Re: [RFC PATCH v2 6/6] x86/entry/pti: don't switch PGD on when pti_disable is set

[Linus Torvalds]

On Fri, Jan 12, 2018 at 8:27 AM, David Laight <David.Laight@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> You need to allow for libraries that create threads before main()
> is called.

I really don't think we do. I think the normal case is the wrapper.

Processes should never say "I'm so important that I'm disabling PTI".
That's crazy talk, and wrong.

It's wrong for all the usual reasons - everybody always thinks that
_their_ own work is so important and bug-free, and that things like
PTI are about protecting all those other imcompetent people.

No. Bullshit. Nobody should ever disable PTI for themselves, because
nobody is inherently trustworthy.

Instead, we have the case of  something _external_ saying "this
process is so important that it should be started without PTI".

              Linus