From: Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.enyo.de>
To: Rich Felker <dalias@libc.org>
Cc: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com>,
libc-alpha@sourceware.org, musl@lists.openwall.com,
linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org, libc-dev@lists.llvm.org
Subject: Re: [musl] Powerpc Linux 'scv' system call ABI proposal take 2
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2020 06:48:44 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87k12gf32r.fsf@mid.deneb.enyo.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200415225539.GL11469@brightrain.aerifal.cx> (Rich Felker's message of "Wed, 15 Apr 2020 18:55:39 -0400")
* Rich Felker:
> My preference would be that it work just like the i386 AT_SYSINFO
> where you just replace "int $128" with "call *%%gs:16" and the kernel
> provides a stub in the vdso that performs either scv or the old
> mechanism with the same calling convention.
The i386 mechanism has received some criticism because it provides an
effective means to redirect execution flow to anyone who can write to
the TCB. I am not sure if it makes sense to copy it.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-04-16 4:49 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 62+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-04-15 21:45 Nicholas Piggin
2020-04-15 22:55 ` Rich Felker
2020-04-16 0:16 ` Nicholas Piggin
2020-04-16 0:48 ` Rich Felker
2020-04-16 2:24 ` Nicholas Piggin
2020-04-16 2:35 ` Rich Felker
2020-04-16 2:53 ` Nicholas Piggin
2020-04-16 3:03 ` Rich Felker
2020-04-16 3:41 ` Nicholas Piggin
2020-04-16 20:18 ` Florian Weimer
2020-04-16 9:58 ` Szabolcs Nagy
2020-04-20 0:27 ` Nicholas Piggin
2020-04-20 1:29 ` Rich Felker
2020-04-20 2:08 ` Nicholas Piggin
2020-04-20 21:17 ` Szabolcs Nagy
2020-04-21 9:57 ` Florian Weimer
2020-04-16 15:21 ` Jeffrey Walton
2020-04-16 15:40 ` Rich Felker
2020-04-16 4:48 ` Florian Weimer [this message]
2020-04-16 15:35 ` Rich Felker
2020-04-16 16:42 ` Florian Weimer
2020-04-16 16:52 ` Rich Felker
2020-04-16 18:12 ` Florian Weimer
2020-04-16 23:02 ` Segher Boessenkool
2020-04-17 0:34 ` Rich Felker
2020-04-17 1:48 ` Segher Boessenkool
2020-04-17 8:34 ` Florian Weimer
2020-04-16 14:16 ` Adhemerval Zanella
2020-04-16 15:37 ` Rich Felker
2020-04-16 17:50 ` Adhemerval Zanella
2020-04-16 17:59 ` Rich Felker
2020-04-16 18:18 ` Adhemerval Zanella
2020-04-16 18:31 ` Rich Felker
2020-04-16 18:44 ` Rich Felker
2020-04-16 18:52 ` Adhemerval Zanella
2020-04-20 0:46 ` Nicholas Piggin
2020-04-20 1:10 ` Nicholas Piggin
2020-04-20 1:34 ` Rich Felker
2020-04-20 2:32 ` Nicholas Piggin
2020-04-20 4:09 ` Rich Felker
2020-04-20 4:31 ` Nicholas Piggin
2020-04-20 17:27 ` Rich Felker
2020-04-22 6:18 ` Nicholas Piggin
2020-04-22 6:29 ` Nicholas Piggin
2020-04-23 2:36 ` Rich Felker
2020-04-23 12:13 ` Adhemerval Zanella
2020-04-23 16:18 ` Rich Felker
2020-04-23 16:35 ` Adhemerval Zanella
2020-04-23 16:43 ` Rich Felker
2020-04-23 17:15 ` Adhemerval Zanella
2020-04-23 17:42 ` Rich Felker
2020-04-25 3:40 ` Nicholas Piggin
2020-04-25 4:52 ` Rich Felker
2020-04-25 3:30 ` Nicholas Piggin
2020-04-21 12:28 ` David Laight
2020-04-21 14:39 ` Rich Felker
2020-04-21 15:00 ` Adhemerval Zanella
2020-04-21 15:31 ` David Laight
2020-04-22 6:54 ` [musl] " Nicholas Piggin
2020-04-22 7:15 ` Florian Weimer
2020-04-22 7:31 ` Nicholas Piggin
2020-04-22 8:11 ` Florian Weimer
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