Re: [RFC PATCH v6 01/26] Documentation/x86: Add CET description

2018-11-20 Thread Ingo Molnar
* Yu-cheng Yu wrote: > On Tue, 2018-11-20 at 10:52 +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > * Yu-cheng Yu wrote: > > > > > +X86 Documentation > > > [...] > > > + > > > +At run time, /proc/cpuinfo shows the availability of SHSTK and IBT. > > > > What is the rough expected performance impact of CET on av

Re: [RFC PATCH v6 01/26] Documentation/x86: Add CET description

2018-11-20 Thread Yu-cheng Yu
On Tue, 2018-11-20 at 10:52 +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote: > * Yu-cheng Yu wrote: > > > +X86 Documentation > > [...] > > + > > +At run time, /proc/cpuinfo shows the availability of SHSTK and IBT. > > What is the rough expected performance impact of CET on average function > call frequency user appli

Re: [RFC PATCH v6 01/26] Documentation/x86: Add CET description

2018-11-20 Thread Ingo Molnar
* Yu-cheng Yu wrote: > +X86 Documentation > +=== > + > +Control-flow Enforcement > + > + > +.. toctree:: > + :maxdepth: 1 > + > + intel_cet > diff --git a/Documentation/x86/intel_cet.rst b/Documentation/x86/intel_cet.rst > new file mode 100644 > i

[RFC PATCH v6 01/26] Documentation/x86: Add CET description

2018-11-19 Thread Yu-cheng Yu
Explain how CET works and the no_cet_shstk/no_cet_ibt kernel parameters. Signed-off-by: Yu-cheng Yu --- .../admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 6 + Documentation/index.rst | 1 + Documentation/x86/index.rst | 13 + Documentation/x86/intel_cet