On Mon, 2017-11-13 at 21:25 +0100, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> On Mon, 13 Nov 2017, Dey, Megha wrote:
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On Mon, 13 Nov 2017, Dey, Megha wrote:
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> >To: Megha Dey
> >Cc: x...@kernel.org; linux-ker...@vger.kernel.org; linux-
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>Subject: Re: [PATCH V1 2/3] perf/x86/intel/bm.c: Add Intel Branch
>Monitoring support
>
>On Sat, Nov 11, 2017 at 01:20:05PM -0800, Megha Dey wrote:
>> Currently,
On Sat, Nov 11, 2017 at 01:20:05PM -0800, Megha Dey wrote:
> Currently, the cannonlake family of Intel processors support the
> branch monitoring feature. Intel's Branch monitoring feature is trying
> to utilize heuristics to detect the occurrence of an ROP (Return
> Oriented Programming) attack.
>
Currently, the cannonlake family of Intel processors support the
branch monitoring feature. Intel's Branch monitoring feature is trying
to utilize heuristics to detect the occurrence of an ROP (Return
Oriented Programming) attack.
A perf-based kernel driver has been used to monitor the occurrence