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Paul Gortmaker
f59514b6a8 Documentation/prctl: don't build tsc tests when cross compiling
The following was seen in linux-next build coverage, which is somewhat
unique since it uses powerpc host to cross compile x86:

Documentation/prctl/disable-tsc-on-off-stress-test.c:36:1: error:
 impossible register constraint in 'asm'
Documentation/prctl/disable-tsc-ctxt-sw-stress-test.c:34:1: error:
 impossible register constraint in 'asm'
Documentation/prctl/disable-tsc-test.c:36:1: error: impossible
 register constraint in 'asm'

It probably makes sense to just skip building these tests when
we are cross compiling.

Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Erik Bosman <ejbosman@cs.vu.nl>
Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@windriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2015-06-22 16:05:04 -06:00
Alexander Graf
371aedbfbb Documentation: Restrict TSC test code to x86
The prctl test code in Documentation/ tries to show how to
use a call that only makes sense on x86. Restrict it there
so that other platforms don't try to call asm("rdtsc").

Signed-off-by: Alexander Graf <agraf@suse.de>
Acked-by: Peter Foley <pefoley2@pefoley.com>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2014-10-28 08:46:27 -04:00
Peter Foley
c5e2a7e012 Documentation: update .gitignore files
Add some missing files to .gitignore.
Push Documentation/.gitignore down into subdirectories.

Signed-off-by: Peter Foley <pefoley2@pefoley.com>
Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>
2014-09-26 11:02:59 +02:00
Peter Foley
0421fc837c Documentation: make functions static to avoid prototype warnings
Signed-off-by: Peter Foley <pefoley2@pefoley.com>
Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>
2014-09-26 11:02:56 +02:00
Peter Foley
adb19fb66e Documentation: add makefiles for more targets
Add a bunch of previously unbuilt source files to the Documentation build
machinery.

Signed-off-by: Peter Foley <pefoley2@pefoley.com>
Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>
2014-09-26 11:02:56 +02:00
Andy Lutomirski
87b526d349 seccomp: Make syscall skipping and nr changes more consistent
This fixes two issues that could cause incompatibility between
kernel versions:

 - If a tracer uses SECCOMP_RET_TRACE to select a syscall number
   higher than the largest known syscall, emulate the unknown
   vsyscall by returning -ENOSYS.  (This is unlikely to make a
   noticeable difference on x86-64 due to the way the system call
   entry works.)

 - On x86-64 with vsyscall=emulate, skipped vsyscalls were buggy.

This updates the documentation accordingly.

Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net>
Acked-by: Will Drewry <wad@chromium.org>
Signed-off-by: James Morris <james.l.morris@oracle.com>
2012-10-02 21:14:29 +10:00
Andy Lutomirski
c540521bba security: Minor improvements to no_new_privs documentation
The documentation didn't actually mention how to enable no_new_privs.
This also adds a note about possible interactions between
no_new_privs and LSMs (i.e. why teaching systemd to set no_new_privs
is not necessarily a good idea), and it references the new docs
from include/linux/prctl.h.

Suggested-by: Rob Landley <rob@landley.net>
Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net>
Acked-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Signed-off-by: James Morris <james.l.morris@oracle.com>
2012-07-08 00:25:48 +10:00
Andy Lutomirski
09b243577b security: document no_new_privs
Document no_new_privs.

Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net>
Acked-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Signed-off-by: James Morris <james.l.morris@oracle.com>
2012-07-03 12:35:36 +10:00
Will Drewry
8ac270d1e2 Documentation: prctl/seccomp_filter
Documents how system call filtering using Berkeley Packet
Filter programs works and how it may be used.
Includes an example for x86 and a semi-generic
example using a macro-based code generator.

Acked-by: Eric Paris <eparis@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Will Drewry <wad@chromium.org>
Acked-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>

v18: - added acked by
     - update no new privs numbers
v17: - remove @compat note and add Pitfalls section for arch checking
       (keescook@chromium.org)
v16: -
v15: -
v14: - rebase/nochanges
v13: - rebase on to 88ebdda615
v12: - comment on the ptrace_event use
     - update arch support comment
     - note the behavior of SECCOMP_RET_DATA when there are multiple filters
       (keescook@chromium.org)
     - lots of samples/ clean up incl 64-bit bpf-direct support
       (markus@chromium.org)
     - rebase to linux-next
v11: - overhaul return value language, updates (keescook@chromium.org)
     - comment on do_exit(SIGSYS)
v10: - update for SIGSYS
     - update for new seccomp_data layout
     - update for ptrace option use
v9: - updated bpf-direct.c for SIGILL
v8: - add PR_SET_NO_NEW_PRIVS to the samples.
v7: - updated for all the new stuff in v7: TRAP, TRACE
    - only talk about PR_SET_SECCOMP now
    - fixed bad JLE32 check (coreyb@linux.vnet.ibm.com)
    - adds dropper.c: a simple system call disabler
v6: - tweak the language to note the requirement of
      PR_SET_NO_NEW_PRIVS being called prior to use. (luto@mit.edu)
v5: - update sample to use system call arguments
    - adds a "fancy" example using a macro-based generator
    - cleaned up bpf in the sample
    - update docs to mention arguments
    - fix prctl value (eparis@redhat.com)
    - language cleanup (rdunlap@xenotime.net)
v4: - update for no_new_privs use
    - minor tweaks
v3: - call out BPF <-> Berkeley Packet Filter (rdunlap@xenotime.net)
    - document use of tentative always-unprivileged
    - guard sample compilation for i386 and x86_64
v2: - move code to samples (corbet@lwn.net)
Signed-off-by: James Morris <james.l.morris@oracle.com>
2012-04-14 11:13:22 +10:00
Erik Bosman
f132697326 generic, x86: add tests for prctl PR_GET_TSC and PR_SET_TSC
This patch adds three tests that test whether the PR_GET_TSC and
PR_SET_TSC commands have the desirable effect.

The tests check whether the control register is updated correctly
at context switches and try to discover bugs while enabling/disabling
the timestamp counter.

Signed-off-by: Erik Bosman <ejbosman@cs.vu.nl>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2008-04-19 19:19:55 +02:00