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SubjectRe: [PATCH] proc: Disable /proc/$pid/wchan
On Thu, Sep 23, 2021 at 05:22:30PM -0700, Vito Caputo wrote:
> Instead of unwinding stacks maybe the kernel should be sticking an
> entrypoint address in the current task struct for get_wchan() to
> access, whenever userspace enters the kernel?

wchan is supposed to show where the kernel is at the instant the
get_wchan() happens. (i.e. recording it at syscall entry would just
always show syscall entry.)

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Kees Cook

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