qubes-linux-kernel/patches.fixes/seccomp-disable-tsc-option
2010-07-07 13:12:45 +02:00

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From: Andrea Arcangeli <andrea@cpushare.com>
Subject: [PATCH seccomp: make tsc disabling optional
Patch-mainline: unknown
References: 191123
Make the TSC disable purely paranoid feature optional, so by default seccomp
returns absolutely zerocost.
Ported from 2.6.19 to 2.6.24-rc7 by Jeff Mahoney.
Addition of x86-64 by Jan Beulich.
Signed-off-by: Andrea Arcangeli <andrea@cpushare.com>
Acked-by: Jeff Mahoney <jeffm@suse.com>
---
arch/x86/Kconfig | 12 ++++++++++++
arch/x86/kernel/process.c | 2 ++
2 files changed, 14 insertions(+)
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -1485,6 +1485,18 @@ config SECCOMP
If unsure, say Y. Only embedded should say N here.
+config SECCOMP_DISABLE_TSC
+ bool "Disable the TSC for seccomp tasks"
+ depends on SECCOMP
+ default n
+ help
+ This feature mathematically prevents covert channels
+ for tasks running under SECCOMP. This can generate
+ a minuscule overhead in the scheduler.
+
+ If you care most about performance say N. Say Y only if you're
+ paranoid about covert channels.
+
config CC_STACKPROTECTOR
bool "Enable -fstack-protector buffer overflow detection (EXPERIMENTAL)"
---help---
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ static void hard_disable_TSC(void)
void disable_TSC(void)
{
+#ifdef CONFIG_SECCOMP_DISABLE_TSC
preempt_disable();
if (!test_and_set_thread_flag(TIF_NOTSC))
/*
@@ -147,6 +148,7 @@ void disable_TSC(void)
*/
hard_disable_TSC();
preempt_enable();
+#endif
}
static void hard_enable_TSC(void)