Re: [PATCH v3 0/2] x86/fpu: Fix dynamic fpstate leak on exec()
From: Chang S. Bae
Date: Thu Oct 29 2026 - 16:16:19 EST
On 10/26/2026 8:44 PM, Guixiong Wei wrote:
- Add a pipe-synchronised pre-flight check that confirms the dynamic
allocation is observable via /proc/vmallocinfo before measuring the
post-exec() delta. Without that gate "no new entries" is ambiguous
between "freed" and "never observed" and would silently PASS on
kernels where the allocation is not reachable. /proc/vmallocinfo is
the only user-visible signal for a leaked post-exec() fpstate (it
has no task scope once the task is gone).
I can see the reason for the update, but the change looks a bit complicated. Not saying that change is unnecessary, but I wonder whether it can be simplified or not.
That said, let's close the Sashiko comment on patch1 first.
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Thanks,
Chang