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Date:      Thu, 6 Sep 2018 11:25:33 -0400
From:      Shawn Webb <shawn.webb@hardenedbsd.org>
To:        John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        Alexander Motin <mav@FreeBSD.org>, src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r338494 - head/sys/cam/ctl
Message-ID:  <20180906152533.ygsqei2jgod42ydt@mutt-hbsd>
In-Reply-To: <51c27534-8cc2-cd30-dd53-77fd7ad5bdf7@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <201809061403.w86E3AUm097915@repo.freebsd.org> <20180906145421.7mejwhcfezwtsk4k@mutt-hbsd> <51c27534-8cc2-cd30-dd53-77fd7ad5bdf7@FreeBSD.org>

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On Thu, Sep 06, 2018 at 08:24:32AM -0700, John Baldwin wrote:
> On 9/6/18 7:54 AM, Shawn Webb wrote:
> > On Thu, Sep 06, 2018 at 02:03:10PM +0000, Alexander Motin wrote:
> >> Author: mav
> >> Date: Thu Sep  6 14:03:10 2018
> >> New Revision: 338494
> >> URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/338494
> >>
> >> Log:
> >>   Add missing copyin() to access LUN and port ioctl arguments.
> >>  =20
> >>   Somehow this was working even after PTI in, at least on amd64, and g=
ot
> >>   broken by something only very recently.
> >=20
> > Is anyone investigating why the direct access still worked?
>=20
> PTI doesn't disable kernel access to user pages, it only disables
> translation of kernel virtual addresses while in user mode.  The thing th=
at
> catches this type of access is SMAP (which was only recently enabled on
> x86).

Whoops. Blonde moment. I blame the lack of caffeine in my body when I
wrote the email. Too many acronyms to keep track of when tired. ;)

Thanks for the clarification.

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Shawn Webb
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