Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 06 Oct 2014 09:41:16 -0700 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v4 0/2] x86_64,entry: Clear NT on entry and speed up switch_to |
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On 10/06/2014 09:39 AM, Andy Lutomirski wrote: > On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 11:49 AM, Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net> wrote: >> Anish Bhatt noticed that user programs can set RFLAGS.NT before >> syscall or sysenter, and the kernel entry code doesn't filter out >> NT. This causes kernel C code and, depending on thread flags, the >> exit slow path to run with NT set. >> > > Quick ping: now that the merge window is (sort of) open, what's > happening with these patches? > > Thanks, > Andy >
My preference would be to queue them up for 3.19 since they arrived late in the 3.18 cycle.
-hpa
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