` Richard Earnshaw
2020-11-26 17:06                                 ` H.J. Lu
2020-11-26 17:20                               ` Szabolcs Nagy
2020-11-26 17:31                                 ` H.J. Lu
2020-11-26 17:56                                   ` Richard Earnshaw
2020-11-26 18:06                                     ` H.J. Lu
2020-11-26 18:06                                   ` Szabolcs Nagy
2020-11-26 18:09                                     ` H.J. Lu
2020-11-26 18:25                                     ` Andreas Schwab
2020-11-27 10:34                                       ` Szabolcs Nagy
2020-11-27 11:08                                         ` Florian Weimer
2020-11-27  2:59                                     ` Siddhesh Poyarekar
2020-11-27 10:32                                       ` Szabolcs Nagy
2020-11-27 11:14                                         ` Siddhesh Poyarekar
2020-11-26 16:04                         ` Siddhesh Poyarekar
2020-11-26 16:19                           ` H.J. Lu
2020-11-26 17:13                             ` Siddhesh Poyarekar
2020-11-26 17:19                               ` H.J. Lu
2020-11-27  2:45                                 ` Siddhesh Poyarekar
2020-11-27 10:40                                   ` Richard Earnshaw
2020-11-27 10:49                                     ` Richard Earnshaw
2020-11-27 11:32                                       ` Siddhesh Poyarekar
2020-11-27 11:51                                         ` Richard Earnshaw
2020-11-27 11:27                                     ` Siddhesh Poyarekar
2020-11-27 12:24                                       ` Richard Earnshaw
2020-11-27 14:54                                         ` H.J. Lu
2020-11-27 17:02                                           ` Szabolcs Nagy
2020-11-27 18:41                                             ` H.J. Lu
2020-11-27 14:52                                   ` H.J. Lu
2020-11-27 16:08                                     ` Richard Earnshaw
2020-11-27 18:37                                       ` H.J. Lu
2020-11-30  6:28                                         ` Siddhesh Poyarekar
2020-11-26 16:10                         ` Szabolcs Nagy
2020-11-23 15:42 ` [PATCH v3 3/8] malloc: Basic support for memory tagging in the malloc() family Richard Earnshaw
2020-11-25 14:58   ` Florian Weimer
2020-11-25 17:32     ` Richard Earnshaw
2020-11-23 15:42 ` [PATCH v3 4/8] malloc: Clean up commentary Richard Earnshaw
2020-11-23 15:42 ` [PATCH v3 5/8] malloc: support MALLOC_CHECK_ in conjunction with _MTAG_ENABLE Richard Earnshaw
2020-11-23 15:42 ` [PATCH v3 6/8] linux: Add compatibility definitions to sys/prctl.h for MTE Richard Earnshaw
2020-11-25 15:26   ` Siddhesh Poyarekar
2020-11-23 15:42 ` [PATCH v3 7/8] aarch64: Add sysv specific enabling code for memory tagging Richard Earnshaw
2020-11-23 16:53   ` Szabolcs Nagy
2020-11-23 17:33     ` Richard Earnshaw (lists)
2020-11-25 15:34   ` Siddhesh Poyarekar
2020-11-25 16:06     ` Richard Earnshaw
2020-11-25 16:20       ` Siddhesh Poyarekar
2020-11-25 16:23         ` Siddhesh Poyarekar
2020-11-23 15:42 ` [PATCH v3 8/8] aarch64: Add aarch64-specific files for memory tagging support Richard Earnshaw
2020-12-16 15:26   ` Szabolcs Nagy
2020-11-24 10:12 ` [PATCH v3 0/8] Memory " Szabolcs Nagy
2020-11-25 14:49 ` Siddhesh Poyarekar
2020-11-25 15:48   ` Richard Earnshaw
2020-11-25 16:17     ` Siddhesh Poyarekar
2020-11-25 15:45 ` H.J. Lu
2020-12-17  3:57 ` DJ Delorie
2020-12-17 11:31   ` Richard Earnshaw

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